La Cage Aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory Cast Update

La Cage Aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory

Cast update for La Cage aux Folles, which opens at Off West End venue, The Menier Chocolate Factory, 3 Dec 2007, following previews from 23 Nov - booking to 8 March 2008

Principle casting announced: Douglas Hodge (Albin); Philip Quast (Georges); Tara Hugo (Jacqueline); Neil McDermott (Jean-Michel); Jason Pennycooke (Jacob)

With music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Harvey Fierstein, it is directed by Terry Johnson, designed by David Farley, choreography by Lynne Page, lighting by David Howe, and Musical Director Nigel Lilley.

Tells the story of Albin and Georges, two middle-aged lovers who run a transvestite nightclub in St. Tropez where Albin's alter ego 'ZaZa' is the star attraction. The plot revolves around the complications that develop when Georges' son announces that he is getting married -- to the daughter of a local moral crusader! And her parents are coming to dinner to meet the future in-laws!