Top Hat musical revival – exclusive first look photos released

Take a first look at Top Hat – which is being revived at Chichester Festival Theatre this summer.

Adapted for the stage by Matthew White and Howard Jacques, and directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, this production features some of Hollywood’s greatest songs, including “Cheek to Cheek”, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”, “Top Hat White Tie and Tails”, and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” The show has music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, and runs to 6 September at the Festival Theatre.

The story follows Broadway star Jerry Travers, who arrives in London to open a new show and crosses paths with model Dale Tremont. Mistaken identities and romantic entanglements ensue as Jerry tries to win Dale’s heart. The stage adaptation, based on the 1935 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the Evening Standard Award for Best Night Out.

Phillip Attmore, Lucy St. Louis, Clive Carter and Sally Ann Triplett lead the cast, playing Jerry Travers, Dale Tremont, Horace and Madge respectively.

Joining them are James Clyde as Bates and Alex Gibson-Giorgio as Beddini. The company is completed by Lindsay Atherton, Rhiannon Bacchus, Jeremy Batt, Freddie Clements, Pedro Donoso, Bethan Downing, Autumn Draper, Tilly Ducker, Laura Hills, Connor Hughes, James Hume, George Lyons, David McIntosh, Jordan Oliver, Emily Ann Potter, Molly Rees Howe, Kirsty Sparks and Toyan Thomas-Browne.

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The set designer for Top Hat is Peter McKintosh, costume designers Peter McKintosh and Yvonne Milnes, musical supervisor Gareth Valentine, musical director Stephen Ridley, orchestrator and arranger Chris Walker, lighting designer Tim Mitchell, sound designer Paul Groothuis, casting director Natalie Gallacher for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, associate director Carol Lee Meadows and assistant director and choreographer Richard Pitt.

The show will also be embarking on a tour later this year, with tour casting yet to be confirmed.