Mill at Sonning’s Anything Goes revival finds its cast

Exclusive: The cast of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes at the Mill at Sonning has been confirmed.

Gemma Sutton will play Reno Sweeney, with Josh St Clair as Billy Crocker. The 1934 musical follows nightclub singer Sweeney, stowaway Crocker and a collection of passengers aboard the S S American as mistaken identities and romantic complications unfold during their voyage.

Tunes in the show include “I Get a Kick Out of You”, “You’re the Top” and “Anything Goes”.

The production is running from 19 November 2026 to 17 January 2027, with Joseph Pitcher directing and choreography by Gary Lloyd.

The cast also includes Lulu-Mae Pears as Hope Harcourt, Martin Allanson as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, Elizabeth Elvin as Evangeline Harcourt, Chris Grahamson as Moonface Martin, Jessica Lim as Erma Latour and Jo Servi as Elisha Whitney.

Jon Bonner plays the Captain, Rob Gathercole is the Purser, Kristian Jacobs plays Minister Henry T Dobson, Sam Khadirian is Spit, Lorenzo de Liso is Dippy, and Pamela Blair and Tara Yasmin play Angels in Reno’s act. Jamie Jonathan completes the company. De Liso makes his professional debut in the production.

The creative team includes set designer Diego Pitarch, costume designer Natalie Titchener, orchestrator, arranger and musical supervisor Charlie Ingles, musical director Jemma Starling, lighting designer Chris Mould, sound designer Chris Whybrow, casting director Jane Deitch, assistant director Richard Carson and assistant choreographer Lauren Gore. The production team also includes sound operators Bertie Pugh and Evan Bevis, production manager Joan Farnese, company stage manager Natalie Evans and deputy stage manager Charlotte Antingham.

The production uses the revised book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman, adapted from the 1987 Broadway revival originally produced by Lincoln Center Theater. The original book was by P G Wodehouse and Guy Bolton, and Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.