News: Lucie Jones and Oliver Tompsett To Star In Ghost In Concert

Ghost the Musical will return to London’s West End with a special one-off concert at the Adelphi Theatre on the 1^st October 2024. Lucie Jones will star as Molly alongside Oliver Tompsett as Sam, the concert will be directed by the original Associate Director Paul Warwick Griffin, with musical supervision by Laurie Perkins.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10am on Friday 19^th July, following a priority sale to LW Theatre members at 10am on Thursday 18^th July.

Lucie Jones has starred in many West End and Touring shows, she is currently appearing in The Bakers Wife at Menier Chocolate Factory.

Oliver Tompsett also has many theatre credits to his name, most notably & Juliet in both the West End and Broadway.

Further casting and creative team are to be announced.

Producer Colin Ingram said: “I am delighted to be bringing Ghost The Musical back in a new format for this one-off performance so audiences can enjoy the incredible music that Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard wrote over 10 years ago which has now been produced in over 20 countries from Brazil to Hungary to Russia. I’m so happy to have Oliver Tompsett play Sam Wheat after he helped develop the role in workshops and for Lucie Jones to return as Molly after playing the role in China and SE Asia.”

Tony and Olivier award nominated Ghost The Musical first premiered at Manchester’s Opera House in March 2011 before transferring to London’s Piccadilly Theatre for its West End debut in July of the same year. The musical later transferred to Broadway in 2012, receiving three Tony award nominations and later embarked on a UK tour in 2013.

Based on Bruce Joel Rubin’s 1990 Oscar winning hit film starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, Ghost in Concert will feature and focus on the music from the Olivier and Tony nominated show, written by six-time Grammy award winning Glen Ballard and multi Grammy award winning Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart.

Ghost tells the story of lovers Sam and Molly who find themselves in danger walking back to their apartment one night, leaving Sam tragically murdered and trapped between this world and the next. Unable to leave Molly and worried about the ongoing peril she now faces, Sam attempts to communicate with her through the help of dubious psychic Oda Mae Brown.