Full cast announced for Once the musical at Pitlochry Festival Theatre | Scottish premiere of Broadway and West End hit musical

The full casting has been announced for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of the musical Once, directed by John Tiffany. Find the full details below.

Full cast announced for Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Once

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has today announced the full cast for their forthcoming production of the Grammy, Tony and Olivier award-winning Once, which will reunite the original creative team behind the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical.

As previously announced, the production will be led by Dylan Wood (Hadestown, West End) and Lydia White (The Girl from the North Country, The Old Vic) in the roles of Guy and Girl.

Dylan Wood’s credits include recently playing Orpheus in the West End production of the musical Hadestown, as well as appearing in No Love Songs (Dundee Rep); Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood (Watermill Theatre); Moorcroft (Tron Theatre) and Orphans (National Theatre Scotland).

Lydia White’s Theatre credits include playing Katherine Draper in The Girl from the North Country and A Christmas Carol (both at The Old Vic); Matilda the Musical (West End); Whistle Down the Wind (The Watermill Theatre) and Rags (Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester).

Dylan Wood and Lydia White

Once full cast: Pitlochry

They will be joined in the cast by Connor Going (Sunshine on Leith, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Emcee/Eamonn; Allison Harding (Little Women, Lyric Belfast) as Barushka; Laurie Jamieson (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company) as Bank Manager; Sean McLevy (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, National Theatre) as Da; Loren O’Dair (Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood, Watermill Theatre) as Reza/Girlfriend; Loris Scarpa (Once in Concert, Touring) as Svec; Jos Slovick (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Curve Theatre and Tour) as Andrej; and Charlie West (Off-Broadway revival and US tour of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh/Double M Arts) as Billy.

Director John Tiffany said:

“I am thrilled that the Scottish Première of Once will also open Alan Cumming’s inaugural season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre; both Once and Alan are very close to my heart. We first created Once in Cambridge, Massachusetts followed by productions on Broadway, in the West End and around the world. Bringing it to Scotland, the place which has inspired so much of my work, feels like bringing it home.”

About Once, the musical

Set in Dublin, the story follows Guy, a disillusioned street musician ready to leave his songs behind, and Girl, a spirited Czech immigrant who challenges him to believe in his talent. With the support of an unconventional group of friends and fellow musicians, they embark on creating an album together.

The musical, written by Enda Walsh with music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, is based on John Carney’s 2007 film, which featured the Oscar-winning song “Falling Slowly”.

Premiering on Broadway in 2012, Once went on to win eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and subsequently ran in the West End from 2013-2015 where it won two Olivier awards for Best Actress in a Musical and Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound.

Once is the only musical to receive an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Olivier Award, and a Tony Award.

Once at Pitlochry Festival Theatre | Scottish premiere

Directed by John Tiffany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Black Watch and Wild Rose), the uplifting and moving new production will run at Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 23 May- 27 June.

The exciting new production will launch the 75th anniversary season of Pitlochry Theatre and Alan Cumming’s first as Artistic Director.

Ticket prices: From £15  

Box Office and group bookings: 01796 484626  

email boxoffice@pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com 

Website: pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES

Audio Described 18 Jun 7.30pm and 24 Jun 2pm

BSL Interpreted 26 Jun 7.30pm

Captioned 17 Jun 2pm and 25 Jun 7.30pm

Relaxed and Dementia Friendly 21 Jun 2pm

Once Pitlochry Creative Team

Joining John Tiffany from the original Tony award winning creative team are:

Designer Bob Crowley (Mary Poppins, Broadway and West End); Choreographer Steven Hoggett (Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company); Lighting Designer Natasha Katz (Aladdin, Broadway and West End); Music and Orchestration Director Martin Lowe (Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre of Scotland); Sound Designer Clive Goodwin (The Glass Menagerie, Broadway). The production’s Casting Director is Stuart Burt CDG CSA.