Photo Flash: BUGSY MALONE Celebrates Opening Night at the Lyric Hammersmith

BUGSY MALONE returns to the Lyric Hammersmith for a limited 12-week run following the critically acclaimed, Olivier-nominated 2015 production. Starring a diverse range of talented young performers aged nine and over, the lead roles are being performed by three different casts in rotation. Several members of 2015 production are returning, alongside talented youngsters making their professional debut. BUGSY MALONE opened on June 24, and BroadwayWorld has a peek at the opening festivities below!

Mark Charles, Louis Doran, Adryan Dorset-Pitt play BUGSY MALONE; Dayna Cherry Chapman Dixon, Tabitha Knowles and Georgia Pemberton play Blousey Brown; Rhianna Dorris, Olivia Shaye Masterson and Leni Zieglmeier play Tallulah; Vincent Finch, Max Gill and Maddison Tyson play Fat Sam; Archie Barnes, Alesandro Bonelli and Oliver Emery play Dandy Dan; Aubrey, Denzel Eboji and Mekai Manu play Fizzy Elliot; Emily Beacock, Jaydah Bell-Ricketts and Leah Levman play Lena / Babyface; and the ensemble features Jade Albertsen, Damian Buhagiar, Ronan Burns, Alice Harvey, Cristina Hoey, Barney Hudson, Kirsty Ingram, Jordan Laviniere, Lindsay McAllister, Jacques Miche, Lauran Ray, Lucy Thomas, Alex Thomas Smith, Marcus Sharif and Dale White.

BUGSY MALONE is set in Prohibition-era New York with rival gangsters Fat Sam and Dandy Dan at logger heads. As custard pies fly and Dan's destructive 'splurge guns' wreak havoc, BUGSY MALONE, a penniless ex-boxer and all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, an aspiring singer. Will Bugsy be able to resist seductive songstress Tallulah, Fat Sam's moll and Bugsy's old flame, and stay out of trouble while helping Fat Sam to defend his business?

BUGSY MALONE reopened the Lyric in April 2015 following a major redevelopment and the creation of the Reuben Foundation Wing. It was the UK's first professional stage production of BUGSY MALONE in over a decade.

Sean Holmes directs the production, which features choreography from recent Olivier Award winner Drew McOnie, designs from Jon Bausor, musical direction from Phil Bateman, lighting by James Farncombe, sound by Ben Harrison, fight direction by Kate Waters, and orchestrations by Phil Bateman. BUGSY MALONE originated as a 1976 film by Sir Alan Parker.

For more information and to book tickets, visit www.lyric.co.uk.

The BUGSY MALONE cast with Sean Holmes, Drew McOnie, Phil Bateman and Ola Ince

The BUGSY MALONE ensemble with Drew McOnie and Eboni Molina

Henry Lloyd Hughes and Arthur Darvill

Max Gill and Sophia Decaro