'The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical' announces new cast

Based on the book series by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief follows New York City teenager Percy Jackson as he discovers that he is the half-blood son of the Greek god, Poseidon.

A new cast will join The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at London's The Other Palace from March 2025.

Morgan Gregory (Back To The Future), who has been understudying as Percy Jackson since the musical opened in November 2024, will take over from Max Harwood in the title role from 5 March.

He is joined by returning cast members Paisley Billings (SIX) as Sally Jackson/Medusa, with Philip Catchpole (The Book of Mormon) and Alex Waxman continuing in the ensemble.

Joining the production from 5 March are Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly (Frozen The Musical) as Annabeth, Angus Benstead (Blippi) as Grover, Jazz Evans (Spamalot) as Mr Brunner/Poseidon/Hades, Joshua Lay (A Chorus Line) as Mr D, Kenedy Small (SIX) as Clarisse, and Xander Pang (Dear Evan Hanson South East Asian premiere) as Luke/Ares. Owen Lloyd (Girl from the North Country) and Rachel Moran (Just For One Day) join the ensemble.

Based on the book series by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief follows New York City teenager Percy Jackson as he discovers that he is the half-blood son of the Greek god, Poseidon. Unable to control his new powers and pursued by a host of mythical monsters, Percy must dig deep to learn what it means to be a hero.

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Photo credit: Morgan Gregory. (Photo courtesy of production)