First look production images are released for the world premiere of A Knight’s Tale The Musical, which has opened at the Manchester Opera House on April 11 and will run until May 10.
Based on the Columbia Pictures film written and directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany, A Knight’s Tale The Musical has been adapted for the stage by Irish comedy writer and actor Brona C Titley. The production is directed by the award-winning Rachel Kavanaugh and features choreography by Olivier Award-winning Matt Cole.
The cast includes Andrew Coshan as William, Emily Benjamin as Kate, Max Bennett as Chaucer, Emile Ruddock as Roland, Jay Saighal as Prince Edward, Eva Scott as What, Giles Taylor as Father, Oliver Tompsett as Count Adhemar, and Meesha Turner as Jocelyn. The ensemble is completed by Robbie Alexander, Lauren Arney, Arcangelo Ciulla, Georgia Clements, Zac Frieze, Elliot Gooch, Gabriela Gregorian, Benedict Hastings, Danielle Huntley, Thomas Inge, Lisa Kerr, Zera Malvina-Aitken, Mehran James McCullough, Ryan North, Ryan Pidgen, and Chioma Uma.
Join William Thatcher, a 14th-century peasant squire, who breaks all the rules when he passes himself off as a nobleman and takes the jousting world by storm. The only thing that stands between William and his dream of becoming the World Champion of the most extreme of sports is the bad boy of the sport, Count Adhemar. When the two rivals go lance to lance at the world finals, you’d better arm yourself and hang on tight for the ride of your life! A Knight’s Tale promises a truly rockin’ soundtrack, packed with chart-topping hits.
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