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Today full casting is announced for Sylvia as it embarks on a UK tour this Autumn culminating in five performances only at the Royal Albert Hall this November. Joining the previously announced renowned singer/song writer and performer Beverley Knight MBE (Sister Act, The Drifters Girl, Memphis The Musical) who is reprising her Olivier Award- winning role as Emmeline Pankhurst is Naomi Katiyo (Hamilton, Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical) who will play the role of Sylvia Pankhurst, replacing Sharon Rose who has withdrawn from the production.
Cast returning to Sylvia from The Old Vic production include Kelly Agbowu (Mrs Flora ‘The General’ Drummond/Betty Savoy), Claudia-Rose Carlier (Swing), Jaye Marshall (Swing), Kirstie Skivington (Adela Pankhurst) and Ellena Vincent (Christabel Pankhurst).
The rest of the cast includes: Lauren Azania (Swing), Zion Battles (Swing), Ebony Clarke (Emily Davison/Daisy Parsons), Eloise Davies (Annie Kenney/Norah Smyth) Solomon Davy (Prime Minister Asquith/Richard Pankhurst), Collette Guitart (Clementine Churchill/Jennie Scurr), Leah Hill (Edith Garrud/Mollie Bird), Nathan Louis-Fernand (Swing), Tachia Newall (Keir Hardie/Lord Cromer), Uzuazo O’David (Harry Pankhurst), Castell Parker (Winston Churchill/George Lansbury), Cleve September (Lloyd George/Lord Curzon), Kenedy Small (Jennie Churchill/Edna Payne/Sophia Singh) and Ivano Turco (Silvio Corio/Sir Almroth Wright).
Following its sellout world premiere production at The Old Vic in 2023, Sylvia will visit Leicester Curve (24 Sep – 3 Oct), followed by:
Birmingham Hippodrome (6 – 10 Oct)
Edinburgh Festival Theatre (13 – 17 Oct)
Salford Lowry (19 – 24 Oct)
Norwich Theatre (28 – 31 Oct)
Canterbury Marlowe (2 – 7 Nov)
Royal Albert Hall on 13, 14 and 15 November 2026.
Sylvia is supported by a grant from the Arts Council Incentivising Touring scheme.
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