The producers of the worldwide sensation & JULIET are delighted to announce that Dr Ranj Singh will make his musical theatre debut enjoying the position of Lance within the upcoming UK and Eire tour. The UK and Eire tour opens at Manchester Opera Home on 8 July 2024.
He joins the beforehand introduced Matt Cardle as Shakespeare, Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Lara Denning as Anne, Sandra Marvin as Angelique, Jack Danson as Romeo, Kyle Cox as Francois and Jordan Broatch as Could.
Additionally within the solid are Michael Nelson as Henry, Liam Morris as Richard, Jade Johnson as Nell / Woman C, Rosie Singha as Judith, Nia Stephen as Imogen, Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid as Lucy/Alternate Juliet, Andilé Mabhena as Augustine / Dance Staff, Harriet Caplan-Dean as Eleanor, Alexander Kranz as Lennox, Aaron Shales as Gregory / Dance Staff, Toni Paise as Violet and Samuel Wilson-Freeman as Fletcher / Resident Director and Dance Captain.
Dr Ranj Singh stated “I’m completely overjoyed to be making my musical theatre debut in & Juliet, a present I’ve been a fan of because it first opened. I do know it’s a little bit of a change from my standard work, however not many individuals will understand how arduous I’ve been working behind the scenes to make this occur, and it’s an absolute dream come true. I can’t wait to work with the unbelievable Luke Sheppard and your complete artistic group and have the time of my life this yr, exhibiting the UK what I’m product of alongside an exceptionally proficient and various solid. Deliver it on!”
Dr RanjSingh is without doubt one of the nation’s most recognised and well-loved medics and TV presenters, with a profession starting from NHS physician, to creator, to musical theatre star.
His foray into music and dance began in 2018, when Dr Ranj swapped his scrubs for sequins as a BBC Strictly Come Dancing contestant, partnered with Janette Manrara. The dancing duo additionally took half within the subsequent Strictly Dwell Tour in 2019. Then firstly of 2021, Dr Ranj’s efficiency on ITV All Star Musicals roused the nation and obtained excessive reward from the judges, together with Elaine Paige herself. This led to him starring in his personal sold-out West Finish present Scrubs to Sparkles later that yr, alongside a bunch of well-known faces.
He’s the co-creating presenter of BAFTA-award-winning CBeebies collection, Get Properly Quickly. He is without doubt one of the resident docs on the BBC1’s vastly profitable collection Morning Dwell and was an everyday presenter on ITV This Morning. He has fronted a variety of TV reveals, together with ITV’s primetime collection Save Cash: Good Well being, Save Cash: Lose Weight and Dr Ranj: On Name; the W Channel’s Excessive Meals Phobics; and was topped winner of Season 2 of Cooking With The Stars.
Off air, he writes for quite a few magazines and web sites the place he provides knowledgeable opinion and recommendation on bodily and psychological well being issues. Dr Ranj can be the resident physician for Perspective journal and has revealed a number of books together with two Sunday Instances Finest-Sellers, Save Cash Lose Weight and How To Develop Up And Really feel Superb!.
There’s life after Romeo!
Get whisked away on a wonderful journey as Juliet ditches her well-known ending for a contemporary starting and a second probability at life and love—her manner. Created by David West Learn, the Emmy-winning author from “Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the best love story ever instructed and asks, what would occur subsequent if Juliet didn’t finish it throughout Romeo?
Juliet’s new story bursts to life by way of a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her title, together with Britney Spears’ “…Child One Extra Time,” Katy Perry’s “Roar”and chart toppers “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Need It That Manner,” and “Can’t Cease the Feeling!” — all from Max Martin, the genius songwriter/producer behind extra #1 hits than another artist this century, and his collaborators. Break freed from the balcony scene and get into this romantic comedy that proves there’s life after Romeo. The one factor tragic could be lacking it.
& JULIETis a worldwide success and has now been carried out on 4 continents since its World Premiere in September 2019. It started on the Manchester Opera Home in England, earlier than shifting to London’s West Finish from 2019-2023, the place it received three Olivier Awards, and 6 WhatsOnStage Awards. The present had its North American premiere in July 2022 in Toronto, the place it broke field workplace data and performed to standing-room-only audiences, earlier than heading to Broadway, the place it once more broke field workplace data and performs nightly to sold-out crowds. & Juliet is at present enjoying an encore manufacturing in Australia, and can quickly be seen across the globe with a North American Tour (September 2024) and its German premiere (October 2024). The German manufacturing marks the present’s first manufacturing with a e book translated into a distinct language, and also will be the sixth nation to welcome & Juliet in lower than 5 years. Extra data for all productions could be discovered atandjulietthemusical.com
The total artistic group for the UK and Eire tour of & JULIET contains David West Learn (E book), Max Martin & Associates (Music & Lyrics), Luke Sheppard (Path), Jennifer Weber (Choreography), Invoice Sherman (Musical Supervision, Orchestrations and Preparations), Soutra Gilmour (Scenic Design), Paloma Younger (Costume Design), Howard Hudson (Lighting Design), Gareth Owen (Sound Design), Andrzej Goulding (Video & Projection Design) and Nina Van Houten (Hair, Wig & Make-up Design) and Dominic Fallacaro (Extra Preparations and Orchestrations). Casting is by Stuart Burt.
& JULIET is offered by Max Martin and Tim Headington and is produced by Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Web page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd and Rebecca Quigley.
8 – 20 July Manchester Opera Home 23 – 27 July Blackpool Opera Home 30 July – 3 August Norwich Theatre Royal 13 – 24 August Glasgow Kings Theatre 2 – 7 September Oxford New Theatre 9 – 21 September Sunderland Empire 23 – 28 September Hull New Theatre 30 September – 5 October Plymouth Theatre Royal 7 – 12 October Wolverhampton Grand 14 – 19 October Canterbury Marlowe Theatre 28 October – 2 November Liverpool Empire 5 – 9 November Southampton Mayflower Theatre 12 – 16 November Edinburgh Playhouse 18 – 30 November Leeds Grand Theatre 15 – 25 January 2025 Bristol Hippodrome 27 January – 1 February New Wimbledon Theatre 4 – 8 February Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre 17 – 22 February Leicester Curve 25 February – 8 March Dublin Bord Gais Vitality Theatre 11 – 15 March Woking New Victoria 24 – 29 March Bradford Alhambra Theatre 31 March – 12 April Milton Keynes Theatre 14 – 19 April Nottingham Theatre Royal 21 April – 3 Could Birmingham Hippodrome 5 – 10 Could Southend Cliffs Pavilion 12 – 17 Could Stoke Regent Theatre 20 Could – 31 Could Sheffield Lyceum Theatre 2 – 7 June Newcastle Theatre Royal 10 – 14 June Truro Corridor for Cornwall 16 – 28 June Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
