New Adventures is excited to reveal the full cast for the 2025 national tour of Matthew Bourne’s award-winning The Midnight Bell. The production will open at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham on Thursday 15th May before embarking on a 17-week tour across the UK, including a stop at The Lowry in Salford from Tuesday 1st to Saturday 5th July 2025.
The cast for this highly anticipated production features 14 of New Adventures' finest leading actor/dancers, all of whom bring decades of experience to the stage. The talented cast includes Cordelia Braithwaite, Reece Causton, Glenn Graham, Daisy May Kemp, Hannah Kremer, Michela Meazza, Andy Monaghan, Liam Mower, Dominic North, Bryony Pennington, Edwin Ray, Danny Reubens, Ashley Shaw, and Alan Vincent.
Matthew Bourne shared his excitement about the cast: "This is, without doubt, the finest company of quintessential New Adventures actor/dancers ever assembled for a single production! Together, they represent nearly 30 years of critically acclaimed performances and created roles in my work. It would be hard to imagine a cast more perfectly suited to Patrick Hamilton’s exploration of the darker reaches of the human heart."
Bourne also highlighted the returning stars, including Reece Causton, Glenn Graham, Daisy May Kemp, Andy Monaghan, Liam Mower, Bryony Pennington, and Michela Meazza (who won a National Dance Award for her role in the production). New faces joining The Midnight Bell include Cordelia Braithwaite, Dominic North, Edwin Ray, Danny Reubens, Ashley Shaw, Alan Vincent, and rising star Hannah Kremer, most recently seen as Juliet in Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet.
The Midnight Bell takes place in 1930s London, where ordinary people emerge from their cheap boarding houses each night to pour out their passions, hopes, and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound streets of Soho and Fitzrovia. The story unfolds at The Midnight Bell, a tavern where a group of lonely hearts gathers to play out their lovelorn affairs of the heart—stories of longing, frustration, betrayal, and redemption.
Inspired by the works of English novelist Patrick Hamilton, known for his authentic portrayal of the working class in London pubs, The Midnight Bell premiered to great acclaim in 2021. The production garnered five nominations at the 2022 National Dance Awards, with Bourne winning Best Modern Choreography and Michela Meazza receiving the award for Outstanding Female Modern Performance.
Matthew Bourne is once again joined by his Olivier and Tony award-winning team, including Terry Davies (music), Lez Brotherston (set and costume design), Paule Constable (lighting design), and Paul Groothuis (sound design), ensuring that the production remains a visual and emotional spectacle.
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience The Midnight Bell at The Lowry in Salford in July 2025. This tour promises an unforgettable evening of passion, drama, and the very best of New Adventures.
For more information and tickets, visit www.thelowry.com.
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