Exclusive: The main cast and creative team have been revealed for the upcoming revival of Revenge of a Blonde at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

The play has music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach, and is based on Amanda Brown’s novel and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film of the same name.

It was first seen on Broadway in 2007, with its first West End production in 2010, where it won four WhatsOnStage Awards and three Olivier Awards. A successful revival then began at The Curve in Leicester, before embarking on a tour.

It tells the story of a young woman, Elle Woods, who overcomes social expectations in order to become a successful graduate of Harvard Law School.

The show will open the Regent’s Park Open Air Theater 2022 season, marking the venue’s 90th anniversary. You can read more about the season here.

The show will be directed by Courtney Bowman (Six, everyone’s talking about Jamie) as Elle Woods.

Also in the cast are Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Emmett), Lauren Drew (Brooke), Vanessa Fisher (Vivienne), Isaac Hesketh (Margot), Nadine Higgin (Paulette), Alžbeta Matyšáková (Enid), Eugene McCoy (Callahan), Grace Mouat (Pilar), Alistair Toovey (Warner) and Hannah Yun Chamberlain (Serena). The full cast will be revealed soon.

The new revival is directed by Lucy Moss (co-director and co-writer of Six), with a creative team composed of Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong (playwright), Cat Beveridge (music supervisor), Jean Chan (costume designer), Shanaé Chisholm (casting assistant), Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion Casting (casting director), Tony Gayle (sound designer), Phillip Gladwell (lighting designer), Ainsley Hall Ricketts (assistant choreographer), Laura Hopkins (set designer), Barbara Houseman (voice and text and associate season director), Majella Hurley (dialect coach), Ellen Kane (Choreographer), Ingrid Mackinnon (Season Associate: Intimacy Support), Priya Patel Appleby (Associate Director), Chris Poon (Assistant Music Director), Alexzandra Sarmiento (Assistant Choreographer), Amber Sinclair-Case (Director associate) and Katharine Woolley (musical director).

Revenge of a Blonde from May 13 to July 2, 2022.

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