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THE FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE NATIONAL
TOUR OF MULTI OLIVIER
AWARD-WINNING HIT WEST END MUSICAL
Sunny Afternoon
Sunderland
Empire
Tuesday 4th –
Saturday 8th October 2016
As the West
End multi Olivier
award-winning hit musical continues to excite audiences in the West
End, Sonia Friedman Productions
and Ambassador Theatre Group are delighted to announce the full cast for the
national tour of Sunny Afternoon.
Recipient of four awards at the 2015
Olivier Awards including Best New Musical and Outstanding Achievement in Music
for Ray Davies, Sunny Afternoon will
arrive at the Sunderland Empire on Tuesday
4th – Saturday 8th October 2016.
The tour of Sunny Afternoon is
produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group with
Tulchin Bartner Productions, Just for Laughs Theatricals/Glass Half Full
Productions, Rupert Gavin, in association with Hampstead Theatre and Arlon
Productions.
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Andrew Gallo ('Mick Avory'), Mark Newnham ('Dave Davies'),
Ryan O'Donnell ('Ray
Davies') and Garmon Rhys ('Pete Quaife' |
The tour will star Ryan O’Donnell as ‘Ray Davies’, with Mark Newnham as ‘Dave Davies’, Garmon
Rhys as bassist ‘Pete
Quaife’ and Andrew Gallo as drummer
‘Mick Avory’. They are joined by: Jayne Ashley; Victoria Anderson; Nathanael
Campbell; Marcelo Cervone; Tomm Coles; Deryn Edwards; Sophie Leigh Griffin; Sam
Haywood; James Hudson; Richard Hurst; Cleo Jaeger; James Lorcan; Joseph
Richardson; Robert Took; Alex Wadham; Libby Watts; Michael Warburton; Lucy
Wilkerson and Lisa Wright.
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SUNNY AFTERNOON
TOUR.
Full Cast with Ray
Davies and Joe Penhall
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The Kinks exploded onto the 60s music
scene with a raw energetic new sound that rocked a nation. But how did that
happen, where exactly did they come from and what happened next? Featuring some
of The Kinks’ best-loved songs, including You
Really Got Me, Waterloo Sunset
and Lola, Sunny Afternoon tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies
and the rise to stardom of The Kinks.
Set against the back-drop of a Britain
caught mid-swing between the conservative 50s and riotous 60s, this production
explores the euphoric highs and agonising lows of one of Britain’s
most iconic bands and the irresistible music that influenced generations.
Ryan
O’Donnell (Ray Davies) most
recently appeared in “Sunny Afternoon” at the Harold Pinter Theatre. His other theatre credits include:
“Quadrophenia” at Theatre Royal Plymouth; “Frankenstein” at Royal and Derngate;
“Romeo & Juliet” for the Royal Shakespeare Company; “ShadowMouth” at
Sheffield Crucible and “Tracy Beaker the Musical” at the Nottingham Playhouse. Ryan
was a member of the band Jethro Tull for four years. In 2009 he recorded
‘Matthew and Son’ with Cat ‘Yusuf’ Stevens and the BBC.
Mark
Newnham (Dave Davies) most
recently appeared in “All or Nothing” at The Vaults Theatre London. His other
theatre credits include: “Return to the Forbidden Planet” on UK tour; “Lennon”
at the Royal Court, Liverpool; “Bouncers” and “A Passionate Woman” at the
Queens Theatre, Hornchurch” and “Hot Stuff” at the Oldham Collesium.
Garmon Rhys
(Pete
Quaife) most recently appeared in “Doctor Faustus” at Trafalgar Studios. His
other theatre credits include: “The Secret Adversary” at the Watermill Theatre
& UK tour and “Regeneration” at the Royal and Derngate and UK
tour.
Andrew Gallo (Mick Avory) most
recently appeared in “Parade” at the Hope Mill Theatre. His other theatre
credits include: “Adam Long’s Dickens Abridged” on UK
tour; “Sister Act” at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre; “Saturday Night Fever” at
the Theatre Royal Bath and UK
tour; “New York City Rhythm” at the Playhouse Theatre and “Hairspray” at the Aberystwyth
Arts Centre.
Following a sell-out run
at Hampstead Theatre, Sunny Afternoon
opened to critical acclaim at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s
West End
in October 2014 and will have its final performance at the Harold Pinter
Theatre on 29
October 2016.
Sunny
Afternoon has music and lyrics by
Ray Davies with a book by Joe Penhall and original story by Ray Davies. It is
directed by Edward Hall, designed by Miriam Buether with choreography by Adam
Cooper. Lighting design is by Rick Fisher with sound design by Matt McKenzie
for Autograph. Musical and vocal
adaptations are by Ray Davies and Elliott Ware based on original Kinks
recordings. The Musical Director is Barney
Ashworth and the Musical Supervisor is Elliott
Ware.
On The Web:
Tickets available in
person at the Box Office on High Street West, from the Ticket
Centre on 0844 871 3022* or online at www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland*
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