& Juliet Casting Announcement: Jay McGuiness To Play Shakespeare, Dr Ranj Singh Will Continue In His Role As Lance At The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

The producers of the global sensation & JULIET are thrilled to announce that The Wanted band member and 2015 Strictly Come Dancing winner Jay McGuiness will star as Shakespeare when the musical comes to the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford in March 2025. Ranj Singh who has been delighting audiences in the role of Lance, will continue in this role for the run in Bradford.

They join current tour cast members Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Lara Denning as Anne, Sandra Marvin as Angelique, Jack Danson as Romeo, Kyle Cox as Francois and Jordan Broatch as May.

Also in the cast are Harriet Caplan-Dean as Eleanor, Alexander Kranz as Lennox, Andilé Mabhena as Augustine / Dance Team, Liam Morris as Richard, Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid as Lucy/Alternate Juliet, Michael Nelson as Henry, Toni Paise as Violet, Katie Ramshaw as Nell / Lady C, Rosie Singha as Judith, Aaron Shales as Gregory / Dance Team, Nia Stephen as Imogen and Samuel Wilson-Freeman as Fletcher / Resident Director and Dance Captain.

Jay McGuiness said “I love these songs; Max Martin has written hit after hit. I’ve really missed singing and dancing as the last thing I did was a play, so I’m excited to get back into it. And I love the & Juliet costumes, especially Shakespeare’s!”

Dr Ranj Singh said “I am absolutely overjoyed to be making my musical theatre debut in & Juliet, a show I've been a fan of since it first opened. I know it’s a bit of a change from my usual work, but not many people will know how hard I've been working behind the scenes to make this happen, and it's an absolute dream come true. I can't wait to work with the incredible Luke Sheppard and the entire creative team and have the time of my life this year, showing the UK what I'm made of alongside an exceptionally talented and diverse cast. Bring it on!”

Jay McGuiness is best known as a vocalist in the chart-topping band The Wanted. Their debut single, All Time Low, hit the No. 1 spot on the UK singles chart and the band went on to have two further No. 1 and 5 Top 10 singles including the global hit Glad You Came.

Jay has a song and dance background, starting with dance classes in his early teens, he later attended The Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama in Nottingham. After taking a break from The Wanted in 2013, Jay was confirmed as a celebrity contestant on Strictly Come Dancing where he wowed audiences with his routines and went on to be crowned Strictly champion for 2015. His now infamous Jive to the music from Pulp Fiction has become the show’s most watched routine ever, amassing over 8 million hits on You Tube. The routine was also voted Strictly’s best ever dance by BBC Strictly viewers in December 2020. In 2016, Jay starred in the musical version of the Tom Hanks movie BIG in Dublin playing the lead role of Josh Baskin. He reprised the role in 2019 in the West End at the Dominion Theatre. In 2020, Jay played the lead role of Sam in the London production of Sleepless: A Musical Romance, based on the movie Sleepless in Seattle, at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. Jay’s other theatre work includes starring in Rip It Up, a 60’s song and dance show at London’s Garrick Theatre, Bob Wallace in the touring production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas in 2022 and Danny in the award-winning production of the Robbins play 2:22- A Ghost Story in 2024. In May 2023, Jay announced that he was adding yet another string to his bow as a published author. His debut fantasy novel Blood Flowers, published worldwide by Scholastic, was released in February 2024 and the eagerly awaited sequel is due for release in spring/summer 2025.

Dr Ranj Singh is one of the country’s most recognised and well-loved medics and TV presenters, with a career ranging from NHS doctor to author, to musical theatre star.

His foray into music and dance started in 2018, when Dr Ranj swapped his scrubs for sequins as a BBC Strictly Come Dancing contestant, partnered with Janette Manrara. The dancing duo also took part in the subsequent Strictly Live Tour in 2019. Then at the start of 2021, Dr Ranj’s performance on ITV All Star Musicals roused the nation and received high praise from the judges, including Elaine Paige herself. Later that year Dr Ranj played The Royal Doctor in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford.

He is the co-creating presenter of BAFTA-award-winning CBeebies series, Get Well Soon. He is one of the resident doctors on the BBC1's hugely successful series Morning Live and was a regular presenter on ITV This Morning. He has fronted a range of TV shows, including ITV's primetime series Save Money: Good Health, Save Money: Lose Weight and Dr Ranj: On Call; the W Channel’s Extreme Food Phobics; and was crowned winner of Season 2 of Cooking With The Stars.

Off air, he writes for numerous magazines and websites where he gives expert opinion and advice on physical and mental health matters. Dr Ranj is also the resident doctor for Attitude magazine and has published several books including two Sunday Times Best-Sellers, Save Money Lose Weight and How To Grow Up And Feel Amazing!.

There is life after Romeo!

Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as Juliet ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love - her way. Created by David West Read, the Emmy-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told and asks, what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo?

Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, including Britney Spears’ …Baby One More Time, Katy Perry’s Roar and chart toppers Since U Been Gone, It’s My Life, I Want It That Way, and Can’t Stop the Feeling! — all from Max Martin, the genius songwriter/producer behind more #1 hits than any other artist this century, and his collaborators.

& JULIET is a global success and has now been performed on four continents since its World Premiere in September 2019. It began at the Manchester Opera House, before moving to London’s West End from 2019-2023, where it won three Olivier Awards, and 6 WhatsOnStage Awards. The show had its North American premiere in July 2022 in Toronto, where it broke box office records and played to standing-room-only audiences, before heading to Broadway, where it again broke box office records and plays nightly to sold-out crowds. & JULIET can now also be seen around the globe with the North American Tour that started in September 2024 and the German premiere in October 2024. The German production marks the show’s first production with a book translated into a different language and was also the sixth country to welcome & Juliet in less than five years.

The full creative team for the UK and Ireland tour of & JULIET includes David West Read (Book), Max Martin & Friends (Music & Lyrics), Luke Sheppard (Direction), Jennifer Weber (Choreography), Bill Sherman (Musical Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements), Soutra Gilmour (Scenic Design), Paloma Young (Costume Design), Howard Hudson (Lighting Design), Gareth Owen (Sound Design), Andrzej Goulding (Video & Projection Design) and Nina Van Houten(Hair, Wig & Makeup Design) and Dominic Fallacaro (Additional Arrangements and Orchestrations). Casting is by Stuart Burt.

& JULIET is presented by Max Martin and Tim Headington and is produced by Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd and Rebecca Quigley.

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Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

Monday 24 – Saturday 29 March 2025

Captioned performance: Wednesday 26 March 7.30pm

Signed performance: Thursday 27 March 7.30pm

Audio Described performance: Saturday 29 March 2.30pm

Tickets £18.75 - £57.75

Call the Box Office on 01274 432000 or visit bradford-theatres.co.uk

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