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Helen Dallimore, Jenna Russell, Hannah Waddington, Michael Xavier, et al. Set for Open Air Theatre’s Into the Woods

Jenna Russell
(© Joe Marzullo/WENN)
Jenna Russell
(© Joe Marzullo/WENN)

Complete casting has been announced for Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, to run August 11 – September 11 at Regent’s Park’s Open Air Theatre. Timothy Sheader will direct the production, which will have choreography by Liam Steel.

The company will include Hannah Waddington (The Witch) and Jenna Russell (The Baker’s Wife), as previously announced, along with Helen Dallimore (Cinderella), Michael Xavier (Cinderella’s Prince/The Wolf), Mark Hadfield (The Baker), Beverly Rudd (Little Red Riding Hood), Ben Stott (Jack), Valda Aviks (Granny), Billy Boyle (Mysterious Man), Gay Brown (Cinderella Stepmother), Alice Fearn (Rapunzel), Amy Griffiths (Lucinda), Mark Goldthorp (Steward), Amy Ellen Richarson (Florinda), Simon Thomas (Rapunzel’s Prince), Gemma Wardle (Cinderalla’s Mother), Marc Antolin (Swing), and Sophie Caton (Swing).

The creative team will include Soutra Gimour (production design), Jon Clark (lighting design) and Mike Walker (sound design).

For further information, visit: www.whatsonstage.com or www.openairtheatre.org.