Rent at the Hope Mill Theatre | Meet the cast and creative team

Exclusive: Casting has been revealed for the upcoming revival of Rent at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester.
The show is set to go ahead from next month with a socially distanced audience, after initially delaying its summer run.
Jocasta Almgill (& Juliet) will play Joanne, Blake Patrick Anderson (Be More Chill) will play Mark, Tom Francis (Arts Ed 2020 graduate) will mark his professional debut as Roger; Ahmed Hamad (The Boy in the Dress ) will play Benny, Dom Hartley-Harris (Hamilton) will play Collins, Millie O’Connell (SIX) will play Maureen, Maiya Quansah-Breed (SIX) will play Mimi and Alex Thomas- Smith (Dear Evan Hansen) will play Angel.
Completing the cast are Kayla Carter ( 2020 Royal Academy of Music Masters graduate), Allie Farrell-Daniel (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie film), Isaac Hesketh (The Book of Mormon) and Bethany Terry (West Side Story).
The 12-strong cast will be forming a ‘bubble' for the duration of the show's run in Manchester and receive regular testing. Audiences will be asked to wear face coverings during the show or visors for those who are exempt.
The piece will be directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet) with choreography by Tom Jackson Greaves, with musical direction by Katy Richardson, set and costume design by David Woodhead, LX design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Paul Gatehouse and casting by Pearson Casting. Artwork is by Feast Creative and video content by The Umbrella Rooms.
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[@milliepaterson4063]

MILLIE AS MAUREEN AND MAIYA AS MIMI OMLLL THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST SHOW EVER CASTED

[@egonescio9017]

Millie as Maureen? This is going to be wildly amazing (I can't imagine 'out tonight' either, looking forward to it!) 🤣

[@epicboi46]

Millie: ~gets into Rent~ Me: Yay! :D Maiya: ~gets into the same production~ Me: *HOLD UP....*

[@anoukbeckers5857]

WHY IS LITERALLY EVERYONE IN THIS VIDEO SO CUTE AND PWETTTYYYYYYY

[@alexbasas4176]

IKR!!!!!

[@kristinegabrielleang762]

Millie o conelle as maureeen!! 😍😍😍😍

[@annavale3971]

I'm obsessed with their costumes.

[@dmaehazy]

Oh! That’s going to be amazing!

[@raphaelinsigne726]

the 1 dislike is from the squip

[@valerielevy8799]

I’m gonna poop my pants this cast is so good...anyone wanna pay for my plane to Manchester, I ask from the Great American Dumpster Fire?