South Pacific returns to the Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Ever-Popular musical South Pacific is returning to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal with a new production.
It is being staged from Tuesday to Saturday next week.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is brought to life with a cast of more than 30 and a full orchestra.
The powerful love story, set on a South Pacific island during the second world war, focuses on relationships between the Americans stationed there and the locals.
It features a host of well-known songs, including Some Enchanted Evening, I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair and Bali Ha’i.
Lee Ross will play Luther Billis, joining Julian Ovenden as Emile de Becque alongside Gina Beck as Ensign Nellie Forbush, Rob Houchen as Lieutenant Joseph Cable, Joanna Ampil as Bloody Mary and Sera Maehara as Liat.
They are joined by David Birrell as Captain George Brackett, Stephen John Davis as Commander William Harbison, Antoine Murray-Straughan as Stewpot, Charlie Waddell as Professor and Olly Christopher as Sergeant Johnson.
Julian Ovenden is best known for playing Charles Blake in ITV’s Downton Abbey. He is an international recording artist and has starred on Broadway and the West End.
Gina Beck’s many West End theatre credits include playing Miss Honey in Matilda, Magnolia in Show Boat, Glinda in Wicked and Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera.
Lee Ross is probably best known as Owen Turner in the BBC’s EastEnders, but his other television credits include Doctor Who, The Catherine Tate Show, Life on Mars, Midsomer Murders, Silent Witness and White Gold.