Road Show
- December 12 2024 - January 12 2025
- 2 hours (with interval)
- Age Guidance: 13+
At the dawn of the 20th century, two brothers driven by their dying father’s charge to seize the boundless opportunities of the New World set off to find their fortune. From the frenzy of the Gold Rush to the real estate boom in Florida, Sondheim and Weidman’s complex, catchy, and darkly funny tale based on the true story of the Mizner Brothers chronicles the curdling of the American Dream.
From the team that brought us Assassins and Pacific Overtures, Sondheim’s final finished work is brought to life in all its sharp, vaudevillian glory.
CAST AND CREATIVES
Reece Richardson
(he/him)
Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.
Theatre credits include: French Toast (Riverside Studios); Once (International Tour); Peaky Blinders: The Rise (Immersive Everywhere); 1984 and The Odyssey (Aquila Theatre, US National Tour); The Claykickers Chorus (Wild Thyme Productions); The Tempest (The Lord Chamberlain’s Men); Up ‘n’ Under and Oh! What a Lovely War (Oldham Coliseum); The Tempest and Othello (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre); Closer (Black Box Theatre, York); Home and Beauty, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Lady in the Van and A Little Night Music (Pitlochry Festival Theatre) and No Naughty Bits (Hampstead Theatre).
Film credits include: Hamlet (Globe); The Old Man of Waterloo (History in the Making) and Dreaming of Peggy Lee (Big Mop Productions).
Madeleine Morgan
(she/her)
Earlier this year, Madeleine won the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition.
Training: Royal Academy of Music (MA Musical Theatre).
Credits while training: Mary in Merrily We Roll Along, Wynne in Dinner, Featured Soloist in Cy Baby, Balladeer and Samuel Byck in Assassins and The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods.
Concert credits include: Guest Vocalist for Friday Night is Music Night with the BBC Concert Orchestra (BBC Radio 3, Alexandra Palace Theatre).
Cabaret credits include: Guest performer at Olivier Award-winner Jak Malone’s cabaret, Gender? I Hardly Know Her.
Oliver Sidney
(he/him)
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Credits while training: Fredrick in ‘A Little Night Music’, Lucas/Priest in ‘Bare:A Pop Opera’ and Franklin Shepard in ‘Merrily We Roll Along’.
Theatre credits include: Snoopy in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Understudy Oliver in Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); William Beech in Goodnight Mister Tom (UK Tour) and Oliver in Oliver! (UK Tour).
Sondheim has played a crucial role in Oliver’s decision to pursue a career in acting, so he is incredibly grateful to be taking on this role.
Folarin Akinmade
(he/him)
Folarin Akinmade is a British Nigerian actor, singer, and writer based in South London.
Theatre credits include: Gimli in The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale (Watermill Theatre), and Perfect Show for Rachel (Barbican Centre).
Robert Finlayson
(he/him)
Robert was born in South Africa and moved to London in 1996.
Training: University of Cape Town.
Theatre credits include: Duke Remington in Sound Clash (Edinburgh Festival); Juan Peron in Evita (World Tour); Ensemble, 1st Cover David and 2nd Cover Manny in Opening Night (World Premiere, Gielgud Theatre); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lancelot in Camelot, Roger in Grease, Joseph and Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Claude in Hair and Tony in West Side Story (all South Africa); Nick in Fame – The Musical (Cambridge Theatre); Cover Chris in Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre and UK National Tour); Brad in The Rocky Horror Show and Jean-Michelle in La Cage Aux Folles (Frankfurt, Germany); Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (‘Fleur Du Cap’ Award Winner, Best Performance in a Musical, Greece and Korea Tour); Alex in Aspects of Love (directed by Nikolai Foster), Coach Bolton in High School Musical (Shanghai); Gus and Growltiger in Cats and Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Television credits include: Citadel (Amazon); Wild at Heart (ITV); Sir Robert in Derren Brown Special (Channel 4) and Lord Ram in Legend of the Hidden City (SABC).
Emily Friberg
(she/her)
Theatre credits include: Liberty in Golden Door (Workshop, new musical, The Old Diorama Arts Centre).
Road Show marks Emily’s musical theatre debut.
Rhys Lambert
(he/they)
Training: Guildford School of Acting
Credits while training: Robbie in Soho Cinders and Ensemble and Dance Captain in High Spirits.
Theatre credits include: Dorian in Dorian: The Musical (Southwark Playhouse) and Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
Television credits include: Young Mickey in Ordeal by Innocence (Mammoth Screen), Young Jamie in Outlander (LBP Outlander Ltd)
Rhys is represented by Russell Smith Associates Ltd and he would like to thank his friends and family for their love and support.
Katherine Strohmaier
(she/her)
Katherine is delighted to make her London debut in Road Show. Originally from the USA, she moved to the UK in 2019 to pursue an MSc in Performance Science at the Royal College of Music.
Theatre credits include: Cathy and Pianist in The Last 5 Years (Harlequin Productions); Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Tammy in Hairspray and Poopsie in The Pajama Game (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle), Molly Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Liz Imbrie in High Society, Cordelia in Falsettos, (Showtunes, Seattle); The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods (Mount Baker Theater, Bellingham); Blue Rose: The Rosemary Clooney Story, Belle in A Christmas Carol and Daisy in Dogpark: The Musical (Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee).
Katherine has sung with Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony-Pops, at the Opéra de Rennes, and in several USA cities with pianist Peter Nero. She teaches singing courses at City Lit and leads weekly singing sessions in UK prisons with Liberty Choir.
Amanda Noar | Director
(she/her)
Harry Style | Musical Director
(he/him)
Isaac Bernier-Doyle (he/him) | Associate Director
Ruby Boswell-Green (she/her) | Set Designer
Simon Jackson (he/him) | Lighting Designer
Holly Louise Chapman (she/her) | Costume Designer
Phil Stannard (he/him) | Sound Designer
Michael Giambrone (he/him) | Set Builder
Molly Tackaberry (she/her) | Stage Manager
Angie Lawrence (she/her) | Production Assistant
Jesse Musker (she/her) | Production Assistant
Annlouise Butt (she/her) | Producer