The UK premiere of the hit Broadway musical will open the 2025 season at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. We can't wait to see this laugh-out-loud, corn-fed comedy come to life this May.
The cast of Shucked. Photo by FEAST Creative.
Shucked heads to London for five weeks only, following an acclaimed run on Broadway and a US tour.
The initial cast includes Monique Ashe-Palmer (Standing at the Sky's Edge, Gillian Lynne Theatre) as Storyteller 1, Ben Joyce (Back to the Future The Musical, Adelphi Theatre) as Beau), Sophie McShera (The Entertainer, The Garrick London) as Maizy, Georgina Onuorah (Little Shop of Horrors, Sheffield Crucible) as Lulu, Keith Ramsay (The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre) as Peanut, Matthew Seadon-Young (The Baker's Wife, Menier Chocolate Factory) as Gordy and Steven Webb (Here You Come Again, UK Tour and Riverside Studios) as Storyteller 2.
Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), a score by the Grammy Award-winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and directed by Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), Shucked is a quirky musical comedy set in the rural town of Cobb County. A sudden corn crisis threatens the community's way of life and a group of unlikely heroes come together to save their crops.
Creatives for the UK premiere of Shucked include Lucy Adams (Associate Lighting Designer), Myles Brown (Associate Choreographer), Nathanael Campbell (Associate Director), Ben Davies (Associate Set Designer), Aundrea Fudge (Voice & Dialect Coach), Jill Green CDG (Casting Director), Tilly Grimes (Costume Designer), Carol Hancock (UK Wigs, Hair & Makeup Designer & Supervisor), Jason Howland (Music Supervisor, Orchestrations & Arrangements), Olivia Laydon (Casting Associate), Ingrid Mackinnon (Intimacy Support), Caity Mulkearn (Associate Costume Designer), Mia M Neal (Original US Hair & Wig Designer), Jack O’Brien (Director), Sarah O’Gleby (Choreographer), Scott Pask (Set Designer), Michael J Passaro (US Production Supervisor), Greg Pink (Associate Sound Designer), Katy Richardson (Musical Director), Tom Shiels (Casting Associate), John Shivers (Sound Designer), and Japhy Weideman (Lighting Designer).
Further cast is to be announced soon.
Shucked will play at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre from 10 May - 14 June 2025.
