News: Full Cast Announced for the World Premiere Of Here & Now, featuring Steps’ most beloved hit songs

HERE & NOW announce that Finty Williams (The Baker’s Wife, Menier Chocolate Factory, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre Tour), Dan Partridge (Danny in Grease, West End and Charlie Price in the upcoming UK & Ireland tour of Kinky Boots), Helen Colby (Sinatra The Musical, Birmingham Rep, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, West End), Gary Milner (Kiss Me Kate, Barbican, Peron in Evita, Curve), River Medway (fan favourite on the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, BBC) Edward Baker Duly (The King and I, Broadway & West End, The Third Man, Menier Chocolate Factory) and John Stacey (Kiss Me Kate, Barbican), My Fair Lady, The Coliseum), will join the cast as Patricia, Ben, Tracey, Gareth, Jem, Max and Lesley respectively.

They join the previously announced Rebecca Lock as Caz, Hiba Elchikhe as Neeta, Sharlene Hector as Vel and Blake Patrick Anderson as Robbie.

The cast is completed by Olivia Bella (professional debut), Jabari Braham (Hello Dolly, London Palladium), Michael Carolan (Wolf & Shrek in Shrek, UK Tour), Alex Christian (Disney’s Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre), Kade Ferraiolo (I Should Be So Lucky, UK Tour), Jemma Geanaus (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre London), Charlie-Jay Johnson (Joanne in Company, Bird College), Serina Mathew (The Time Traveller’s Wife, West End), Jago Mottart (Jesus Christ Superstar, UK Tour), Markus Sodergren (Heathers – the Musical, UK & Ireland Tour) and Genevieve Taylor (Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre).

HERE & NOW will now run in Birmingham from 9 – 30 November 2024 following a recent date extension due to phenomenal demand.

Featuring Steps’ most beloved hit songs, HERE & NOW has an original book by Shaun Kitchener and is produced by the band and ROYO with Pete Waterman. It will be directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, with choreography by Olivier Award winning Matt Cole and Matt Spencer-Smith as musical supervisor, orchestrations and arrangements.