With book by Robert Horn, music & lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and directed by Jack O'Brien; Shucked makes its London premiere this May following an acclaimed run on Broadway and a US tour this Spring.
Jonathan Andrew Hume, Taila Halford and Claudia Kariuki. Headshots provided by production.
O’Brien directs the previously announced Monique Ashe-Palmer (Standing at the Sky's Edge, Gillian Lynne Theatre) as Storyteller 1, Ben Joyce (Back to the Future The Musical, Adelphi Theatre) as Beau), Sophie McShera (The Entertainer, The Garrick London) as Maizy, Georgina Onuorah (Little Shop of Horrors, Sheffield Crucible) as Lulu, Keith Ramsay (The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre) as Peanut, Matthew Seadon-Young (The Baker's Wife, Menier Chocolate Factory) as Gordy and Steven Webb (Here You Come Again, UK Tour and Riverside Studios) as Storyteller 2.
Joining them in the cast are Jonathan Andrew Hume (Guys and Dolls, Bridge Theatre) as Grandpa, with the Ensemble consisting of Taila Halford (Kin a New Musical, The Other Palace), Ross Harmon (Wicked, Apollo Victoria), Claudia Kariuki (Six, Vaudeville), Tom Oliver (The Little Big Things, @sohoplace), Gleanne Purcell-Brown (Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Toyan Thomas-Browne (MJ The Musical, Prince Edward). Nathaniel Purnell (The Time Traveller's Wife, Apollo Theatre), Jed Berry (Wicked, UK Tour), Rachel Rawlinson (Six, Vaudeville), and Mia Shelbourne (professional debut) complete the cast as Swings.
Creatives include Lucy Adams (Associate Lighting Designer); Myles Brown (Associate Choreographer); Nathanael Campbell (Associate Director); Ben Davies (Associate Set Designer); Aundrea Fudge (Voice & Dialect Coach); Jill Green CDG (Casting Director); Tilly Grimes (Costume Designer); Carole Hancock (UK Wigs, Hair & Makeup Designer & Supervisor); Jason Howland (Music Supervisor, Orchestrations & Arrangements); Olivia Laydon (Casting Associate); Ingrid Mackinnon (Intimacy Support); Caity Mulkearns (Associate Costume Designer); Mia M Neal (Original US Hair & Wig Designer); Jack O’Brien (Director); Sarah O’Gleby (Choreographer); Scott Pask (Set Designer); Michael J Passaro (US Production Supervisor); Greg Pink (Associate Sound Designer); Katy Richardson (Musical Director); Tom Shiels (Casting Associate); John Shivers (Sound Designer); Japhy Weideman (Lighting Designer).
Shucked is a Tony Award-winning musical comedy about an unlikely hero, an unscrupulous con artist, and a battle for the heart and soil of a small town, is not to be missed.
It runs at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre from 10 May - 14 June 2025.
