Lotte Wakeham's production of Little Shop of Horrors will visit New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, Octagon Theatre Bolton and Hull Truck Theatre.
Laura Jane Matthewson (Romantics Anonymous, Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic and US tour; Dogfight, Southwark Playhouse) and Oliver Mawdsley (Boys from the Blackstuff, Stockroom and Liverpool Royal Court; The Comedy of Errors (More or Less), Stephen Joseph Theatre and Shakespeare North Playhouse) will play Audrey and Seymour respectively.
The man-eating plant, Audrey II, will be voiced by 2015 X Factor finalist Anton Stephans (Tarrantino Live, Riverside Studios, Fishermans Friends, UK tour).
Completing the cast are Matthew Ganley (One Man, Two Guvnors, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Theatre by the Lake, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse; Oliver Twist, Storyhouse Chester) as Orin, Matthew Heywood (The Book Thief, Octagon Theatre Bolton; Zorro, Charing Cross Theatre) as Derelict, Janna May (The Museum of Marvellous Things, Practically Perfect Productions; Dick Whittington and his Cat, New Wolsey Theatre) as Chiffon, Zweyla Mitchell Dos Santos (The Hypochondriac, Sheffield Crucible; Alice in Wonderland, Liverpool Everyman and Theatre Royal Playhouse) as Crystal, Chardai Shaw (Protest, Poetry, Peace and Song, Peripeteia Theatre; The Little Mermaid, Altrincham Garrick Playhouse) as Ronnette and Andrew Whitehead (A Christmas Carol, Hull Truck Theatre; The Book Thief, Octagon Theatre Bolton) as Mr Mushnik.
The full creative team includes TK Hay as set and costume designer, Nic Farman as lighting designer, James Cook as sound designer, Gabrielle Ball as musical director, Sundeep Sani as movement director, George Strickland as musical supervisor, Michael Fowkes as puppet director and designer, Su Newell as costume supervisor, Ania Levy as assistant designer, Anna Pool as associate director and Jack Clearwater as assistant director.
The production will be at New Wolsey Theatre 1–23 March, Theatre by the Lake 27 March–20 April, Octagon Theatre Bolton 24 April–18 May and Hull Truck Theatre 22 May–8 June 2024.