Full cast announced for UK premiere of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical
Megan Ellis, Annabel Marlow, Darren Day and Laura Medforth. Headshots provided by production
The production will premiere at Curve, Leicester this spring from 10 April to 10 May 2025.
Joining the previously announced Megan Ellis as Muriel Heslop and Annabel Marlow (SIX The Musical) as Rhonda Epinstall are Darren Day (Footloose, UK Tour) as Muriel’s father and Laura Medforth (Hello, Dolly, London Palladium) as Muriel’s mother. Muriel’s trio of idle and good-for-nothing siblings will be played by Jacob Warner (Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, 2019 Australian tour) as Muriel’s brother Perry Heslop, Joseph Peacock (Becoming Nancy, Birmingham Rep) as Malcolm Heslop and Lena Pattie Jones (FANGIRLS, Lyric Hammersmith) as Muriel’s sister Joanie Heslop.
Too hot to hang with Muriel, Porpoise Spit’s girl gang will be led by Helen Hill (Pretty Woman The Musical, Savoy Theatre) as Tania, Lillie-Pearl Wildman (CABARET, Kit Kat Club) as Cheryl, Jasmine Beel (Bonnie & Clyde, UK and Ireland tour) as Nicole and Daisy Twells (Heathers, @sohoplace and UK tour) as Janine.
Ethan Pascal Peters (Cable Street, Southwark Playhouse) will play Brice, with Stephen Madsen (Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, world premiere at Sydney’s Roslyn Packer Theatre) as Alexander Schkuratov, Chris Bennett (Only Fools and Horses, Theatre Royal Haymarket) as Bill Heslop’s business partner Ken, Bronte Alice-Tadman (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare North Playhouse) as Deidre and Frida, Jasmine Hackett (Toys The Musical, Pump House, Watford) as Agnetha, Aaron Tsindos (Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, world premiere at Sydney’s Roslyn Packer Theatre) as Benny and Jamie Doncaster (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Gillian Lynne Theatre) as Björn.
The cast is completed by Edward Turner (Aladdin, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham), Carlo Boumouglbay (Miss Saigon, Australia and Asia tour), Andrew Berlin (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Donmar Warehouse), Sophie Linder-Lee (Wicked, Appollo Victoria), Charlotte O’Rourke (Cruel Intentions, The Other Palace), Lizzie Nance (Matilda The Musical, international tour), Serina Mathew (Here & Now, The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham), Will Luckett (Wicked, UK and Ireland tour) and Jamil Abbasi (The Great British Bake Off Musical, Nöel Coward Theatre).
Based on the iconic Australian film, Muriel's Wedding is a heartwarming story about an awkward and insecure young woman, Muriel, who dreams of escaping her mundane life in the small town of Porpoise Spit. As she navigates friendship, love, and self-discovery, Muriel learns to embrace her true self beyond societal expectations and her obsession with getting married.
The Made at Curve and Global Creatures co-production of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical is directed by Simon Phillips (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Love Never Dies).