Michelle Visage, Jay McGuiness, Natalie Paris, Mazz Murray, Amy Di Bartolomeo and Natalie Kassanga will star in new musical Sea Witch when the show has its world premiere at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane this March.
Sea Witch is a new musical that reimagines the origins of one of the sea’s most feared villains. A prequel inspired by The Little Mermaid, it follows Evie, a witch surviving in a world where magic is outlawed.
When her fate collides with Annemette, a mermaid with a secret of her own, both are driven toward a reckoning that will reshape their futures forever. A powerful story of identity, sacrifice, and self-discovery. A myth reimagined. A villain reborn.
Visage plays Tante Hansa, with McGuiness as Iker, Paris as Evie, Murray as Queen Charlotte, Di Bartolomeo as Annemette and Kassanga as Malvina.
The show comes from Dean Lee, Kristopher Russell & Michael Glover, with music and lyrics by Segun Fawole and music production by Jeff Nang. The soundtrack blends cinematic pop, dark soul and soaring musical-theatre songwriting, promising to create a sound unlike anything currently on the West End.
The production is produced by Russell & Glover Theatrical & Pictures together with the Nedelander Organization, the Shubert Organization, John Gore Organization and Willette Klausner.
The production at Drury Lane will be directed by Kristopher Russell. It is based on Sea Witch by Sarah Henning and adapted with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Casting is by Peter Noden.
Sea Witch has performances at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Sunday, March 1 at 3pm and 7.30pm. Tickets here.
Top image: Michelle Visage, Natalie Paris and Mazz Murray in Sea Witch announcement (image supplied)