Full Casting Announced for UK High School Musical Tour

Full casting has been announced for the UK premiere of Disney’s screen-to-stage hit High School Musical, which launches an extended 11-month, 29-venue tour from Bromley’s Churchill Theatre on January 24.

The stage adaptation tells how Troy, a popular high school basketball star, and Gabriella, a shy, academically gifted newcomer, discover they share a secret passion for singing. When they sign up together to audition for the lead roles in the school musical, it threatens East High’s rigid social order and sends their peers into uproar.

The musical, which features a book by David Simpatico (adapted from the original movie script by Peter Barsocchini), is directed by Jeff Calhoun, designed by Kenneth Foy and choreographed by Lisa Stevens, with costumes by Wade Laboissonniere, lighting by Ken Billington, sound by Rick Clarke, and musical production by Bryan Louiselle.

The cast will feature Ashley Day (Troy), Lorna Want (Gabriella), Helen George (Sharpay), Lee Honey-Jones (Ryan), Carlton Connell (Chad), and Hannah Levane (Taylor), along with Claire Machin, Mark Dickinson, Cathryn Davis, Jennifer Tanarez, Richard Vincent, Dominic Tribuzio, Ashley Andrews, Drew Campbell, Matthew Cheney, Dan Cooke, Lewis Greenslade, Natalie Hope, Mark Hilton, Robert Jones, Sarah Kitson, Richard Leeson, Buchi Osuji, Simone Palmer, Soeli Parry, Tania Pieri, Jessica Phillips, David Purdue, Amy Ross, Bonnie Laura Smith, and Charlotte Walcotte.

For more information, visit www.whatsonstage.com.