Ramin Sabi and Emily Lunnon for Deus Ex Machina Productions with Writer’s Cage and Andrew Paradis are delighted to announce the release of the Original 2023 UK Cast Recording of the musical stage adaptation of THE BOOK THIEF, based on of best-selling novel by Markus Zusak, following limited runs at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, & Leicester Curve in 2023. The cast recording, released by Center Stage Records, is available to stream and purchase on all platforms today.
The musical, based on Markus Zusak’s 16 million-copy global best-seller, has a book by award-winning best-selling author Jodi Picoult (My Sister’s Keeper & Small Great Things) and Timothy Allen McDonald (adaptor of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka & James and the Giant Peach) with music and lyrics by Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel (Apple TV’s Central Park & Olaf’s Frozen Adventure).
The cast featured on the album are Obioma Ugoala (Frozen the Musical, Hamilton) as Narrator, Mina Anwar (Shirley Valentine, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as Rosa Hubermann, Jack Lord (West Side Story, War Horse) as Hans Hubermann and Daniel Krikler (Fiddler On The Roof, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) as Max Vandenburg. Joining them are Storytellers Matthew Caputo (Hamilton) as Referee, Katy Clayton (The Band) as Liesel’s Mother, Oonagh Cox (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) as Nurse, Mark Dugdale (Les Miserables) as Alex Steiner, Michał Horowicz (The Band’s Visit) as Max’s Mother, Thomas-Lee Kidd (Fiddler On The Roof) as Mayor Hermann, Anu Ogunmefun (TINA – The Tina Turner Musical) as Swing, Simon Oskarsson (Hadestown) as Swing, Corinna Powlesland (Grease) as Social Worker, Purvi Parmar (The Jungle Book) as Barbara Steiner, Wendy Somerville (Oliver!) as Ilsa Hermann, Edwin Ray (Chicago) as Walter Kugler, Lee V G (Only Fools & Horses: The Musical) as Gravedigger and Russell Wilcox (The Producers) as Wolfgang Edel. Liesel Meminger was played by Tilly-Raye Bayer (Frozen The Musical) and Eirini Louskou (Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and Rudy Steiner was played by Thommy Bailey Vine (Matilda: The Musical), Preston Cropp (Professional Debut), and Oliver Gordon (Newsies).
The musicians featured on the album are Matthew Malone (Musical Director/Keys), Elaine Ambridge (Violin), Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley (Double Bass), Sophie Creaner (Reed I), Meg Davies (Reed II) and Isis Dunthorne (Percussion).
