WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OPENING THIS SUMMER IN THE GROUNDS OF HEVER CASTLE – ANNE BOLEYN’S CHILDHOOD HOME
2 – 30 AUGUST 2025.
The UK’s first outdoor production featuring binaural sound design from The Ringham Brothers.
Emily Lane is to star as Anne Boleyn-Alongside a professional cast of Musical Theatre Stars and a 35-strong community cast.
Food and drink options announced-including fine dining in the Astor Wing, Lakeside Access for Premium Tickets and food trucks for all guests.
Eliane Astor-De Merode and Simon de Merode of Historalia Productions, are thrilled to announce full casting for the world premiere of Anne Boleyn the Musical, debuting this summer at Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home. Directed by Roxana Silbert, with the book by Rebecca Night, and choreography by Alistair David, it will tell the captivating story of Anne Boleyn at the very place where her journey began.
Anne Boleyn the Musical will play in a specially constructed 1,800-seat outdoor auditorium on the grounds of Hever Castle from 2 – 30 August 2025, with a gala press night on Wednesday 6 August and will be the UK’s first-ever outdoor production featuring binaural sound, designed by the Ringham Brothers.
Emily Lane (recently seen as ‘Minnie Fay’ in Hello Dolly at the Palladium, and whose other credits include ‘Anna’ in Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane) will play ‘Anne Boleyn’, with Mark Goldthorp (recently seen as ‘Marley/Father’ in A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic), and whose credits include ‘Curtis Jackson’ in Sister Act Park (UK Tour) as ‘Henry VIII’; Dona Atallah (Hawn, Broken Wings) as ‘Mary / Elizabeth I / Messenger’; Noah Sinigaglia (whose recent theatre credits include Mamma Mia! The Party and Broken Wings) as ‘Queen Katherine / Margaret’; Kim Ismay (whose extensive West End musical theatre credits include Mamma Mia! Sunset Boulevard, Wicked and
12-year-old Annabelle Jones and 13-year-old Betsy Godden will share the role of ‘Young Anne’, and 11-year-old Arthur Moffat and 14-year-old Dawson Richards will share the role of ‘Young George Boleyn’.
The professional company of musical theatre performers will play alongside a 35-strong community cast from Kent who will act, dance and sing. The specially constructed 1,800-seat auditorium will sit on the stunning grounds of Hever with the castle visible in the background – it will be a key part of the set, with cast members entering and exiting from the castle itself.
Each audience member will have their headset, through which they will be intimately connected to the action on stage, thanks to the stunning binaural sound design by The Ringham Brothers (Blindness at The Donmar, Anna at the National Theatre). The score – with lyrics by Rebecca Night & Sam Kenyon – will have original music composed by Sam Gevers and recorded by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
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