Octagon Theatre Bolton have announced full casting for their forthcoming site-specific production of the musical Summer Holiday.
The production’s cast will feature Michael Peavoy as Don; Eleanor Brown as Barbara; Greg Last as Jerry; David Heywood as Steve; Isobel Bates as Mimsie; Luke Thornton as Edwin; Sarah Workman as Angie; Alexander Bean as Cyril; and Barbara Hockaday as Stella. All the cast will play additional roles.
For Summer Holiday, the site-specific production will see audiences meeting at Bolton Interchange where a short scene will take place. They will then embark onto 6 double decker buses along with actors on each bus where there will be a song along the way as audiences are driven onto Victoria Square next to Bolton Town Hall. Audiences will then disembark from the buses to witness the “mini crash” scene outside of the hall – before being transferred to the Octagon Theatre Bolton to watch the remainder of the performance.
The production will be co-directed by Octagon Theatre’s Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman and Ben Occhipinti.
Elizabeth Newman, Artistic Director at the Octagon Theatre, said: “As the Octagon building closes for our important redevelopment, we are heading on our adventures as we produce shows out of the building. We wanted to offer our audiences some exciting and fun experiences and since producing Singin’ in the Rain we’ve been keen to create another joyous musical – so Summer Holiday is the perfect show to begin our adventures! It will be an ambitious staging of the musical, with talented actor-musicians singing, dancing and playing musical instruments in locations across Bolton. This will be a version of Summer Holiday never seen before and I can’t wait to share it with audiences in Bolton and beyond.”
Summer Holiday will be playing at Bolton Travel Interchange and Octagon Theatre Bolton between Thursday 31 May – Saturday 23 June. For more information click here.
