Rehearsal images have been released for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.
Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills are thrilled to bring The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical to The Other Palace for it’s for the highly anticipated London premiere.
Casting includes Max Harwood (Stranger Things: The First Shadow; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie),taking on the title role of Percy Jackson, Scott Folan (Be More Chill) as Grover, Jessica Lee (Miss Saigon) as Annabeth, Paisley Billings (Six) as Sally Jackson, Greg Barnett (The Duchess of Malfi) as Mr Brunner/Poseidon/Hades, Joe Allen (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory) as Mr D/Gabe, Samantha Mbolekwa (Dear Evan Hansen) as Clarisse and Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Heathers The Musical) as Luke/Areswith Philip Catchpole (The Book of Mormon), Morgan Gregory (Newsies),Charlotte O’Rourke (Cruel Intentions) and Alex Waxman, making her professional stage debut, as the ensemble.
Based on the much-loved best-selling book series by Rick Riordan (with over 180 million copies sold worldwide), Percy Jackson’s story has been adapted into both films and recently a major hit TV series for Disney+. The musical first premiered off-Broadway in 2014 to rave reviews and went on to have two US tours, an off-Broadway run in 2017 and a 16-week limited run on Broadway in 2019.
London will finally get to experience this magical musical for the first time this November. Crafted by an exceptional creative team, audiences will be transported to a world like no other…
