Curve Announces Cast of BUGSY MALONE

Curve has announced a local cast of over 30 young performers and a home-grown orchestra for this year's Made at Curve Community Production, Bugsy Malone.

Up-and-coming local talent makes up the show's motley crew of gangsters and showgirls including Joel Fossard-Jones as Bugsy Malone, Maeve Woods as Blousey, Harvey Thorpe as Fat Sam, Alfie Bright as Dandy Dan, Muhammed Ibraheem as Roxy Robinson and Benjamin Cowan as Knuckles. Femme-fatale Tallulah will be played by Jennifer Brown.

Joel Fossard-Jones returns to Curve in the title-role following performances in previous Made at Curve productions including Adrian Mole in Sue Townshend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ The Musical, The Artful Dodger in Oliver! and Kurt Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

In a first for Curve, this year's production will also feature a community orchestra made entirely of local musicians. Musical director George Dyer will lead the orchestra with many of the participants performing in an on-stage production for the first time. The band will consist of sixteen musicians including local violinists, trombonists, saxophonists, guitar and a French horn.

The annual community productions provide an opportunity for people of all ages to work with Curve's professional production and technical teams. The shows are central to Curve's ongoing commitment to nurture, develop and celebrate local talent from across the region. Curve Associate Artist and choreographer for Legally Blonde and Grease, Nick Winston, will direct.

Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster said:

"The Curve Community Production is always a season highlight for us, combining the incredibly important work we create with our communities with our work on stage.

Alongside our splurge-tastically talented young actors and musicians, we are proud to welcome a professional, internationally-acclaimed production team, led by Curve Associate Artist Nick Winston. It's inspiring these young performers will have the opportunity to work with such an established and experienced team. We know the young actors, orchestra and entire production team are going to create something really special with Alan Parker's masterpiece."

The full cast includes: Mason Bailey (Bronx Charlie); Luke Beaumont (Benny Lee); Alfie Bright (Dandy Dan); Jennifer Brown (Tallulah); Charlotte Burnett (Loretta); Jude Channell (Angelo); Benjamin Cowan (Knuckles); Edward Cross (Barber & Pick-pocket); Matthew Deane (Laughing Boy); Tyler Dunnan (O'Deary); Sofia Fabbricatore (Bangles); Daniela Fabbricatore (Louella); Joel Fossard-Jones (Bugsy Malone); Sian Hughes (Dotty); Demi Hylands (Tillie); Muhammed Ibraheem (Roxy Robinson); Isaac John (Oscar); Fenner Kinch (Flash Frankie); Amica Kuroda (Lena); Gabe Longman (Shoulders); Megan Marston (Velma); Joseph McErlean (Snake Eyes); Arlo Mulligan-Vassell (Fizzy); Charlie Newnham (Captain Smolsky); Aaron Patel (Ritzy); George Pavey (Leroy); Luke Pillai (Looney Bergonzi); Evie Robinson (Vamp Singer); Edan Smart (Louis); Kade Smith (Yonkers); Harvey Thorpe (Fat Sam); Finlay Watkinson (Pop Becker & Cagey Joe); Jack White (Doodle); Hannah Willars (Waitress); Maeve Wood (Blousey).

The orchestra includes: Liva Zarina (violin); Gregory Scotland (violin); Lucy Marlow (violin); Abigail Hodgkinson (violin); Alec Smith (trumpet); Michael Smith (trombone); Henry Newton (trombone); Alexander Bland (trombone & bass); Hannah Cox (French horn); James Matthews (alto & tenor sax); Pippa Chappell (alto sax); Maela Baker (saxes & clarinets); Tim Clamp (tenor & clarinet); Matt Henderson (keyboard); Josef Carter (guitar); Harris Dutton (auxiliary percussion).