William Hanson, etiquette coach and co-host of award-winning podcast ‘Help I Sexted My Boss’, which has over 100 million streams, is set to join the cast for 6 weeks from Tuesday 9 June to Sunday 19 July* playing Ruth. New to London’s ship of dreams along with William Hanson* as Ruth are Lewis Francis as The Iceberg and Nikki Wheeldon as Molly Brown, with AJ Lewis and Joi Lurrie as on-stage background vocalists and Finton Flynn, Josh Lovell and Charlotte Soo as offstage understudies.
They join existing cast members Rose Galbraith as Rose, Astrid Harris as Céline Dion, Freddie King as Jack (previously offstage understudy), Cameron Vear as Cal (previously offstage understudy), Michael Vinsen as Victor Garber / Luigi and on-stage background vocalist Corrine Priest.
Further casting for Ruth from 19 July is to be announced.
Leaving the cast on 7 June 2026 are
Caitlin Tipping (Offstage Understudy)
Carl Mullaney (Ruth)
Charlotte Wakefield (Molly Brown)
Damien Winchester (BGV)
David Ouch (Standby)
Luke Bayer (Jack)
Madison Swan (BGV)
Richard Carson (Cal)
Ryan Carter (Iceberg).
Tom Allen played the role of Ruth from 4 Mar – 12 April 2026.
Rose Galbraith as Rose
Astrid Harris as Céline Dion
Michael Vinsen as Victor Garber / Luigi
Carl Mullaney (Ruth)
Charlotte Wakefield (Molly Brown)
Luke Bayer (Jack)
Richard Carson (Cal)
Ryan Carter (Iceberg).
Damien Winchester, Madison Swan, Corrine Priest (Background Vocalists)
David Ouch (Standby)
Freddie King, Caitlin Tipping, Cameron Vear (offstage understudies)
Darren Bennett as Victor Garber / Luigi
Lauren Drew as Céline Dion
Jordan Luke Gage as Cal
Stephen Guarino as Ruth
Rob Houchen as Jack
Kat Ronney as Rose
Charlotte Wakefield as Molly Brown
Layton Williams as the Iceberg.
Adrianne Langley, Madison Swan, Rodney Vubya (background vocalists)
Freddie King and Kristina Walz (offstage understudies).
