Elliott Joins Cast Of St James Theatre's URINETOWN

Marc Elliott (EastEnders, the National's The History Boys, Royal Shakespeare Company's The Lord of the Flies), playing Mr. McQueen, joins the previously announced Richard Fleeshman (Ghost, Legally Blonde, Coronation Street) as Bobby Strong, Jenna Russell (Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George) as Penelope Pennywise and Jonathan Slinger (RSC's Hamlet, Richard II) as Officer Lockstock in the multi Tony Award-winning URINETOWN The Musical, directed by Jamie Lloyd (Macbeth, The Hothouse, The Pride) at the St James Theatre.

Further cast announced today for URINETOWN The Musical are Chris Bennett (Swing), Alasdair Buchan (Swing), Karis Jack (Little Sally), Aaron Lee Lambert (Billy Boy Bill), Jeff Nicholson (Tiny Tom), Adam Pearce (Officer Barrel) and Charlotte Scott (Swing).

They join Katie Bernstein (Little Becky Two Shoes), Cory English (Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry), Madeleine Harland (Soupy Sue), Rosanna Hyland (Hope Cladwell), Julie Jupp (Old Woman/Josephine Strong), Mark Meadows (Senator Fipp), Joel Montague (Swing), Jo Napthine (Swing) and Matthew Seadon-Young (Robbie The Stockfish).

Jamie Lloyd is directing the UK premiere of URINETOWN The Musical in a new production, with music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis. The musical runs at the St James Theatre from 22 February until 3 May 2014, with opening night on 11 March 2014.

URINETOWN The Musical is produced by Julian Stoneman Associates and The Araca Group with production design by Evening Standard award winner Soutra Gilmour, choreography by Ann Yee, lighting design by Adam Silverman, sound design by Terry Jardine & Nick Lidster, musical supervision by Alan Williams, orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and wig & hair design by Richard Mawbey.

URINETOWN The Musical ran on Broadway to great acclaim from 2001 until 2004 and was nominated for ten Tony Awards, and won for Best Book, Best Score and Best Direction. In addition, it also won three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Obie Awards and the Drama League Award for Best Musical.

In a city of the future that has been inflicted with a terrible drought, business tycoon Caldwell B. Cladwell has made his fortune through bribery and the monopolisation of all public toilets. With a brutal police force maintaining law and order, it's not a place to get caught short! Risk it and you will be sent off to a place no one returns from - the infamous Urinetown.

The city needs a revolution and every revolution needs a hero... however unlikely.

A tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution set in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. This hilarious musical comedy hits London in 2014.

Chris Bennett's stage credits include My Fair Lady at Sheffield Crucible, Crazy For You on UK Tour,Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, West Side Story on UK Tour, Anything Goes on UK Tour,My One and Only at the Piccadilly Theatre, Anything Goes at the National Theatre and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Love's Labour's Lost at the National Theatre, Chicago on UK Tour, Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre, The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello Theatre, Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre,Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and South Pacific at the Barbican and UK Tour.

Alasdair Buchan's stage credits include The Pride at Trafalgar Studios, Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Tobacco Factory, Charlotte's Web at the Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester, Macbeth on UK Tour, The Importance of Being Earnest at the Redgrave Theatre, Bristol, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me at the Courtyard Theatre, London and The Lost World at the Bristol Old Vic. Alasdair's screen credits includeCasualty and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Marc Elliott is best known from his role as Syed Masood in EastEnders. His stage credits include Tape at Trafalgar Studios,Wild Turkey at Troy Café, The History Boys at the National Theatre, Bells and Chaos both at Birmingham Rep, The Maids at the Lyric Hammersmith and Lord of the Flies for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Marc's other screen credits includeMidsomer Murders, Holby City, The Invisibles, The Bill, MI High and Lewis.

Karis Jack made her professional debut as Little Inez/Dynamite in Hairspray in Kuala Lumpur & Singapore. Urinetown The Musical will be her first role on stage in the UK.

Aaron Lee Lambert's stage credits include Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Sister Actat the London Palladium, Jerry Springer The Opera and First Lady Suite both at Edinburgh Fringe, Show Boat at the Carnegie Hall, Meet John Doe at the Norma Terris Theatre, Chester, USA, But The Giraffeand Brundibar at the New Victory Theatre, USA, Angels at the New York Musical Theater Festival andUsher at the NYC Fringe. Aaron has also written the book, music and lyrics for From Up Here, which had its world premiere in June 2012 and was broadcast live on whatsonstage.com. Aaron's work also includes Music from the Films of Tim Burton at the Royal Albert Hall and UK Tour and as a backup singer for the UK Tour of Josh Groban's recent All That Echoes.

Jeff Nicholson's stage credits include Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre, Dude, Where's My Teddy Bear? at the New Wimbledon Theatre, Assassins at the Landor Theatre, Dick Whittington at the Watford Palace, Showstoppers on UK Tour, Direct From The West End at the Royal Theatre, Windsor and the Grand Opera House, York, the Les Miserables 25th Anniversary at the O2 and vocalist at the 85th Academy Awards (Oscars 2013) in Hollywood. Jeff's screen credits include Les Miserables directed by Tom Hooper and Lost In Austen.

Adam Pearce's stage credits include The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Sweeney Todd at Chichester Festival Theatre and the Adelphi Theatre, Love Never Dies, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and Evita all at the Adelphi Theatre, Alice In Wonderland at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Aladdin at Richmond Theatre and the Milton Keynes Theatre. Adam's screen credits include Les Miserables directed by Tom Hooper and A Tale Of Two Cities.

Charlotte Scott's stage credits include Pipe Dream at the Union Theatre, Singin' In The Rain at the Palace Theatre, Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, Jack And The Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, The Rocky Horror Show on UK Tour, Fameon UK Tour, Footloose on UK Tour and Cats on UK Tour.

Jamie Lloyd recently created Jamie Lloyd Productions, a production venture with Ambassador Theatre Group. With this company, he has recently presented a season of work as Artistic Director of Trafalgar Transformed at Trafalgar Studios: The Pride, The Hothouse and Macbeth (Olivier nomination for Best Revival). Other theatre credits include: Cyrano de Bergerac(Roundabout Theatre Company; American Airlines Theatre, Broadway); The Duchess of Malfi (Old Vic); She Stoops to Conquer (National, Olivier; Whatsonstage nomination for Best Revival); The Faith Machine, The Pride (Royal Court; Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for The Pride), Inadmissible Evidence, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Passion, Polar Bears (Donmar; Evening Standard Award for Best Musical for Passion), Piaf (Donmar, also Vaudeville/Teatro Liceo, Buenos Aires/Nuevo Teatro Alcala, Madrid; Olivier nomination for Best Musical Revival, Hugo Award for Best Director, Clarin Award for Best Musical Production, ADEET Award for Best Production); The Little Dog Laughed (Garrick), Three Days of Rain (Apollo; Olivier nomination for Best Revival, Whatsonstage nomination for Best Revival), The Lover and The Collection (Comedy) and Elegies: a Song Cycle (Arts) in the West End; The School for Scandal(Theatre Royal, Bath); Salome (Headlong); Eric's (Liverpool Everyman) and The Caretaker (Sheffield Crucible and Tricycle). Jamie has also directed plays as a part of the Old Vic 24 Hour Plays and the Royal Court International Residencies. Jamie was Associate Director of the Donmar from 2008 to 2011 and Associate Artist of Headlong. Jamie recently directed The Commitments, currently running at the Palace Theatre.

LISTINGS

URINETOWN The Musical

ST JAMES THEATRE

Performances:

Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm

Thursday & Saturday at 2.30pm

Opening Night Tuesday 11 March 2014

Ticket prices: £27.50 - £49.50

Address: St James Theatre, 12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA

Box Office: 0844 264 2140

Website: www.urinetown.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/UrinetownUK

Twitter: @UrinetownUK

Instagram: UrinetownUK

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