Full cast announced for 'Sister Act' in the West End

The musical will star Beverley Knight as Deloris Van Cartier, Ruth Jones as Mother Superior, Lesley Joseph as Sister Mary Lazarus, and Lemar as Curtis Jackson.

The full cast has been announced for the West End return of Sister Act. The musical opens at the Dominion Theatre on 15 March.

Joining the previously announced Beverley Knight as Deloris Van Cartier and Ruth Jones as Mother Superior is Caroline Bateson, Natalia Brown, Damian Buhagiar, Tricia Deighton, Lori Haley Fox, Lauren Hall, Chloe Hopcroft, Tom Hopcroft, Bradley Judge, Claudia Kariuki, Graham MacDuff, Castell Parker, Emma Ralston, Anne Smith, Michael Ward and Jermaine Woods.

The musical has original music by Tony and Oscar Award winner Alan Menken (Disney’s Aladdin, Enchanted), lyrics by Glenn Slater, and book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner.

The rest of the cast includes Lesley Joseph as Sister Mary Lazarus, Lemar as Curtis Jackson, Clive Rowe as Eddie Souther, Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert, Alison Jiear as Sister Mary Patrick, and Carl Mullaney as Monsignor O’Hara.

Lesley Joseph will play the role of Mother Superior at certain performances, and from 10 June, the role of Deloris Van Cartier will be played by Alexandra Burke.

Sister Act, which follows lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier, who witnesses a murder and is forced into police protection at a convent, has direction by Bill Buckhurst, choreography by Alistair David, set and costume design by Morgan Large, musical direction by Neil MacDonald, lighting design by Tim Mitchell, sound design by Tom Marshall, and musical supervision by Stephen Brooker.

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Photo credit: the cast of Sister Act. (Photo by Max Boast)