As previously announced singer and actress Sarah Harding will make her stage debut this autumn in Bill Kenwright’s new production of the timeless story of love, despair and hope: GHOST – THE MUSICAL. She will star as Molly opposite musician and actor Andy Moss, best known for the role of Rhys Ashworth in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks, as Sam.
West End musical theatre star Jacqui Dubois (original London cast of Rent and Children of Eden, other credits include The Lion King, Fela and most recently People, Places and Things ) will join Sarah and Andy as ‘Oda Mae Brown’, the part made famous in the film by Whoopi Goldberg. Sam Ferriday (Jersey Boys, Blue Man Group, The Prodigals) will play ‘Carl’. Leo Sene will play ‘Willie’ and James Earl Adair will haunt proceedings as the ‘Hospital Ghost’, alongside Gary Lee Netly as the ‘Subway Ghost’. Tarisha Rommick will play ‘Louise’ and Simbi Akande ‘Clara’. Completing the cast will be Lori Baker, Ethan Bradshaw, Lauren Drew, Matthew Vinetot, Mike Ward and Kelly Hampson.
Taking its inspiration from the classic movie, this innovative reimagining will feature an expanded book, new music and original staging, and will tour the UK this autumn, opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Thursday 1 September.
The Double Academy Award winning movie is a huge success story, both critically and at the box office, where it was the highest grossing film in the year of its release. It starred the late Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg and was directed by Jerry Zucker. Bruce Joel Rubin’s script won the Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay and Whoopi Goldberg won the Oscar® for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The film’s most iconic and moving scene was famously performed to The Righteous Brother’s Unchained Melody, which also features in the musical version.
Walking back to their apartment late one night a tragic encounter sees Sam murdered and his beloved girlfriend Molly alone, in despair and utterly lost. But with the help of a phony storefront psychic Sam, trapped between this world and the next, tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving her from grave danger…
Bruce Joel Rubin said; “This is a show with such a strong emotional and musical life that it can mould to many visions and interpretations. It can be performed on any scale, and its vibrant heart will still captivate an audience and allows the imagination to flourish. It is purely theatrical in the greatest sense. We are very excited by the potential that the new version holds and elated it will tour the UK with Bill Kenwright”.
GHOST – THE MUSICAL | UK TOUR DATES 2016
Thursday 1 – Saturday 10 September
Box Office: 0844 871 7646
New Theatre Wimbledon
Website: www.atgtickets.com/wimbledon
Monday 12- Saturday 17 September
Box Office: 0844 871 3012
Bristol Hippodrome
Website: www.atgtickets.com/bristol
Monday 19 – Saturday 24 September
Box Office: 0844 871 3011
Birmingham Alexandra
Website: www.atgtickets.com/birmingham
Monday 26 September – Saturday 1 October
Box Office: 0844 871 3022
Sunderland Empire
Website: www.atgtickets.com/sunderland
Monday 3 – Saturday 15 October
Box Office: 0844 856 1111
Blackpool Opera House
Website: www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk
Monday 17 – Saturday 22 October
Box Office: 029 2087 8889
Cardiff New Theatre
Website: www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 October
Box Office: 0844 871 7660
Manchester Palace Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com/manchester
Monday 31 October – Saturday 5 November
Box Office: 0844 871 3020
Oxford New Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com/oxford
Tuesday 8 November – 12 November
Box Office: +353 (1) 677 7999
Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Website: bordgaisenergytheatre.ie
Monday 14 – Saturday 19 November
Box Office: 0844 848 2700
Leeds Grand
Website: www.leedsgrandtheatre.com
Monday 21 – Saturday 26 November
Box Office: 0844 871 3014
Edinburgh Playhouse
Website: www.atgtickets.com/edinburgh
Monday 28 November – Saturday 3 December
Box Office: 0115 989 5555
Theatre Royal Nottingham
Website: www.trch.co.uk
