Starring alongside Marti Pellow are 'Witches' Ria Jones, Rebecca Thornhill and Poppy Tierney with Rachel Izen playing the role of Felicia Gabriel.
When three desperate housewives in small town America wish for the man of their dreams they get far more than they bargain for. All hell breaks loose – quite literally – when Darryl Van Horne (Marti Pellow) arrives to liven things up!
After leading Wet Wet Wet to a plethora of multi-platinum singles and albums, peaking with Love Is All Around's sixteen week stint at the top of the charts, Marti Pellow has gone on to a successful solo career as well as West End and Broadway seasons in Chicago. His most recent album, Sentimental Me, inspired by playing at the famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, was released in April this year and he has just completed a sell out UK tour as well as starring as The Arbiter in Chess in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
Ria Jones stars as Alexandra Spofford, an artist who's lost her inspiration! Ria's credits include Mrs Overall in the national tour of Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques, Carla in Nine at the Donmar Warehouse and Florence and Svetlana in Chess.
Rebecca Thornhill plays Sukie Rougemont, a journalist who always seems to be at a loss for words. Rebecca's credits include Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins, Roxie Hart in Chicago and Lina Lamont in the West Yorkshire Playhouse production of Singin' in the Rain for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award. Rebecca is no stranger to Eastwick having played the role of Sukie at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London's West End.
Poppy Tierney, who completes the trio of desperate housewives, is currently starring as Giulietta in the national tour of Aspects of Love. Other credits include the title role in Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre, Cosette in the national tour of Les Miserables and Ellen in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Chief busybody and self appointed moral guardian of Eastwick, Felicia Gabriel, is played by Rachel Izen who was most recently seen squeezing into a pair of jeans several sizes too small in the comedy musical Hot Flush!
This brand new production is directed by Nikolai Foster, one of the country's leading young talents. His production of Aspects of Love starring David Essex played to sell out houses at theatres around the country. Other credits include a major revival of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus at the Sheffield Crucible and David Essex's new musical All the Fun of the Fair.
Set and costumes are by Peter McKintosh, whose credits include the Olivier and Tony award winning The 39 Steps.
Choreography is by Geoffrey Garrett, lighting by Guy Hoare and sound is by Colin Pink. The original orchestrations are by William David Brohn with additional orchestrations by Chris Egan and Christopher Jahnke with musical supervision by Kevin Amos and musical direction by Tom Deering.
The Witches of Eastwick is produced by Michael Harrison, Kenny Wax and Paul Elliott by arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh. -- www.mayflower.org.uk
