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Full cast announced for Oklahoma! UK tour

The production embarks on a tour of the UK and Ireland in February next year

The full cast has been announced for the new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Oklahoma! presented by Music & Lyrics Limited and Royal & Derngate Northampton.

Joining the previously announced Belinda Lang, Gary Wilmot and Charlotte Wakefield are: Lucy May Barker as Ado Annie, James O’Connell as Will Parker, Paul Grunert as Andrew Carnes, Kara Lane as Gertie Cummings, Christopher D Hunt as Cord Elam and Barnaby Thompson as Ike Skidmore.

Also in the cast are Simon Anthony, Christina Bennington, Robbie Boyle, Katie Marie-Carter, Lisa Dent, Emilie du Leslay, Ian Gareth-Jones, Hannah Grace, Ross Lee Fowkes, Perry O’Dea, Sasi Strallen and Gabriella Stylianou.

The production, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and with new choreography by Drew McOnie, tells the story of two sets of star-crossed lovers in Oklahoma territory in the early 1900s. It will feature musical direction from Steve Ridley, set and costume design by Francis O'Connor, lighting by Tim Mitchell and sound by Ben Harrison.

The show will tour the UK and Ireland next year, opening at the Derngate Theatre Northampton on 19 February 2015, and is presented through special arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe.

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