'Avenue Q' reveals full cast and creative team

The production, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is directed by the original award-winning Broadway director Jason Moore, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty.

Summary

• Avenue Q has revealed its full cast and creative team
• The musical celebrates its 20th anniversary this year
• The show begins performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre in March

The full cast and creative team has been revealed for Avenue Q, which begins performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre for a strictly limited season from 20 March.

The production will star Emily Benjamin as Kate Monster and Lucy The Slut, Noah Harrison as Princeton and Rod, Meg Hateley as Mrs T and Bad Idea Bear, Oliver Jacobson as Brian, Charlie McCullagh as Nicky, Trekkie Monster and Bad Idea Bear, Amelia Kinu Muus as Christmas Eve, and Dionne Ward-Anderson as Gary Coleman.

The company is completed by Jasmine Beel, Jonathan Carlton, Angelis Hunt, Lesley Lemon, Jessica Niles Kadi, and Joshua Williams-Ward.

Director Jason Moore said, “From the beginning, Avenue Q has been defined by singular, standout young comedy performers – and this new company continues that tradition! This dynamic group of actors brings exceptional talent and inventive spirit to the stage, bringing perspectives to the show in ways that feel both thrillingly fresh and perfectly timed for today’s London audiences. I can’t wait for audiences to see them in action!”

The production, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is directed by the original award-winning Broadway director Jason Moore, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty.

There are music orchestrations and arrangements by Stephen Oremus, original Broadway puppets conceived and designed by Rick Lyon, and set design by Anna Louizos. New creative team members include choreography by Ebony Molina, costume design by Jean Chan, lighting design by Tim Lutkin, sound design by Paul Groothuis, video design by Nina Dunn for Pixellux, and puppetry coaching by Iestyn Evans and Andy Heath for Talk to the Hand Puppets. Julie Atherton, who appeared in the original West End company, will serve as Associate Director, with musical direction by Benjamin Holder.

Avenue Q follows Princeton, who is fresh out of college and ends up in a run-down apartment on New York’s Avenue Q. He quickly meets his new and colourful neighbours, and together they navigate work, love, and paying the bills.

The musical first opened in the West End in 2006 at the Noël Coward Theatre, before transferring to the Gielgud Theatre and then Wyndham’s Theatre.

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Photo credit: the new cast of Avenue Q. (Photo by Danny Kaan)