Initial casting has been announced for Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan’s The Producers at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The production opens on 9 December, with previews from 26 November, and runs until 1 March 2025.
Tony Award winning director for Leopoldstadt, Patrick Marber directs Andy Nyman (Fiddler on the Roof – Menier, Hello Dolly – London Palladium and creator of Ghost Stories), Marc Antolin (The Band’s Visit – Donmar Warehouse, and Emma Rice’s Romantics Anonymous), Harry Morrison (Beetlejuice – international tour, and The Third Man and Assassins for the Menier) and Joanna Woodward (The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical – Apollo Theatre, and Merrily We Roll Along for the Menier), with Charis Alexandra, Michael Franks, Matt Gillett, Leah Harris, Hana Ichijo, Esme Kennedy, Josh Kiernan, Alex Lodge, Kelsie-Rae Marshall and Chloe Saunders.
Full casting for the production will be announced shortly.