Cast announcement for A Taste of Honey and Straight
Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director Daniel Evans today announces the full cast for the forthcoming productions of Shelagh Delaney’s seminal work A Taste of Honey in the Crucible Theatre and the world premiére of DC Moore’s Straight in the Studio Theatre.
The cast of A Taste of Honey will be led by Eva Pope who plays Helen. Eva will be familiar to audiences from Coronation Street and as former Head teacher Rachel Tyson in Waterloo Road. Eva is joined by Christopher Hancock as Geoff, David Judge (Hollyoaks) as Jimmy, Andrew Knott as Peter and Katie West as young rebel Jo. The world premiére of Straight sees Philip McGinley return to Sheffield Theatres to play Waldorf following his performance as Will Mossop in Hobson’s Choice last year, opposite Henry Pettigrew (Beautiful Burnout, Black Watch) as Lewis, Jenny Rainsford as Steph and Sheffield-born actress Jessica Ransom as Morgan.
*Tickets for A Taste of Honey and Straight are on sale to the public now and can be booked by calling Sheffield Theatres’ Box Office on 0114 249 6000 or here*