Natalie Kassanga to join European premiere of 'The Jonathan Larson Project'

Natalie Kassanga joins the previously announced Max Harwood, Marcus Collins, Michael Mather and Imelda Warren-Green.

Natalie Kassanga will complete the cast of The Jonathan Larson Project, which makes its European premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 9 July to 22 August.

Kassanga, whose stage credits include Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Crazy For You, and Dreamgirls, as well as the original West End cast of Dear Evan Hansen, joins the production, which is a celebration of the groundbreaking composer behind Rent and tick, tick… BOOM!.

Following an Off-Broadway run, The Jonathan Larson Project is being reimagined for London by the show's original Off-Broadway director John Simpkins.

Kassanga joins the previously announced Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Marcus Collins (Kinky Boots), Michael Mather (Wicked) and Imelda Warren-Green (Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder), with Georgie Butler and Edward Flynn Haddon, who make their professional debuts as covers.

The 2026 London production marks 30 years since Larson’s death, just one day before Rent’s first performance in New York.

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Photo credit: Natalie Kassanga. (Courtesy of production)