CASTING AND CREATIVE TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR WORLD PREMIERE OF CLAUS THE MUSICAL BASED ON THE L.FRANK BAUM CLASSIC
Claus the Musical
The Lowry
14 December 2022 to 8 January 2023
Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment is delighted to announce the casting for the world
premiere of Claus The Musical which will run at The Lowry from 14 December 2022 – 8
January.
The cast includes Georgie Buckland who will play Necile, Junior Delius (AK), Chris
Draper (Will Knook), Jazz Evans (Awgwa), Jessica Lim (Shiegra), Mari McGinlay
(Zurline), Alwyne Taylor (Narrator), Corrine Priest (The Fairy Queen), Harry Winchester
(Claus). Ensemble cast includes Emily George, Michael Kholwadia, Nic Cain, Emily Tang
and Simon Oskarsson.
Directed by Kate Golledge, adapted for the stage by Simon Warne and with spellbinding
music and lyrics from Andy Collyer, Claus The Musical brings the beloved L.Frank Baum
children’s classic The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus to life in a show that will appeal
to the child in everyone.
Further creative team includes Alex Beetschen (Musical Director), Stewart J
Charlesworth (Set and Costume Design), Aaron J Dootson (Lighting Design), Jane Deitch
(Casting Director), Andrew Johnson (Sound Designer) and Lucinda Lawrence
(Choreography). Claus the Musical is Co-Produced by Jason Haigh-Ellery.
From the writer of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes the story of Santa Claus, the man
who will be forever in our hearts and, on Christmas Eve, forever in our skies. Abandoned
as a baby in the magical Forest of Burzee, he is gifted to Necile, a wood nymph, who
showers him with love and names him Claus. With a helping hand from the mystical
inhabitants of the forest – Fairies, Knooks and Ryls – she teaches him that kindness is
the most important lesson of all, a gift that Claus eventually shares with us, as he
embarks on a journey to bring the miracle of Christmas to the whole world