Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh have announced that David Thaxton will play ‘The Phantom’ for a limited run from Monday 10 December 2018.
As previously confirmed, Tim Howar will play his contracted dates with Mike and the Mechanics. His final performance as ‘The Phantom’ will be on Saturday 8 December and he will return to the role from Monday 13 May 2019.
Fresh from playing ‘Javert’ in “Les Misérables” at the Queen’s Theatre, David Thaxton’s other West End credits include ‘Enjolras’ in “Les Misérables”, ‘Raoul’ in “Love Never Dies” at The Adelphi Theatre, ‘Pilate’ in “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Regents Park Theatre, and ‘Giorgio’ in “Passion” at the Donmar Warehouse, for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
David joins Kelly Mathieson as ‘Christine Daaé’, Jeremy Taylor as ‘Raoul’, Amy Manford as the alternate ‘Christine Daaé’, Kimberly Blake as ‘Carlotta Giudicelli’, Ross Dawes as ‘Monsieur Firmin’, Mark Oxtoby as ‘Monsieur André’, Jacinta Mulcahy as ‘Madame Giry’, Paul Ettore Tabone as ‘Ubaldo Piangi’, Georgia Ware as ‘Meg Giry’ and Scott Davies as the standby ‘Phantom’.
