Steps musical Here and Now announcing leading tour cast update

New musical Here and Now has announced a casting update from November.

Featuring the songs of hit UK pop group Steps, it is touring through to May 2026.

Last year, it enjoyed a record-breaking world premiere run at the Alexandra in Birmingham, where it was described in the WhatsOnStage review as being “foot kickin’, finger clickin’, leather slapping, hand clappin’.”

Set in a seaside superstore, the musical explores themes of love and betrayal. Written by Shaun Kitchener and featuring Steps’ well-known hits such as “Tragedy”, “Stomp”, “5,6,7,8”, and “One for Sorrow”, the show is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and choreographed by Matt Cole.

Currently leading the cast are Rebecca Lock as Caz, Finty Williams as Patricia, Blake Patrick Anderson as Robbie, River Medway as Jem, Jacqui Dubois as Vel, Chris Grahamson as Gareth, Rosie Singha as Neeta, Edward Baker Duly as Max, and John Stacey as Lesley. Ben Darcy plays Ben and Lauren Woolf plays Tracey.

From 11 November, Lara Denning will take over the role of Caz from Lock, playing her first performance in Nottingham, with Lock’s last night in Wimbledon.

Also in the cast are Georgia Christofi, Kade Ferraiolo, Albert Green, Harry Jack, Casey Jay, Charlie-Jay Johnson, Rosemary Annabella Nkrumah, Dean Rickards, Markus Södergren, Genevieve Taylor and Jessica Vaux.

Musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Matt Spencer-Smith, set design by Tom Rogers, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Adam Fisher, wigs and hair design by Sam Cox, make-up design by Jackie Saundercock, casting by Will Burton for Grindrod Burton Casting, Music Technology by PhijAdams and Production Management by Setting Line.

Williams is also only due to appear until November 2025.

See a list of tour dates and get tickets here.