Love Never Dies in Concert reveals further West End casting

Additional names have joined the cast of the upcoming concert production of Love Never Dies at The London Palladium.

The piece is the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera and is set a decade after the Phantom’s disappearance from Paris. Now living in New York, he lures Christine, her husband and their son Gustave to America in an attempt to win her back, as past events resurface.

As already revealed, Jamie Muscato and Celinde Schoenmaker will lead the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, Ben Elton, and Frederick Forsyth’s show this autumn.

Muscato will play the Phantom, while Schoenmaker reprises the role of Christine.

The production, directed by Shaun Kerrison, will run from 16 to 18 October. It is produced by Darren Bell alongside Cuffe & Taylor for Live Nation, and follows its previous WhatsonStage Award-winning concert staging at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Joining the cast will be George Blagden as Raoul, Courtney Stapleton as Meg, and Mazz Murray as Giry.

The concert will be directed by Kerrison with set and costume design by Rebecca Brower, choreography by Joanna Goodwin, lighting design by Tim Deiling, sound design by Paul Gatehouse, music supervision by Simon Lee, casting by Sarah Jane Price, production management by Pete Kramer and general management by Sam Quested for QUBE Theatricals.

The concert forms part of the 40th anniversary celebrations for The Phantom of the Opera, which continues to run in the West End at His Majesty’s Theatre. More plans will be revealed in due course. Since opening in 1986, the musical has been seen by more than 160 million people worldwide.