David Hunter, Aimie Atkinson, and more announced in 'Beetlejuice' cast

Based on Tim Burton’s movie classic, the musical follows the story of teenager Lydia Deetz, who ends up sharing her home with a pair of newly-deads and the demonic ghost Beetlejuice.

The full cast has been announced for Beetlejuice The Musical, which opens in the West End on 20 May.

Joining David Fynn as Beetlejuice is Tom Xander (Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon) as Beetlejuice alternate, Hannah Nordberg (Euphoria) as Lydia Deetz, David Hunter (Time Traveller’s Wife, Waitress, Kinky Boots) as Adam Maitland, and Chelsea Halfpenny as Barbara Maitland (Emmerdale, Casualty, 9 to 5: The Musical, Waitress).

Alasdair Harvey (The Little Big Things, Come From Away) plays Charles Deetz, while his fiancée Delia will be played by Aimie Atkinson (SIX, Death Note, Pretty Woman).

Chasity Crisp makes her West End as Maxine Dean / Juno, Richard Frame plays Otho, Irvine Iqbal plays Maxie Dean, Rachel Macdougall is Girl Scout, and Vanessa Aurora Sierra will play Miss Argentina, having previously appeared in the role on Broadway.

The company is completed by Jemma Alexander, Samuel Bangs, Natasha Cayabyab, Chris Draper, Harley Emmitt, Catherine McCormick, Robbie McMillan, Kieran Mellish, Elliott Parry, Jacob Smith, Adam Taylor, Tyler Timmins and Issie Wilman.

Following three runs on Broadway, Beetlejuice finally makes its long-awaited West End debut. Based on Tim Burton’s movie classic, the musical follows the story of teenager Lydia Deetz, who ends up sharing her home with a pair of newly-deads and the demonic ghost Beetlejuice.

The Broadway creative team reunites for the West End, including book writers Scott Brown and Anthony King, with music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect. Tony Award winner Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) directs.

The rest of the team includes choreography by Connor Gallagher, music supervision, orchestrations and incidental music by Kris Kukul, with additional arrangements by Kris Kukul and Eddie Perfect. There is scenic design by David Korins, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Peter Hylenski, projection design by Peter Nigrini, puppet design by Michael Curry, special effects by Jeremy Chernick, illusions by Michael Weber, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, make-up design by Joe Dulude II, and dange arrangements by David Dabbon.

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Photo credit: Aimie Atkinson, David Hunter, and Chasity Crisp. (Courtesy of production)