The Addams Family tour – watch the cast give their best Wednesday stares

The Addams Family musical is spooking audiences this summer, and we caught up with the cast in Leicester!

Based on the iconic characters created by Charles Addams, the musical features a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys), with a score by Andrew Lippa (Big Fish). The plot revolves around Wednesday Addams, who has fallen in love with a young man from a respectable family, and a fateful evening when the relatives on both sides meet for dinner.

Starring are Alexandra Burke (as Morticia Addams), Lesley Joseph (as Grandma), Clive Rowe (as Uncle Fester), Ricardo Afonso (as Gomez Addams), Lauren Jones (as Wednesday Addams), Nicholas McLean (as Pugsley Addams), and Dickon Gough (as Lurch). Playing the Beineke family will be Dale Rapley (as Mal), Jacob Fowler (as Lucas) and Kara Lane (as Alice).

On stage at Curve, we caught up with Burke, Joseph, Rowe, Afonso, Jones and Fowler and asked them to give us their best Wednesday Addams stare!

See how they got on below:

The Addams Family has previously completed two UK and Ireland tours and was presented in concert form at The London Palladium last year.

The 2025 tour started in Birmingham and is currently playing at Curve, Leicester (until 10 August), before visiting the Lowry, Salford (12 to 16 August) and Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (19 to 23 August) and Blackpool Opera House (26 to 30 August).

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Joseph, McLean, Gough and Lane are all reprising their respective roles from the Palladium concert stagings. Joining them are Jak Allen-Anderson (Pippin) as ensemble and cover Lurch, Abigail Brodie (Guys and Dolls) as ensemble and cover Morticia, JR Ballantyne (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West End) as ensemble and cover Gomez, Eamonn Cox (Guys and Dolls) as ensemble, cover Mal and Fester, Siobhan Diffin (Mean Girls) as cover Alice, Grandma / Swing, Maria Garrett (Mrs Doubtfire) as ensemble and cover Wednesday, Chloe Gentles (Avenue Q) as ensemble and cover Pugsley and Sario Solomon (If/Then) as ensemble and cover Lucas.

Directed by Matthew White, the show has choreography by Alistair David, production design by Diego Pitarch, orchestrations by Richard Beadle, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Richard Brooker and casting by Jane Deitch.

You can watch Jones perform a number from the show below:

The Addams Family is produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, John Stalker Productions, with co-producers ADAMA Entertainment and Guy James. It is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide.

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