Tipperary Musical Society announces cast for upcoming production of Young Frankenstein
Tipperary Musical Society has announced the cast for their upcoming production of Young Frankenstein.
Young Frankenstein is a musical comedy with a book by the legendary Mel Brooks with Thomas Meehan, and music and lyrics by Brooks.
It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Gene Wilder and Brooks, who also directed and has described it as his best film.
It is a parody of the horror film genre, especially the 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its 1935 and 1939 sequels, Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein.
Young Frankenstein will be directed by Paul Norton, alongside Stephanie Browne as choreographer. Mary Rose McNally returns as Musical Director for this hugely anticipated horror comedy.
The production will run from February 12 to 17, 2024 at the Tipperary Excel Centre.
The cast will feature Kilkenny man Kevin Reade, who will take on the title role of Frederick Frankenstein, the Dean of Anatomy at New York's Johns, Miriam and Anthony Hopkins School of Medicine.
Kevin made his debut with TMS earlier this year where he played Saint Aphrodisius in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Emmet Donlan returns to the TMS stage after giving an intense performance in The Hunchback, playing the role of Quasimodo.
This year Emmet plays Igor, Frankenstein’s loyal yet clumsy assistant. AIMS Award winner and TMS stalwart Deirdre Ryan will play the mysterious Frau Blucher.
Emma Sunderland returns to TMS to play Inga, a yodeling lab assistant. Emma’s last performance with Tipperary Musical Society was in Fiddler on the Roof in 2022 where she played Hodel, a role for which she received a nomination for the AIMS Best Singer Award.
Joining the stellar front line in this hilarious musical are Adam Skeffington as The Monster, Rachel Breen as Elizabeth Benning, Derek Ryan as Inspector Kemp, James O’Donovan as The Hermit, Cole Flanagan as Victor Frankenstein and Eimhín O’Meara as Ziggy, the village idiot.
Young Frankenstein will be Tipperary Musical Society 42nd annual musical, with the Society having celebrated their 40th anniversary last year.
Tickets are will go on sale in late January from the box office at the Tipperary Excel Centre.