Olivier Award-winning West End star Matt Henry is becoming a member of the forged of Annie Get Your Gun for a particular one-night solely live performance – starring West End and Broadway favorite Rachel Tucker, on the world-famous London Palladium.
As beforehand introduced, acclaimed main girl Rachel Tucker (Come From Away, Wicked, We Will Rock You) will star because the legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley within the first-ever UK live performance manufacturing of Irving Berlin’s traditional musical on Friday, April 7, with star of stage and display Julian Ovenden as love curiosity Frank Butler.
Best identified for his multi-award efficiency as Lola within the unique West End forged of Kinky Boots, Matt Henry shall be enjoying the legendary showman Buffalo Bill. Matt has lately been seen within the hit film Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, and co-created and starred within the new musical The Drifters Girl.
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Also set to seem are Nicholas McLean (Boq, Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre) as Charlie Davenport, Olivia Moore (Sandy, Grease, Dominion Theatre, u/s Veronica and Heather McNamara, Heathers, unique West End forged Theatre Royal Haymarket) as Winnie Tate, Charlotte Riby (Carousel, Jesus Christ Superstar, Regents Park Open Air Theatre, and u/s Becky, Waitress, Adelphi Theatre) as Dolly Tate, and Jay Rincon (Miracle On 34th Street, UK tour) as Tommy Keeler.
Rachel’s efficiency as sharp-shooter Annie Oakley will mark her return to the West End after starring as Annette / Beverley Bass in Come From Away on Broadway, a task she originated within the London manufacturing, receiving finest supporting actress nominations for the 2019 Olivier Awards and 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards.
Playing reverse Rachel as Frank Butler shall be Julian Ovenden who lately starred as Emile de Becque within the UK tour of South Pacific, and has featured in TV dramas The Crown, Bridgerton and Downton Abbey.
Announcing the extra forged members, Lambert Jackson Creative Director Eliza Jackson mentioned: “We are delighted so as to add Matt Henry, Nicholas McLean, Olivia Moore, Charlotte Riby and Jay Rincon to the forged for Annie Get Your Gun on the London Palladium.
“It goes to be an exquisite evening celebrating a traditional musical that is stuffed with memorable showtunes, like the long-lasting songs There’s No Business Like Show Business and Anything You Can Do.
“With Rachel and Julian leading the cast, accompanied by a full orchestra, this one-off concert is going to be a must-see event this spring.”
When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West present involves city, it solely takes one look for sharp-shooting nation lady Annie Oakley to fall head over heels for its star marksman, Frank Butler. Both have really met their match, as the 2 compete and flirt, with loads of ups and downs alongside the way in which.
Celebrating this fictionalised model of the real-life sharp-shooter Annie Oakley and her romance with Frank Butler, Annie Get Your Gun boasts a rating of Irving Berlin classics together with ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’, ‘I Got Lost In His Arms’, ‘I Got The Sun In The Mornin’’, ‘Anything You Can Do,’ and ‘They Say It’s Wonderful’.
Annie Get Your Gun first opened on Broadway in 1946 after which within the West End a 12 months later in 1947. Both productions have been a success and the Oscar-winning movie based mostly on the musical adopted in 1950.
A live performance manufacturing was staged in New York in 2015 however Annie Get Your Gun would be the first time a live performance manufacturing has ever been staged within the UK.
Annie Get Your Gun at The London Palladium is offered by reside music and occasion promoters Cuffe and Taylor and Live Nation, in affiliation with theatre producers Lambert Jackson Productions.