Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have at present introduced principal casting for his or her forthcoming manufacturing of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Once On This Island (10 May-10 June, press night time 17 May 2023), together with the inventive workforce.
Gabrielle Brooks (Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Olivier Award Nomination) will play the central position of Ti Moune with Stephenson Ardern-Sodje (Hamilton) as Daniel.
Full casting shall be introduced in the end.
Directed by Ola Ince, Once On This Island has a e book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, and relies on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy. The unique West End manufacturing gained Best New Musical on the Olivier Awards when it premiered in 1995 and the latest Broadway revival gained the Tony Award for Best Musical Revival in 2018.
The inventive workforce additionally contains Phil Bateman (Musical Supervisor), Niamh Gaffney (Associate Sound Designer), Jessica Hung Han Yun (Lighting Designer), Niquelle LaTouche (Associate Choreographer), Nick Lidster (Sound Designer), Georgia Lowe (Designer), Lindsay McAllister (Associate Director), Philip d’Orléans (Fight Director), Chris Poon (Musical Director), Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy (Choreographer), Melissa Simon-Hartman (Costume Designer) and Jacob Sparrow (Casting Director).
Astory of affection, grief, religion and hope, Once On This Island tells of peasant lady Ti Moune, a boy referred to as Daniel, and a union that prejudice forbids. Against the warmth of the Caribbean solar and destruction of tropical storms, can Ti Moune settle the wager of the Gods, and show that love is extra highly effective than demise?
Director Ola Ince mentioned:
“Once on this island is a poignant, moving and politically charged story. I’m thrilled to be working with an extraordinary talented team at Regent Park’s Open Air Theatre; a place where true magic happens. It’s a dream come true!”