Operation Mincemeat - New Diorama/SWP/Riverside/Fortune

It would cover weeks 1 and 2, and the next draw should be Monday 29th April (the last one was the 15th). The emails go out at 2pm and I would recommend watching your email at that time - if you win, the better seats usually get taken quickly.

Also bear in mind that lottery tickets are not available for Mondays and Tuesdays

The last paragraph looks like Claire-Marie Hall is staying on as Jean (I've been 3 times and never seen her!), but can't make out any other of the new names at all.

Very interesting! Chloe Hart is certainly a name that would fit into the space on the B line.

Jen Caldwell was rumoured for this a couple of weeks ago but she’s going to be in the new cast of Kathy and Stella, so unfortunately we can count her out.

It’s interesting that the first name on that list doesn’t have any letters revealed.

I'd heard them say that any of the roles could be played by any gender, but I imagine this makes things difficult in terms of the songs' keys etc. - will be interested to see if they stick to the same casting mold as the original cast and their understudies

Christian, who currently understudies Hester, his name fits in the space for Hester in the font size they are using.

A few of the existing and rumoured new cast follow someone called George Jennings, who has his name as Jorj on instagram, so that lines up with Charles.

I actually grew up doing am dram in Suffolk with George and he's a phenomenal talent - sincerely hope it's him as he is very deserving!!

I wouldn’t think it’s her choice. You need working visas for everyone, and isn’t it a thing that you can only take a certain amount over for one show? They’ve got the 3 creators and the Olivier winner.

Presumably it won’t open on Broadway until early 2025. Spitlip will be using that time to work with producers on the transfer (and rest their legs!), while I assume Jak will take time off and/or take on something relatively short-term between now and the end of the year.

I don’t think Claire-Marie is being ‘left behind’ at all. I suspect she is just happy to stay with the West End production until the end of the new cast’s contracts on 23rd November, have a lovely Christmas and off to Broadway with everyone else next year. At least, that’s what I assume and hope is the case.

It also is no bad thing to have some continuity to help the new cast bed in. Claire-Marie is a bloody hard worker, I’m sure her presence will be invaluable to them.

Also, I constantly hear people suggesting OM is somehow “too British” for NY. My understanding is American audiences enjoy British theatre and the positive write ups in the US press only support that. I do think we sometimes have an overinflated view of our sacred British humour when actually Americans are just as capable of ‘getting it’.

I doubt it will run as long on Broadway as it has/will here though, not because of the show’s content but because of how cut throat it is over there when it comes to the financials. It will run long enough to be eligible for Tony nominations, I am sure.

I wondered the same thing. I fully acknowledge that from the show’s perspective it’s better to have some continuity as the new cast joins but, like you, I hope it was her decision to stay in the West End rather than go with the others to Broadway.