Twenty-four children from the Theatre Workshop in Edgbaston will join the cast of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar on stage at Birmingham Hippodrome.
The stage-school children will perform in two musical numbers alongside a cast which includes Glenn Carter and The X Factor’s Rachel Adedeji.
Suzy Bleasdale from the Theatre Workshop said, “we’re very excited to be providing the children for the Birmingham leg of the tour. There’ll be 12 students taking part in each performance and they’ll be singing Hosanna and Jesus Christ Superstar.
“We got involved with the production as we have schools in Sussex and they provide children for lots of Bill Kenwright productions. They asked us to be involved in Birmingham—which we’re thrilled about.”
Jesus Christ Superstar is at Birmingham Hippodrome from 2 until 7 November.