Mead's castmates will include Preeya Kalidas as the Narrator, Dean Collinson as Pharaoh, Stephen Tate as Jacob, and John Alastair as Brother Reuben. Mead, a professional actor, has previously appeared in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera.

The new staging of the record-breaking 1990s production at the London Palladium, which was directed by the late Steven Pimlott, will once again be designed by Mark Thompson and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast.

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