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OLIVIER AWARD-NOMINATED STAR
MARISHA WALLACE
JOINS THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
JASON MANFORD AND RICHARD FLEESHMAN
IN
SOMETHING ROTTEN!
THE UK PREMIERE OF AWARD-WINNING COMEDY MUSICAL
OPENING IN MANCHESTER THIS JUNE
Olivier Award nominated star Marisha Wallace is announced to join the company of the highly anticipated UK premiere of award-winning comedy musical Something Rotten!.
The side-splitting mash-up of song, dance and Elizabethan absurdity that tells the story behind the creation of the world’s very first musical, will open at the Manchester Opera House from 16 June to 19 July 2026, ahead of a West End run.
Actress and singer Marisha Wallace, acclaimed for her performances in shows including Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, Waitress and Dreamgirls, will star as the musical’s leading lady Bea, having performed in Something Rotten! on Broadway before moving to UK.
She said: “I’m beyond thrilled to have been cast in the UK premiere of Something Rotten! It was pure joy to be a part of this hilarious musical on Broadway a decade ago – so now, to be joining this incredible company for the first time that UK audiences will get to see it, is a full-circle moment in the best way. I can’t wait to dive back in!”
Wallace joins the previously announced comedy, TV and musical theatre icon Jason Manford (Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) as Nick Bottom and star of stage and screen Richard Fleeshman (Company, Ghost the Musical, Legally Blonde The Musical, Coronation Street) as William Shakespeare.
The ‘90s are back! The 1590s, that is. Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but remain stuck in the shadow of that pompous Renaissance rockstar Will Shakespeare. When a quirky soothsayer foretells an outlandish future for theatre – full of acting, singing and dancing all at the same time – Nick and Nigel set out to write this strange new creation called A MUSICAL! But amidst the scandalous excitement of Opening Night, the Bottom Brothers discover that reaching the top means being true to thine own self… and all that jazz.
Full cast is to be announced.
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