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The full cast is set for the Donmar Warehouse production of Pam Gems’ Piaf, directed by Jamie Lloyd. In addition to previously announced headliner Elena Roger, the show will star Shane Attwooll, Phillip Browne, Lorraine Bruce, Luke Evans, Michael Hadley, Katherine Kingsley, Leon Lopez, Stuart Neal, Elena Roger and Steve John Shepherd. The production begins performances at the Donmar on August 8 and opens on August 13.
Attwooll will play Bruno/Jacques Pills. His theater credits include The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Almeida Theatre), Glengarry Glen Ross (Apollo Theatre) and Death of a Salesman (Lyric Theatre). Browne will take on the part of Marcel/Inspector. This stage credits include Carmen Jones (Royal Festival Hall), The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre), Anything Goes (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre). Bruce plays Toine. Theater credits include Vernon God Little (Young Vic), A Model Girl (Greenwich Theatre), Scuffer (West Yorkshire Playhouse) and Bad Girls The Musical (Garrick Theatre). Evans returns to the Donmar following his role as Vincent in the recent production of Small Change. He is set to play Yves/Raymond/Jacques. Evans’ theater work includes Rent Remixed (Duke of York’s Theatre), Dickens Unplugged (Edinburgh Festival), Avenue Q (Noel Coward Theatre) and Minor Irritations (White Bear Theatre).Hadley returns to the Donmar, where he appeared in Othello and The Vortex, to play Leplee/Vaimbert. His other theater credits include Coriolanus and The Canterbury Tales (RSC), The Seagull (Mercury Theatre Colchester) and Don Carlos (Sheffield Crucible and West End). Kingsley will play Marlene/Madeleine. Her stage credits include Black and White Ball (The King’s Head), Hobson’s Choice (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Trojan Trilogy (Tristan Bates Theatre) and High Society (Shaftesbury Theatre and national tour). Leon Lopez plays Theo/Lucien. His theatre credits include Rent Remixed (Duke of York’s), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (national tour) and Macbeth (Liverpool Everyman). Neal returns to the Donmar to play Charles/Georges/Little Louis–-he previously appeared in Nine. His credits include Lord of the Rings (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Evita (Adelphi Theatre), Aladdin (Old Vic), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre) and Cats (national tour). Steve John Shepherd is set to play Louis Barrier. His credits include Five Wives of Maurice Pinder and Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads (National Theatre).
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Piaf captures the glamour and squalor and the rise and fall of the complex, fragile and enigmatic Edith Piaf, who continues to be remembered and revered for her exceptional voice and her equally extraordinary life.
The production will play a limited season to September 20.