CASTING has been announced for the critically-acclaimed 50th anniversary production tour of Hair - The Musical. Leading the ensemble in the revolutionary, Grammy award-winning musical is Dancing on Ice’s 2018 champion Jake Quickenden as Berger, Hollyoaks’ Daisy Wood-Davis as Sheila and X Factor 2011 finalist Marcus Collins as Hud.
After winning a WhatsOnStage award this year, the celebrated show will now embark on a journey of peace and love to the New Wimbledon Theatre on March 21, before rocking out in other areas of the nation, including Manchester's Palace Theatre, from April 8-13.
Hair, much acclaimed for its award-winning rock score featuring iconic hits such as Aquarius, Let the Sun Shine In, I Got Life and Good Morning Starshine, is written by Gerome Ragni (book and lyrics), James Rado (book and lyrics) and Galt MacDermot (music).
The show is set in 1967 and Hair's Age of Aquarius hippie tribe of youngsters in the East Village of New York are yearning to change the world, questioning authority and the American flag. Wild, colourful, sexually liberated and free, they are united in protest and song, under the shadow of the Vietnam War.
The show opened on Broadway in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances. Simultaneous productions in cities across the United States and Europe followed soon after, including a successful London production that ran for 1,997 performances. The anniversary production is directed by Jonathan O’Boyle. (Pic Johan Persson)
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