Stage: Rocky Horror Show

Rocky Horror show casting announced

Since its first appearance at the Royal Court Theatre in June 1973, Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show has become the world’s favourite rock’n’roll musical. It has been performed worldwide for nearly 40 years in over 30 countries in every continent and has been translated into more than 20 languages. To celebrate the 40th anniversary, Christopher Luscombe is creating a new production for a year-long UK national adventure which opens at Theatre Royal Brighton, where it runs from 20 December – 5 January.

West End star Oliver Thornton, who has appeared in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Phantom Of the Opera, Les Miserables, Chicago and Starlight Express, will follow in the footsteps of Tim Curry when he stars as the lead character of Frank ’n’ Furter. Double-platinum selling artist, Rhydian, who shot to fame on X Factor before starring in We Will Rock You and Grease will star as Rocky. Former Emmerdale and Waterloo Road actress Roxanne Pallett will star as Janet and Ben Forster, who won the ITV1 series Superstar and then went on to play the lead in Jesus Christ Superstar will star as Brad.

This musical extravaganza will feature all of its famous musical classics including ‘Science Fiction/Double Feature’, ‘Dammit Janet’ and of course, the timeless floor-filler, ‘The Time-Warp’.

Theatre Royal Brighton Thu 20 Dec – Sat 5 Jan
Box Office 0844 871 7650 , www.atgtickets.com/brighton