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First Look: Barnum at Watermill Theatre

by Staff Writer
July 10, 2024
Reading Time: 6 mins read
Barnum credit Pamela Raith Photography

Barnum credit Pamela Raith Photography

The Watermill Theatre release first look production images for Barnum, the venue’s spectacular summer musical.

The new production of the Olivier and Tony award-winning musical Barnum will run from 2 July – 8 September. Featuring music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and a book by Mark Bramble, directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, with choreography by Oti Mabuse, and featuring an ensemble cast of actor-musicians and circus performers, this sensational show will take over the Watermill site with the wonders and delights of Barnum’s circus.

Titular character P.T. Barnum will be played by Matt Rawle (Father Brown, BBC; Evita, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) alongside Monique Young (Sondheim’s Old Friends, Gielgud Theatre; Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre) as ‘Charity Barnum’ and Penny Ashmore (Ride of the Valkyries, Die Walküre – Gala Concert, Royal Albert Hall) as ‘Jenny Lind’.

       

Fergus Rattigan (The Sovereign, York Theatre Royal) will play ‘General Tom Thumb’ with Tania Mathurin (The Witches, National Theatre; Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre) as ‘Joice Heth’, Josh Barnett (Cruel Intentions, The Other Palace; Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park) as ‘James Bailey’, and Tom Sterling (The Third Man, Menier Chocolate Factory; The Phantom Of The Opera, His Majesty’s Theatre) as ‘Edgar Templeton’.

Returning to The Watermill Theatre are ensemble members Emma Jane Morton (Sweet Charity, The Watermill Theatre; Amelie, West End and UK Tour) and Tom Sowinski (As You Like It, The Watermill Theatre; Romeo & Juliet, Reading Rep Theatre), alongside newcomers to The Watermill Theatre, Jessica Jolleys (Beautiful, UK Tour; Oliver Twist, Storyhouse Chester), Charis Alexandra (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, West End) and Elena Bluck who is making her professional debut.

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The cast is completed by onstage swings Kaine Hatukai (The Secret Love of Ophelia, Greenwich Theatre) and Laura Sillett (Footloose, West End and UK Tour) and circus performers Kiera Brunton (Dancing in a Winter Wonderland, UK Tour and West End), Emily Odunsi (Diamonds are Forever, Epsom Downs Racecourse), Dan Holland (Priscilla the Party, Here at Outernet; The Secret Garden, Ambassadors Theatre) and Andre Rodrigues in his musical theatre professional debut.

Step right up and enter the dazzling world of P.T. Barnum, where imagination and ambition know no bounds.  Delight at every sight, wonder and miracle as the creator of spectacle comes to town with a sensational show featuring a whole host of characters.

Hand in hand with wife Charity, Barnum’s life and career twists and turns as he schemes and dreams his way to headier heights.  However, the irresistible pull of an ever-bigger humbug comes at a cost, and the people paying are usually those on whom Barnum tramples, on the way to the top.

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