Cast announced for the return of EUGENIUS!

A galaxy of West End stars are joining the cast for the eagerly awaited return – by popular demand – of out-of-this-world British musical
Eugenius! for a 6-week season at The Other Palace from Saturday 1 September 2018.

Returning to the cast are:

Laura Baldwin (Big Fish The Musical) as Eugene’s love interest Janey.
Daniel Buckley (Book Of Mormon, Loserville) as Feris.
Scott Paige (The Addams Family, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Theo.
Alison Arnopp (the title role in Dusty) as Space Diva/Mrs Truthstretcher.

Joining them are:

Rob Houchen in the lead role of Eugene. His West End starring roles include Marius in Les Miserables and Gibran in Broken Wings. He was Fleet in Titanic at Charing Cross Theatre.

Neil McDermott (Evil Lord Hector) is best known as Ryan Malloy in EastEnders, which saw him nominated Most Popular Newcomer at the National Television Awards. His previous West End bad boy roles include Chief Weasel in The Wind in the Willows and Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical. He was Bill Sykes in Oliver! at Grange Park Opera.

Emily Tierney (Carrie/Super Hot Lady) has played Glinda in both Wicked and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. She also starred as Molly Jensen in Ghost.

Alex Bourne (Lex) has just played Daddy Warbucks in the West End production of Annie. He was Khashoggi in We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre and starred as Daryl in The Witches of Eastwick at the Watermill Theatre.

Simon Thomas (Gerhard/Tough Man) has starred in the West End as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera and Warner Huntingdon III in Legally Blonde. He was Black in The Wild Party at The Other Palace.

The rest of the cast are: Christopher Ragland (Road Show, Forbidden Broadway, Little Shop of Horrors, Menier Chocolate Factory) as Eugene’s Dad/Lord Tough Man, Tom Senior (Kenickie, Grease, Jesus, Godspell, UK tours) as Stock Jock/Flock of Eagles Singer, Titus Rowe, Laurence. Alex Tranter, Ben Darcy, Dilllon Scott-Lewis, Lauren Cancannon, Amy West, Sasha Wareham.

With the voice of Brian Blessed as Space Lord.

Eugenius!, with Book, Music and Lyrics by Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins, is the story of Eugene, a teenage boy whose nightly dreams of a distant world of heroes and villains could be the ticket to him creating his very own comic book movie in Hollywood. Joined on his amazing adventures by best friends Janey and Feris, our comic writing genius finds the superhero within, saves the world from earthbound villains – and those from distant galaxies – and along the way, falls in love!

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