Jason Manford, Richard Fleeshman, Marisha Wallace, More Star in U.K. Debut of Something Rotten! Beginning August 5

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Jason Manford, Richard Fleeshman, Marisha Wallace, More Star in U.K. Debut of Something Rotten! Beginning August 5

Tim Jackson directs the three concerts at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

The 2015 Broadway musical Something Rotten! plays three concerts at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane beginning August 5, marking the work’s U.K. debut.

Directed by Tim Jackson (Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York), performances of Something Rotten! in Concert are scheduled for August 5 at 7:30 PM and August 6 at 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM.

Jason Manford (The Producers, The Wizard of Oz) stars as Nick Bottom, joined by Gary Wilmot (Anything Goes, Wicked) as Nostradamus, Richard Fleeshman (Company, Urinetown) as Shakespeare, Marisha Wallace (Guys & Dolls, Oklahoma!) as Bea, Evelyn Hoskins (Waitress, Spring Awakening) as Portia, Cassius Hackforth (For Tonight, From Here to Eternity) as Nigel Bottom, Steve Furst (Oliver!, Matilda) as Shylock, Ashley Samuels (Hairspray, The Book of Mormon) as Troubadour, Cameron Blakely (Newsies, Mrs. Doubtfire) as Brother Jeremiah, and Jenna Boyd (Come From Away, The Wind in the Willows) as Lady Croydon.

The ensemble includes Evonnee Bentley-Holder, Jordan Cunningham, Luke Field-Wright, Ru Fisher, Matthew Koon, Eddie Manning, Lisa Mattheison, Katharine Pearson, and Ella Redhead.

The
artists are backed by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra, conducted
by Freddie Tapner (Love Never Dies, Chess). The
concerts also feature choreography by Tim Jackson and
Claira Vaughan, sound design by Tom Marshall and Sebastian Frost,
lighting design by Jamie Platt, set and costume design by Rebecca
Brower, production management by Pete Kramer, company and stage
management by Peter Barnett, and casting consultancy by Sarah Jane
Price.

Created by Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell, and Wayne Kirkpatrick, Something Rotten!
follows the story of Renaissance writers Nick and Nigel Bottom as they
seek to outshine Shakespeare by writing the world’s first musical.

The musical opened on Broadway April 22, 2015, playing 32 previews
and 708 regular performances at the St. James Theatre. The production
earned 10 Tony nominations, including one for Best Musical. Christian
Borle won the Tony for his performance as Shakespeare.

Something Rotten! in Concert is produced by Fourth Wall Live, JAS Theatricals, and the London
Musical Theatre Orchestra in association with Alchemation.

For ticket information visit SomethingRottenConcert.com.