5 September 2014
Press Release
Donmar Warehouse presents
CITY OF ANGELS – FULL CAST ANNOUNCED
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by David Zippel
Book by Larry Gelbart
Sat 6 December 2014 – Sat 7 February 2015
PRESS NIGHT: Tues 16 December 2014
No performances 24-27 December 2014
Over a quarter of the tickets for this production have beenheld back, allowing for more than 550 tickets to go on sale each week, including Barclays Front Row and Day Tickets.
Director: Josie Rourke
Designer: Robert Jones
Lighting Designer: Howard Harrison
Musical Director: Gareth Valentine
Choreographer: Stephen Mear
Sound Designers: Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster for Autograph
Orchestrations: Billy Byers and Larry Blank
Video and Projection Designer: Duncan McLean
Full cast: Samantha Barks, Nick Cavaliere, Rosalie Craig, Cameron Cuffe, Marc Elliott, Adam Fogerty, Hadley Fraser, Katherine Kelly, KadiffKirwan, Sandra Marvin, Tam Mutu, Mark Penfold, Peter Polycarpou, Jennifer Saayeng, Jo Servi, Rebecca Trehearn and Tim Walton
‘Everybody’s in a movie. Sometimes we just turn the camera on.’
Full casting for City of Angels has been announced. Joining the previously announced Samantha Barks, Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser are Katherine Kelly, Tam Mutu, Peter Polycarpou and Rebecca Trehearn.
They are joined by Nick Cavaliere,Cameron Cuffe, Marc Elliott,Adam Fogerty,KadiffKirwan, Sandra Marvin,Mark Penfold,Jennifer Saayeng, Jo Serviand Tim Walton.
Two decades after its London premiere, Artistic Director Josie Rourke revives one of the acknowledged greats of twentieth century musical theatre.
Hollywood comes calling for a New York novelist. The offer is too good to refuse: adapt the private detective protagonist of his books into a big-screen hero. The siren song of Los Angeles is a dangerous temptation and while his movie plays out in black and white, his new life is all-too colourful.
With a sensational jazz score by Cy Coleman, sizzling lyrics from David Zippeland book by acclaimed comic screenwriter Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H, Tootsie), City of Angels is a witty and glorious celebration of film noir.
The Donmar will be releasing more than 550 tickets each week, including Barclays Front Row (released 10am every Monday throughout the run) and Day Tickets (available in person at the Box Office every day).
Josie Rourke(Director) is Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse where she has directed The Recruiting Officer,The Physicists, Berenice, The Weir(which transferred to Wyndham’s Theatre), Coriolanus (which was broadcast to cinemas around the world in partnership with National Theatre Live)and James Graham’s new play Privacy.In 2013 she directed The Machine, a new play by Matt Charman, as part of the Manchester International Festival, which also played at Park Avenue Armory, New York. Rourke trained at the Donmar, under Sam Mendes, through the theatre’s annual Resident Assistant Director Scheme. Prior to the Donmar, shewas Artistic Director at the Bush Theatre, London, from 2007 to 2011. Her 2010 production of Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart ran in the Lyttelton at the National Theatre. In 2011 her production of Much Ado About Nothing, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, ran in the West End at Wyndham’s Theatre and received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Revival.
Samantha Barks (playing Avril/Mallory) is making her Donmar debut in City of Angels. Theatre credits include Chicago (Hollywood Bowl), Oliver! (UK Tour), Cabaret (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) and Les Misérables(Queen’s Theatre) as Éponine, a role which Barks reprised in Tom Hooper’s acclaimed film adaptation. Other film credits include The Devil’s Harvest, Dracula Untold and The Christmas Candle.
Nick Cavaliere (playing Sonny) previously starred as Big Jule in the Donmar’s production of Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre. Other theatre credits include One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre), Zorro (West End), Sleeping Beauty (The Young Vic,Barbican and on Broadway), The Taming of the Shrew (Manchester Royal Exchange), Antony & Cleopatra and The Relapse (RSC). Film and television credits include Doctors, Devil’s Playground, Gulliver’s Travels, Doc Martin, Last Chance Harvey, The Last Detective and Coronation Street.
Rosalie Craig (playing Gabby/Bobbi) makes her Donmar debut in City of Angels. Her recent performance as Princess Althea in The Light Princess at the National Theatre earned her the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical Performance, as well as an Olivier Award nomination. She playedthe title role in Miss Julieand also appeared in Black Comedy at Chichester Festival Theatre this summer. Previous theatre credits include Macbeth (Manchester International Festival 2013), Table (National Theatre), Finding Neverland(Leicester Curve), Ragtime (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) and Company (Sheffield Crucible). Her television credits include Spooks, Miranda and My Family and Other Animals.
Cameron Cuffe (playing Peter Kingsley)makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. Theatre credits include the forthcomingThe Vertical Hour (Park Theatre) and Pains of Youth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and The Rover (all while training at The Lir Academy, Dublin).
Marc Elliott(playing Pancho Vargas/Lieutenant Munoz)makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. Elliott’s theatre credits include Urinetown (Apollo Theatre and St James Theatre), Tape (Trafalgar Studios), The History Boys (National Theatre), Bells and Chaos (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), The Maids (Lyric Hammersmith) and Lord of the Flies, The Winter’s Tale, Macbeth and Julius Caesar (RSC). Television credits include Syed Masood in EastEnders, Lewis, Midsomer Murders, The Invisibles, MI Highand Mile High.
Adam Fogerty (playing Big Six) makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. Previous theatre credits include Manchester Sound:The Massacre (Liberty Theatre Company, Manchester), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Northern Broadsides) and Bouncers (Hull Truck). Fogerty has recently finished filming Working Title's new feature film Legend, his other screen credits include Snatch, Mean Machine, Greenfingers and Stardust.
Hadley Fraser (playing Stine) returns to the Donmar stage havingplayed Aufidius in Rourke’s production ofCoriolanus. That followed his appearance in The Machine, also directed by Rourke, for theDonmar co-production with the Manchester International Festival and Park Avenue Armory, New York. He has played Marius and, later, Javert in the West End production of Les Misérables and appeared in Tom Hooper’s acclaimed film adaptation. In 2012, Fraser played Raoul in the 25th Anniversary Concert of ThePhantom of the Opera, which was broadcast around the world. Other theatre credits includeThe Pajama Game (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Fantasticks (Duchess Theatre) and Assassins (Sheffield Crucible). Together with RaminKarimloo, he writes, records and performs music as SHEYTOONS and recently released his first solo recording Just Let Go. Fraser is a patron of the Performance Preparation Academy in Guildford and is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Katherine Kelly (playing Carla/Alaura) makes her Donmar debut in City of Angels. Kelly is best known as Becky on Coronation Street, having won and been nominated for multiple accolades for the role including the National Television Award for Most Popular Serial Drama Performance, the TRIC Award for TV Personality and the British Soap Award for Best Actress, Best Comedy Performance and Best On-Screen Partnership. Additional television credits includeMr Selfridge, The Secret River, Guilty, The Last Witch, The Best Possible Tasteand Life on Mars.Theatre includesShe Stoops to Conquer (National Theatre), Visable (Soho Theatre), Tamar’s Revenge andHouse of Desires (RSC), Othello (Manchester Royal Exchange) andThe Accrington Pals (Chichester Festival Theatre).
KadiffKirwan(playing Angel City Four) makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. Theatre credits include Home (National Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK and Australian Tour) and Sister Act (UK Tour).Kirwan’s television credits include Call the Midwife and Crims.
Sandra Marvin (playing Angel City Four) makes her Donmar debut in City of Angels. Her theatre credits include Kate Bush: Before the Dawn (Eventim Apollo), Chicago (Leicester Curve), Hairspray (Shaftesbury TheatreandUK and Ireland Tour), Ragtime, A Fairytale of New York and A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Cool Hand Luke (Aldwych Theatre) and A Rake’s Progress (Royal Opera House).
Tam Mutu (playing Stone) makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. Mutu has an extensive list of theatre credits including Les Misérables(Queen’s Theatre), Love Never Dies (Adelphi Theatre), Orange Peel (Royal Court), Royal Hunt of the Sunand Love’s Labour’s Lost(National Theatre), East(Leicester Haymarket), King Lear and Romeo and Juliet(RSC), and As You Like It (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre). Television credits include Waking the Dead and Footballer’s Wives.
Mark Penfold(playing Luther Kingsley) makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. His theatre credits include Salome(Southampton Nuffield Theatre), The Crucible (Sheffield Crucible), Justifying War (Tricycle Theatre) and has performed frequently at the Oxford Playhouse in Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Privates on Parade and Macbeth among others. Penfold has made numerous television appearances, most recently in Downton Abbey, Silk, Call the Midwife and The Musketeers.
Peter Polycarpou (playing Buddy Fidler) makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. He has had a hugely varied career spanning over 30 years in theatre, film, television and radio. Polycarpou is currently playing Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls at theChichester Festival Theatre. Other theatre credits includeThe Pajama Game (Shaftesbury Theatre andChichester Festival Theatre), The Magistrate (National Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Adelphi Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre) and Love Story (Duchess Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre). He has also performed in many renowned musicals in the West End including playing the title role in Phantom of the Opera, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Oklahoma!,Catsand Les Misérables, as well as creating the role ofJohn in Miss Saigon. In television he is best known for playing Chris in the popular sit-com Birds of a Feather and his many other credits include Family Tree, Hustle andThe Last Days of Lehman Brothers. His film work encompasses Evita, I Could Never Be Your Woman and De-Lovely.
Jennifer Saayeng (playing Angel City Four) makes her Donmar debut in City of Angels. Her previous theatre credits include Sister Act (Kilworth House), Zanna Don’t (Landor Theatre), The Color Purple (Menier Chocolate Factory), Ghost (Piccadilly Theatre),Hairspray (UK tour),The Great Pretenders (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) and Rent (Pleasance Theatre, Islington). Television and film credits include Prince of Persia and Britannia High.
Jo Servi (playing Angel City Four) makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. His theatre credits includeA Life of Galileo (Birmingham Repertory Theatre and UK tour), Ragtime and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Jersey Boys (Prince Edward Theatre), The Human Comedy (The Young Vic), The Enchanted Pig (Royal Opera House) and Cinderella (The Old Vic). Film credits include The Muppets… Again!
Rebecca Trehearn (playing Donna/Oolie) makes her Donmar debut in City of Angels. Trehearn’s theatre credits include Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse), Ghost (UK Tour and Piccadilly Theatre), Love Story (Duchess Theatre), Aspects of Love (Menier Chocolate Factory) and Dirty Dancing (Aldwych Theatre).
Tim Walton (playing Jimmy Powers)makes his Donmar debut in City of Angels. Walton’s theatre credits include Stephen Ward (Aldwych Theatre), Kiss Me Kate (The Old Vic), Matilda (Cambridge Theatre), Love Never Dies (Adelphi Theatre), Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Piccadilly Theatre), South Pacific (National Theatre) and Mamma Mia! (Prince Edward Theatre).
For further information please contact:
Jo Allan and Samantha Russell-Stracey at Jo Allan PR
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DONMAR WAREHOUSE LISTINGS
Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London WC2H 9LX
Box Office:0844 871 7624 (Booking fee of £2.50 per transaction)
Telephone Mon-Sat 9am-10pm, Sun 10am-8pm
In person, Mon-Sat, 10.00am-curtain up (No booking fee)
PERFORMANCE TIMES
Evenings Mon – Sat 7.30pm
Matinees Wed & Sat 2.00pm
No matinees before Press Night (Tues 16 December)
TICKETS
The first Barclays Front Row £10 tickets will go on sale at 10am on Monday 24 November
TICKET PRICES
Stalls £42.50, £35, £10*
Circle £35, £22.50, £10*
PREVIEW PRICES
Stalls £37.50, £32.50, £10*
Circle £32.50, £20, £10*
(Fri 5 – Tues 9 December 2014)
*£10 tickets are made available every Monday two weeks before the performance as part of Barclays Front Row. For more information please visit donmarwarehouse.com/barclaysfrontrow. Excludes certain performances.
CONCESSIONS
ForCity of Angels, £42.50 reduced to £32.50 and £35 tickets reduced to £27.50 (matinees only).
£22.50for disabled customers.Must be booked in advance and proof of eligibility must be shown on collection.
All phone and online bookings are taken by Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG Tickets). No fee applies to Barclays Front Row tickets or tickets purchased in person at the Donmar Warehouse.
STANDING TICKETS
£8.50 standing tickets available every day from 10am in person at the Box Office.
ACCESS
The Donmar Warehouse is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is an infrared system in the main auditorium and there is also a hearing loop in the Box Office.
ASSISTED PERFORMANCES
£22.50. To book call 020 7845 8573 or email
For all other access enquiries or bookings call 0844 871 7677
CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE – Mon 26 January 7.30pm (captioned by Stagetext)
AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE –Sat 31 January 2.00pmwith Touch Tour at 1pm(audio-described by Vocaleyes)
To book tickets for the above performances please call 020 7845 8573 or email
For all other access enquiries or bookings, please call 0844 871 7677
TRANSPORT & PARKING
Tubes: Covent Garden, Leicester Sq, Charing Cross, Holborn, Tottenham Court Road
Buses: Destination Leicester Sq.14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176
Parking: Masterpark
Production Supporters The Stuart and Hilary Williams Charitable Trust and Ray Bär
Design at the Donmar Supporters Clive & Sally Sherling.
The Donmarwishes to thank Arielle TepperMadover for her extraordinary support of this season.
Principal Sponsor, sponsor of Barclays Front Row and Donmar Dryden Street