Denis Grindel, Killian Donnelly and More Set for Roddy Doyle's THE COMMITMENTS - Full Cast Announced!

The Commitments, Roddy Doyle's best-selling novel, is now live on stage for the very first time.

Be the first to experience this show as it makes its World Premiere at the Palace Theatre in London's West End this September.

The show, which has been more than two years in the making, has been adapted from the novel by Booker prize winning author Doyle himself and will be directed by award winning Jamie Lloyd (the man behind the recent production of Macbeth starring James McAvoy).

The Commitments is the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians and friends into an amazing live act, the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced. The show follows the journey of two members of a frustrated synthesizer band - the opening scene we find them playing but being ignored in a shop window - who turn to Jimmy, the local music expert, for help.

The lead role of Jimmy Rabbitte, the band's manager, will be played by Denis Grindel, who is making his West End debut. Deco will be played by Killian Donnelly. Donnelly has previously appeared in The Phantom of the Opera and in Les Miserables (film and stage productions).

The Commitmentettes will be played by three young Dublin girls, making their West End debuts - Sarah O'Connor, Stephanie McKeon and Jessica Cervi.

Playing the senior musician in the group, the spiritually inspired trumpet player extraordinaire, Joey "The Lips " Fagan, is Ben Fox.

Playing Jimmy Rabbitte's father is Sean Kearns ("Angela's Ashes" and the BBC's "Ballykissangel").

Placing a classified advert in a music paper, Jimmy auditions a number of wannabes before finalising the new line up who he names The Commitments. The humour kicks in as the band get to know each other and their instruments, and proceed through early rehearsals for their first gig. Just as they improve and begin to get a name for themselves they combust. The backing singers are all getting off with the middle aged horn legend, the singer has entered Eurovision and the saxophone player has dangerous leaning towards a jazz career.

Featuring soul classics Night Train, Try A Little Tenderness, In The Midnight Hour, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Save Me, Mustang Sally, and many more.

For more information, visit: http://www.thecommitmentslondon.com/the-show/

Pictured: Brian Gilligan, Barny Southgate, Ben Fox, Andrew Linnie, Jessica Cervi, Denis Grindel, Matthew Wycliffe, Steph McKeon, Sarah O'Connor, Mark Dugdale, Killian Donnelly, and Joe Woolmer.

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