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Cast joining Andy Nyman in Fiddler on the Roof announced

Principal casting has been announced for the upcoming revival

Harriet Bunton, Andy Nyman and Matt Corner
Harriet Bunton, Andy Nyman and Matt Corner
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Casting has been announced for the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Fiddler on the Roof.

Joining the already announced Andy Nyman as Tevye is Judy Kuhn as Golde, with Harriet Bunton (Hodel), Dermot Canavan (Lazar Wolf), Stewart Clarke (Perchik), Matt Corner (Fyedka), Joshua Gannon (Motel), Louise Gold (Yente), Kirsty MacLaren (Chava) and Molly Osborne (Tzeitel).

The show opens on 5 December, with previews from 23 November and runs until 9 March.

Trevor Nunn directs the musical, which has music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and a book by Joseph Stein.

Choreography for this production is from Matt Cole; set designs from Robert Jones, hair and make up from Richard Mawbey, costumes from Jonathan Lipman, lighting from Tim Lutkin and sound design from Gregory Clarke. Musical supervisor and director is Paul Bogaev with orchestrations Jason Carr.

Fiddler on the Roof is the story of Tevye the milkman, his wife and five daughters and features songs such as "Sunrise, Sunset", "If I Were a Rich Man" and "Matchmaker, Matchmaker".