Cool Rider concert cast

Published: 30 March 2014
Reporter: Sandra Giorgetti

Aaron Sidwell as Michael and Ashleigh Gray as Stephanie in Cool Rider

Full casting has been announced for the concert of Cool Rider, the 1982 cult film sequel to Grease.

Ashleigh Gray and Aaron Sidwell will sing the roles of Stephanie and Michael, immortalised on screen by Michelle Pfeiffer and Maxwell Caulfield, with Mark Benton as Mr Stuart and Niki Evans as Ms Mason.

Mark Benton and Niki Evans will be familiar to television watchers, Benton for BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and Waterloo Road and Evans as an ITV X Factor semi-finalist.

Also in the cast are Stewart Clarke, Luke Fetherston, Joshua Dowen, Harry Francis, Hannah Levane, Bronte Barbe and Lucinda Lawrence, with James Darch, Fela Lufadeju, Katy Hards, Lisa Ritchie, Jak Allen Anderson, Joseph O’Reilly, Danielle Mullan, Simone Murphy and Parisa Shahmir.

The show, which celebrates both the film's highlights and shortcomings, previously enjoyed a sold–out, one-night-only concert at London's West End Lyric Theatre.

Cool Rider is directed by Guy Unsworth and choreographed by Matt Krzan, with musical direction by Lee Freeman. It runs from 15 to 19 April at London's Duchess Theatre.

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