'The Phantom of the Opera' announces new casting

Dean Chisnall, who most recently appeared as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables in the West End, joins the company of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical as The Phantom.

New casting has been announced for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, which has been running at Her Majesty's Theatre since 1986. The new cast will take over from 29 July.

Dean Chisnall, who most recently appeared as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables in the West End, joins the company as The Phantom, alongside Joanna Ampil (Miss Saigon, Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Misérables) as Carlotta Giudicelli, Martin Ball (The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Mamma Mia!) as Monsieur Firmin, Helen Hobson (Come From Away, Mamma Mia!) as Madame Giry, and Millie Lyon as Meg Giry in her West End and professional debut.

Continuing in the show will be Lily Kerhoas as Christine Daaé, Joe Griffiths-Brown as Raoul, Adam Linstead as Monsieur André, and David Kristopher-Brown as Ubaldo Piangi. At certain performances the role of Christine Daaé will be played by Eve Shanu-Wilson.

Also joining the cast are Anya Alindada, Lily Allen-Dodd, George Arvidson, Embla Bishop, David Burilin, Fergus Dale, Emily George, Molly Hall, Will Hawksworth, Nicholas Hepher, Mandy Kwan, Jess Michelmore, and Johnny Randall.

The cast is completed by Leonard Cook, Colleen Rose Curran, Michael Colbourne, Hywel Dowsell, Connor Ewing, Serina Faull, Florence Fowler, James Gant, Melanie Gowie, Samuel Haughton, Eilish Harmon-Beglan, Janet Mooney, Tim Morgan, Zoë Soleil Vallée, Jasmine Wallis, and Victoria Ward.

Lloyd Webber's musical about a young ballet dancer entangled with a mysterious Phantom at the Paris Opera House has a score that includes "Music of the Night," "All I Ask of You," "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," "Masquerade," and the title song.

The creative team has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, with a book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber and orchestrations by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Musical Supervision is by Simon Lee, production design is by Maria Björnson, set design is adapted by Matt Kinley, associate costume design is by Jill Parker, lighting is by Andrew Bridge, associate lighting design is by Warren Letton, and sound is by Mick Potter.

The musical staging and choreography is by Gillian Lynne, recreated and adapted by Chrissie Cartwright. Originally directed by Harold Prince, this production is directed by Seth Sklar-Heyn.

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Photo credit: the new company of The Phantom of the Opera. (Photo by Joseph Madden)