Cast announced for Dorian Gray musical, featuring Kevin Kennedy

The full cast has been announced for the upcoming UK tour of The Picture of Dorian Gray – A New Musical, which will run from October 2026 through to April 2027.

The show, penned by Mark J Middlemiss, will star Christopher Twyford in the title role of Dorian Gray, with Charlotte Castle as Sibyl Vane. Kevin Kennedy will appear as Mr Issacs, joining a cast that also includes Kingsley Judd as Lord Henry Wotton, a character inspired by Oscar Wilde, and George McKinley as artist Basil Hallward.

Also cast are Keegan Featherstone, who takes on the role of Jim Vane, while Louise Grayson, who previously featured on the show’s original concept album, will play Lady Agatha.

The ensemble will comprise Marie McNaugher, Sam Kingsley, Charley Robbie, Meg Luscombe and Alistair Fitton.

The tour is set to open at Darlington Hippodrome on 19 October, with further dates in Halifax, Hunstanton, Weymouth, Gravesend, Lowestoft, Kettering, Runcorn, Blackpool, Swansea, Stockport, Newcastle, Wakefield, Aberdeen, Pert, Arbroath and New Brighton.