Full casting has been announced for Scrooge, which returns to the London Palladium next month (from 6 November 2012) starring Tommy Steele in the title role.
Joining steele in the principal cast are: Barry Howard as Jacob
Marley, Sarah Earnshaw as the Ghost of Christmas Past and James Head as
the Ghost of Christmas Present.
Scrooge tells Dickens’ story of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who –
after a night facing the ghosts of his past, present and his
frightening future – is transformed, his Christmas spirit restored. The
score includes “I Hate Christmas”, “It’s Not My Fault”, “I’ll Begin
Again” and “Better Life”.
The musical version by Leslie Bricusse – whose other major musicals include Stop the World – I Want to Get Off, Pickwick and Doctor Dolittle
– was originally a 1970 film starring Alec Guinness and Albert Finney.
The show was famously staged in Birmingham in 1992 when Bricusse’s
long-time collaborator Anthony Newley took the title role.
Scrooge was last at the Palladium in 2005, again starring Steele,
who has played the title role more than any other actor over the years.
Completing the cast are: Craig Whitely, Leonie Heath, Halcro
Johnston, Edward Handoll, Robbie Towns, Tessa Vale, Leon Kay, Anna
McGarahan, Louisa Maxwell, Ian Caddick, Steven Sparling, Johnathan
Dudley, Nikki Gerrard, Roisin Sullivan, Natalie Moore Williams and
Kieron Harris.
