We’re delighted to announce the cast for our upcoming production of Rosie & Hugh’s Great Big Adventure.
Jam-packed with songs from Nick Cope (CBeebies), this fantastic new show for 3 to 8-year-old adventurers and their families embraces themes of friendship, family, courage, kindness and hope. Alice Vilanculo (Black Horses Are Massive, Royal Court; The Meaning of Zong, Bristol Old Vic) will play the intrepid Rosie, while Andy Owens (Counting Down to Christmas, MAST Mayflower Studios; POSH, UK Tour) will join the adventure as Hugh the Hedgehog. Helping to bring the incredible music to life are three multi-talented actor-musicians: Katy Ellis (Get Happy, Barbican); Offue Okegbe (Three Sisters, National Theatre) and Scott Brooks (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, West End and UK Tour).
Alice Vilanculo will play Rosie. Recent stage credits include Black Horses Are Massive (Royal Court), The Meaning Of Zong (Bristol Old Vic), Splintered (Soho Theatre), E8 ( Edinburgh Fringe) recipient of The Stage Edinburgh Award for ‘Outstanding Performance in a play’, and Rosmersholm ( West End, The Duke Of York).
Andy Owens joins the cast as Hugh the Hedgehog. He trained at the Guildford School of Acting. His theatre credits include: ‘Bob’ in Counting Down to Christmas (MAST Mayflower Studios); POSH (UK Tour); ‘Perkins’/1st Cover ‘Eddie’ in Blood Brothers (UK Tour); ‘Hansel’ in Grimms’ Fairy Tales (The Guildford Shakespeare Company); ‘Roger’ in Swallows and Amazons, ‘Lysander’ in A Midsummer Nights Dream, ‘Edmund’ in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, ‘Weasel’ in The Wind in the Willows, ‘Delio’ in The Duchess of Malfi (Creation Theatre Company); ‘Peter Pan’ in Peter Pan (Crossroads & Demontfort Hall); ‘Boy’ in The House in Sofia with a Map of its Surroundings (Courtyard Theatre); and ‘Nick Willow’ in Carrie’s War (UK Tour).
Katy Ellis will be playing Mum, the Lizard, Witch, and Mouse. She is an actor and musician based in London. Since graduating from Guildford School of Acting in 2018, she has been working in Theatre, TV and Radio. Her credits include: Get Happy (Told by an Idiot, Barbican); Ride (Leicester Curve/Southwark Playhouse); Wuthering Heights, Malory Towers (Wise Children, UK & International Tours); Never Tickle a Tiger, The Pesky Rat (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Scarecrows’ Wedding (Leicester Square Theatre, UK Tour); Metamorphosis (Tristan Bates Theatre); Daisy Pulls It Off (Charing Cross Theatre).
Offue Okegbe is the Dad, Squirrel and Spider. Offue trained at LAMDA and his theatre credits include: Three Sisters (National Theatre); Lennox in Macbeth, Feste in Twelfth Night, Theseus and Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (The Watermill Theatre); Horatio in Hamlet (Black Theatre Company); Henry V (The Unicorn, London); Alice in Wonderland (Bolton Octagon); Amiens in As You Like It (UK Tour/Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory); Witch in Hansel and Grettel (Queens Theatre, Hornchurch); Antony and Cleopatra (Chichester Festival Theatre); Kid Brother in Invasion! (Tooting Arts Club); Antony and Cleopatra (Liverpool Playhouse); and Big White Fog (Almeida Theatre).
Scott Brooks is Keith, Bear, and Ralph. He trained at Rose Bruford College and also works as a composer, music director and voice-over artist. His theatre credits includes The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (West End, UK & Ireland Tour); Pippi Longstocking (Royal & Derngate); Beasty Baby (UK Tour); Say My Name! The Unauthorised ‘Breaking Bad’ Parody Musical (Theatre N16); Much Ado About Nothing (UK & French Tour); A Christmas Carol (Middle Temple Hall); The Comedy of Errors (Gray’s Inn Hall & French tour); A State of Mind (Etcetera Theatre).
Rosie & Hugh’s Great Big Adventure on Tour
This exciting new musical featuring amazing songs by Nick Cope (described by BBC Radio 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq as the Ray Davies for the pre-teen generation) helps us face our fears, embrace who we are and support those around us! Rosie and Hugh the Hedgehog are best friends. They want it to be the last day of summer holidays forever. Impossible? Not if they can find the Witch who lives in the middle of the forest with her pet dragon. Join Rosie, Hugh, a Squirrel with a wobbly tooth, a Little Lizard and one very Rusty Robot on a great, big, heart-warming adventure.
See The Show
OXFORD The North Wall | 24 -27 July 2024 Book Tickets
EDINBURGH The Pleasance | 31 July – 18 Aug 2024 Book Tickets
LONDON Soho Theatre – Dean Street | 22 – 25 August 2024 Book Tickets
