Photo Flash: First Look at RENT at Hope Mill Theatre
The production was filmed and will be broadcast online to a strictly limited number of viewers.
By: A.A. Cristi Nov. 04, 2020
Get a first look at Rent at Hope Mill Theatre, running to socially distanced audiences with the 12-strong cast forming a 'bubble' for the duration of the show's run in Manchester.
RENT played its final performance November 3rd. The production was filmed and will be broadcast online to a strictly limited number of viewers. Captured during a live performance by Umbrella Rooms, the production will then be made available over four weekends during the production's run, starting from the final two weeks.
RENT is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson and is loosely based on Puccini's opera La Bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists living, loving and working in Manhattan's East Village, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
Casting includes Jocasta Almgill (& Juliet, Dreamgirls - West End) as Joanne; Blake Patrick Anderson (Be More Chill - The Other Palace, Closer to Heaven - Off West End/Above the Stag) as Mark; Tom Francis (Arts Ed 2020 graduate) will mark his professional debut as Roger; Ahmed Hamad (The Boy in the Dress - RSC, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - West End as Benny; Dom Hartley-Harris (George Washington in Hamilton - West End, Bat Out of Hell - Manchester & West End) as Collins; Millie O'Connell (Olivier nominated as Anne Boleyn in SIX The Musical - West End & UK Tour, 42nd Street - West End) as Maureen; Maiya Quansah-Breed (Olivier nominated as Catherine Parr in SIX The Musical - West End & UK Tour) as Mimi; Alex Thomas-Smith (Dear Evan Hansen - West End, Bat Out of Hell - West End) as Angel.
The rest of the cast features Allie Daniel (Everybody's Talking About Jamie - Film), Isaac Hesketh (Book of Mormon - UK Tour) and Bethany Terry (West Side Story - Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, Bat Out of Hell - West End).
Photo Credit: Pamela Raith
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Jocasta Almgill and Blake Patrick Anderson
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Jocasta Almgill and Millie O'Connell
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Jocasta Almgill, Millie O'Connell and Blake Patrick Anderson
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Alex Thomas Smith
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Alex Thomas Smith
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Allie Daniel, Isaac Hesketh, Bethany Terry, Kayla Carter
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Bethany Terry
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Black Patrick Anderson and the Company of RENT
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Black Patrick Anderson
The Company of RENT
The Company of RENT
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Dom Hartley Harris, Alex Thomas-Smith and the Featured Ensemble
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Maiya Quansah- Breed
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Millie O'Connell, Dom Hartley-Harris and Jocasta Almgill
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Tom Francis and Blake Patrick Anderson
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Tom Francis and Maiya Quansah-Breed
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Tom Francis Bethany Terry and Isaac Hesketh
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Tom Francis
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Maiya Quansah-Breed and Tom Francis
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