At last the full casting has been announced for the upcoming UK arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. Alexander Hanson and two Superstar contestants join Ben Forster, Tim Minchin, Mel C and Chris Moyles to complete the cast.
Alexander Hanson will play Pilate, the Roman leader who "washes his hands" of the crucifixion. Jeff Anderson and Tim Prottey-Jones, both of whom reached the Superstar live finals, will feature in the ensemble, with Jeff Anderson understudying Jesus and Tim Prottey-Jones understudying Judas.
They will star alongside Superstar winner Ben Forster as Jesus, Tim Minchin as Judas, Melanie C as Mary Magdalene and Chris Moyles as King Herod.
The last major London production of Jesus Christ Superstar, which tells of the political and interpersonal struggles of Judas Iscariot and Jesus, was at the Lyceum Theatre in 1997. The show includes hits such as “I Don’t Know How to Love Him”, “Gethsemane” and “Superstar”, and has proved one of the most popular of the Lloyd Webber/Rice collaborations.
The tour kicks off at London’s O2 Arena on 21 September, before visiting: Glasgow SECC (25 September), Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (28 September), Manchester Arena (30 September), Cardiff Motorpoint (2 October), Birmingham NIA (4 October), Belfast Odyssey (9 October), Dublin O2 (12 October), Liverpool Echo Arena (16 October) and Sheffield Motorpoint (21 October).
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