Producer Michael Harrison has announced that multi Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning Imelda Staunton will lead the cast of Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium.
With an unforgettable score by Jerry Herman, Hello, Dolly! will begin performances at the London Palladium on 6th July 2024, running for a strict ten-week season.
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Staunton, who is best-known for Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films among countless other television, film and stage credits, will play meddlesome socialite turned matchmaker Dolly Levi, as she travels to Yonkers, New York to find a match for the miserly, unmarried ‘half-a-millionaire’ Horace Vandergelder.
But everything changes when she decides that the next match she needs to make is for herself.
“Dolly Levi is one of the great characters in musical theatre, and I can’t wait to join the company in bringing our new production to the iconic London Palladium.”
Imelda Staunton
The show features a book by Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman’s timeless score includes Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Elegance, It Only Takes a Moment and of course, Hello, Dolly!
This new production also reunites Imelda with director Dominic Cooke, following their critically acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies at the National Theatre.
Imelda Staunton said: “I’m delighted that we are announcing our new production of Hello, Dolly!, which is a truly joyous show. I am also thrilled to be working again with Dominic Cooke and Michael Harrison. Dolly Levi is one of the great characters in musical theatre, and I can’t wait to join the company in bringing our new production to the iconic London Palladium.”
Who else is in the show?
Imelda Staunton will be joined by Andy Nyman as Horace Vandergelder, Jenna Russell as Irene Molloy, Tyrone Huntley as Barnaby Tucker and Harry Hepple who will play Cornelius Hackl.
Nyman’s acting credits include the Royal Court production of Hangmen and the West End hit Ghost Stories, which he also created and starred in the film adaptation. His various TV roles include Winston Churchill in Peaky Blinders and he has frequently collaborated with illusionist Derren Brown, co-writing and co-directing four of his stage shows.
Olivier Award winner Jenna Russell starred in the UK premiere of The Bridges of Madison County and Tyrone Huntley was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
Harry Hepple has previously performed in Follies at the National Theatre and Romantics Anonymous at Bristol Old Vic.
For more information about the show, go to hellodollyldn.com.
