Rehearsals for Burlesque the Musical, the first ever stage adaptation of Steven Antin’s crowd-pleasing movie Burlesque which starred Christina Aguilera (now one of the producers of the stage show) recently began.
Joining the already announced cast of Jess Folley as Ali Rose, Todrick Hall as Sean, George Maguire as Vince, Michael Mather as Jackson, alongside Lucy Campbell (On Stage Swing), Lewis Easter (Ensemble), Yasmin Harrison (Brenda/Ensemble/Dance Captain/2nd Georgie), Billie-Kay (Sophia/Ensemble), Hollie-Ann Lowe (Summer/Ensemble/2nd Cover Nikki), Alessia McDermott (Sally/Ensemble/1st Cover Nikki), Amber Pierson (Off Stage Swing), Jess Qualter (Daphne/Ensemble), Ope Sowande (Trey/Ensemble), B Terry (Georgie/Ensemble) and Lily Wang (Fifi/Ensemble) are:
Nina Ann Nelson, actor and member of the American pop band Citizen Queen as Nikki and the Alternate Ali Rose alongside Joe Atkinson (Off Stage Swing, Assistant Dance Captain), Jade Albertsen (Ensemble), Callum Aylott (On Stage Swing), Evonnee Bentley-Holder (Ensemble), Elly Jay (Off Stage Swing/1st Cover Tess/1st Cover Georgie), Stefan Lagoulis (Ensemble/2nd Cover Jackson & Sean), Callum MacDonald (Ensemble/1st Cover Vince), Tom Mussell (Ensemble/1st Cover Jackson), Ian Oswald (Ensemble/1st Cover Sean), (Ensemble) and Tom Scanlon (Ensemble).
Further casting is yet to be announced.
Burlesque the Musical previews at Manchester Opera House on Thursday 13 June with sold-out performances until Saturday 29 June 2024. It makes its Scottish premiere at Glasgow Theatre Royal where it will run from Wednesday 11 September to Saturday 28 September 2024 then returns to Manchester for a season from Thursday 3 October – Saturday 2 November 2024 prior to a West End run.