Full casting has been announced for the special 10th anniversary tour of American Idiot – the ground breaking Tony award-winning rock musical with music by punk-pop and multi Grammy award-winning band Green Day. Leading the cast is: Waterloo Road’s Tom Milner as Johnny; 2013’s X Factor third place runner-up Luke Friend as St Jimmy; and 2016 X Factor finalist Sam Lavery as Whatsername.
The cast is completed by: Glenn Adamson (Theo); Laura Marie Benson (Lesley); Jennifer Caldwell (Swing); Joshua Dowen (Tunny); Raquel Jones (Extraordinary Girl); Daniel Law (Swing); Rory Maguire (Gerard); Shekinah McFarlane (Alysha); Siobhan O’Driscoll (Heather); Samuel Pope (Will); Alexandra Robinson (Libby); and Christian Tyler-Wood (Declan).
Winner of two Tony Awards and the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot is the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9/11 world. The show, which premiered in December 2009 at Berkeley Rep Theatre, features the music of Green Day with the lyrics of its lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong and book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer.
This story of youthful disillusion and mistrust of society and government has never been more current; particularly with the modern parallels in the USA where school children have mobilised to form an impressive campaign for gun law reform.
The musical’s hit songs include “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “21 Guns,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” “Holiday” and the blockbuster title track “American Idiot” from Green Day’s 2004 Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album. Also included are several songs from Green Day’s 2009 release “21st Century Breakdown,” and an unreleased love song, “When It’s Time.”
American Idiot The Musical is directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, with musical supervision by Richard Morris, design by Sara Perks, sound by Chris Whybrow and lighting by Tim Deiling. The production is produced by Selladoor Worldwide and presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Limited.
DUNSTABLE GROVE THEATRE 17 – 19 January 2019
SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER THEATRE 22 – 26 January 2019
CARDIFF NEW THEATRE 29 January – 02 February 2019
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE 05 – 09 February 2019
MALVERN FESTIVAL THEATRE 12 – 16 February 2019
LEICESTER HAYMARKET 26 February – 02 March 2019
BLACKPOOL WINTER GARDENS 05 – 09 March 2019
DUBLIN GAIETY THEATRE 19 – 23 March 2019
SHEFFIELD LYCEUM 26 – 30 March 2019
MANCHESTER PALACE THEATRE 02 – 06 April 2019
BIRMINGHAM NEW ALEXANDRA THEATRE 09 – 13 April 2019
BRIGHTON THEATRE ROYAL 16 – 20 April 2019
MILTON KEYNES THEATRE 23 – 27 April 2019
READING HEXAGON 30 April – 04 May 2019
BRIDLINGTON SPA THEATRE 07 – 11 May 2019
WIMBLEDON NEW THEATRE 14 – 18 May 2019
EASTBOURNE CONGRESS THEATRE 21 – 25 May 2019
GLASGOW KINGS THEATRE 28 May – 01 June 2019
BRADFORD ALHAMBRA THEATRE 11 – 15 June 2019
ABERDEEN HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE 18 – 22 June 2019
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