Lead cast for Sunny Afternoon tour revealed

Sonia Friedman Productions and ATG Productions have announced the principal casting for Sunny Afternoon – which will return for a brand new tour later this year.

Based on the early life of The Kinks’ Ray Davies, the Olivier Award-winning musical features songs such as “You Really Got Me”, “Waterloo Sunset”, “All Day and All of the Night” and “Lola”.

The show first opened at the Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the West End in 2014, where it ran for two years ahead of a tour in 2016. A tour was planned for 2020 before being postponed by the pandemic lockdowns.

Danny Horn will now play Ray Davies, Oliver Hoare plays Dave Davies, Harry Curley plays Peter Quaife and Zakarie Stokes plays Mick Avory.

Sunny Afternoon has music and lyrics by Davies with a book by Joe Penhall and original story by Davies. It is directed by Edward Hall and designed by Miriam Buether with choreography by Adam Cooper. Lighting design is by Rick Fisher with sound design by Matt McKenzie and musical supervision by Elliott Ware. Musical and vocal adaptations are by Ray Davies and Elliott Ware based on original Kinks’ recordings. Casting is by Natalie Gallacher for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting.

Hair, wigs and make-up are by Carole Hancock. Associate direction is by Christopher Chase Carter, associate set design by William Fricker, associate costume design by Debrorah Andrews, associate lighting design by Eric Watkins and associate sound design by Ken Hampton.

The tour will kick off at Manchester Palace Theatre on 10 October, playing until 18 October. It’ll then visit Birmingham, Glasgow, Sunderland, York, Woking, Wimbledon, Swansea, and Brighton.

Into 2026, the musical will play Alexandra Palace in London, before visiting Canterbury, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Leeds, Malvern, Torquay, Oxford, Richmond, Stoke on Trent, Stockton, Leicester, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Inverness, Liverpool, and Cardiff.

Further dates, along with additional casting, are to be announced.