Additional cast announced for Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) ahead of West End run

Hit musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is set to transfer to the West End next month – and two further faces will be joining leads Dujonna Gift and Sam Tutty.

Directed by Tim Jackson, written by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, and designed by Soutra Gilmour, the musical tells the story of Dougal (Tutty) and Robin (Gift) – the former a young naive Brit who travels over to New York for his father’s second wedding – where he encounters Robin, the sister of the bride. Following a record-breaking ten-week run at Kiln Theatre in north London, the piece will play at the Criterion Theatre from early next month.

Announced today and joining Gift and Tutty as understudies will be Rose Bruford graduate and multi-disciplinary artist Tanasha Chege (understudy Robin), making her West End debut, alongside Ellis Kirk (Heathers the Musical, Dear Evan Hansen) as understudy Dougal.

You can watch Tutty and Gift reflect on the show’s journey and their experiences thus far – as they take to the streets of New York to prepare for the West End spell:

The show will mark Barne and Buchan’s West End debuts. Barne and Buchan won The Stage Debut Award and the Stiles and Drewe prize for new musical theatre for an earlier version of the musical titled The Season, which played at Royal and Derngate and the New Wolsey Theatre.

The full creative team also includes lighting designer Jack Knowles, sound designer Tony Gayle, orchestrator Lux Pyramid, casting director Julia Horan and associate director Claira Vaughan.