MEET EVAN HANSEN: GMG PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCES DEAR EVAN HANSEN INTERNATIONAL TOUR CAST!
Manila – GMG Productions has officially announced the full cast for the Manila season of the international tour. The UK touring production of the Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning musical is set to open this September at The Theatre at Solaire. The UK touring production has already enjoyed a celebrated run, playing in 32 venues across the United Kingdom.
The international touring company is led by Ellis Kirk as Evan Hansen. Joining him are Rebecca McKinnis as Heidi Hansen, Zoë Athena as Zoe Murphy, Helen Anker as Cynthia Murphy, Hal Fowler as Larry Murphy, Rhys Hopkins as Connor Murphy, Tom Dickerson as Jared Kleinman, and Olivia-Faith Kamau as Alana Beck, with Sonny Monaghan serving as the Alternate Evan Hansen. Rounding out the company are Jake Halsey-Jones, Sheri Lineham, Joseph Peacock, Annie Southall, and Ashlyn Weekes.
Theatre includes: Alternate Marty/ Ensemble in Back to the Future the Musical (The Adelphi Theatre), JD in Heathers the Musical (The Other Palace), U/S Dougal in Two Strangers (Criterion Theatre), U/S Evan/Connor in Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre), Dirk Lloyd in The Dark Lord/MTFEST (The Other Palace).
Television includes: Emmerdale (ITV), Jericho (ITV), Billionaire Boy (BBC), Hank Zipzer (Kindle for CBBC).
Ellis is thrilled to be a part of this incredible show, and he would like to thank his family, friends and everyone at Felix De Wolfe for their constant love and support.
Instagram: ellis_Kirk_
Training: Mountview Academy.
Stage credits: Susan and Mums in The Parent Agency (Storyhouse Chester); Margaret in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre & UK Tour); Tessa in Wish You Were Dead (UK Tour); Heidi Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre); Joan in You Are Here (Southwark Playhouse); Bridget in St Anne Comes Home (The Actors Church); Christina in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Playhouse Theatre); Tina Ruston in A Small Family Business (National Theatre Olivier); u/s and Lauren in Viva Forever (Piccadilly Theatre); Les Misérables (25th Anniversary Tour); Teacher and u/s Killer Queen in We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); u/s Jeanie in Fat Pig (Trafalgar Studios); Susannah Townley in Three Hours After Marriage (Union Theatre); Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew (Changeling Theatre Company); Lucy Lockett in Beggar’s Opera (Changeling Theatre Company); u/s and Donna/Tanya in Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales); Virus/cover Kim and Big Sue in Taboo (UK Tour); Starting Here Starting Now (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Kitty in Charley’s Aunt (CMC).
Television Credits: Sound of Music Live (ITV); Comedy Cuts (ITV2).
Film credits: Beauty and the Beast (Disney).
TRAINING: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
STAGE: Leah in BABIES (The Other Palace), THE TRIALS (Donmar Warehouse)
TV: Ava in BREEDERS (Sky)
FILM: Lonely Girl Grown Up in SNOW WHITE (Disney) and Bab in IT’S NO PICNIC.
TRAINING: White Lodge, The Royal Ballet; Bird College; Lesly Khan Los Angeles; Upright Citizens Brigade Los Angeles
THEATRE CREDITS: Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour); The Essence of Audrey (Edinburgh Fringe/UK Tour); The Prom (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres); Mamma Mia! (UK & International Tour); Cats (Kilworth House); Heartbreak House (Union Theatre); Camelot (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres); Carousel (Houston Grand Opera); Perfect Timing (Theater 40); The Full Catastrophe (Contemporary American Theater Festival); My Fair Lady (Guthrie Theatre); The Odd Couple (Pioneer Theater Company); Newsies (Paper Mill Playhouse); Curtains (Theatre Under the Stars & Paper Mill Playhouse); The 39 Steps (Milwaukee Rep Theatre); Promises Promises (Broadway Theatre); It’s a Wonderful Life (New Wolsey Theatre); The Thorn Birds (Welsh Theatre Company); Let’s Face the Music and Dance (Salisbury Playhouse Studio); Alvaro’s Balcony (Landor Theatre); Candide (English National Opera); Parade (Donmar Warehouse); On the Town (English National Opera); The Wizard of Oz (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Dames at Sea (Eastbourne Theatres); On the Town (English National Opera); Beautiful & Damned (Lyric Theatre); A Chorus Line (Sheffield Crucible); Contact (Queens Theatre); Master Pieces (Birmingham Rep); A Little Night Music (Leicester Haymarket Theatre); Hard Times (Windsor Theatre Royal & Haymarket Theatre); Oklahoma! (National Theatre & Lyceum Theatre); Always (Victoria Palace Theatre); Cats (New London Theatre); Fame (West End), Crazy for You (Prince Edward Theatre)
FILM CREDITS: Ted 2; Cinderella; Oklahoma! — The Movie
TELEVISION CREDITS: Peter Pan Live; Law and Order: SVU; The Good Wife; White Collar; Holby City
Hal Fowler trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
His work in theatre includes wonder.land, The Light Princess and London Road at the National Theatre; Quartermaine’s Terms on UK tour; Cinderella at the Old Vic; Killing Rasputin at Bridewell; Dorian Gray at Rock Theatre, Budapest; A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Colchester Mercury; and Under the Doctor at the Comedy. Musical theatre includes Cats on European tour; The Three Musketeers at the Rose, Kingston; The Thing About Men at King’s Head; My Fair Lady on tour in Denmark; Bad Girls The Musical at West Yorkshire Playhouse; H.M.S. Pinafore, Cymbeline and High Society at Regent’s Park; Forbidden City for Singapore Rep; Me and My Girl at Birmingham Alexandra; Threepenny Opera and The Gambler at London Bubble; Flowers For Mrs Harris at Riverside Studios; and Les Misérables, Martin Guerre, Tommy, Carousel and Aspects of Love in the West End.
TV includes Next of Kin, Dracula, Garrow’s Law and History Files (season one), Eastenders and The Bill.
Films include Solo: A Star Wars Story, London Road, The Tragedy of Macbeth (2012), Jungle Book 2, and The Brylcreem Boys.
He / Him
Training: Rose Bruford College, The New School (NYC).
Rhys is thrilled to be making his professional debut as Connor in Dear Evan Hansen Asia Tour having recently graduated from American Theatre Arts BA at Rose Bruford College.
Theatre Credits Include: John Keeble in Blitz Club (Spandau Ballet Exhibition)
Credits while training: Tyler in ‘Secessionville’ (Rose Bruford) Andrei in ‘Kolonists’ (Rose Bruford) Matt/ Mr Burns in ‘Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play’ (Rose Bruford) James in ‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’ (Rose Bruford)
Instagram: @rhys.hopk
Theatre: Jeremy in ‘Be More Chill’ (Old Joint Stock), Jared in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ (UK Tour), Beleaguered Geek/1st cover JD in ‘Heathers’ (UK Tour), The Prince in ‘Cinderella’ (Crossroads), 1st cover Elder Price in ‘The Book of Mormon’ (UK Tour, Prince of Wales), The Narrator in ‘Voices From Across the World’ (The Cockpit), Ensemble in ‘Hansel & Gretel’ (Regents Park Open Air), Mad Hatter in ‘Alice’ (QE2 Theatre, Dubai), Caractacus Potts in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’, Simeon in ‘Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ (Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man).
Workshop: Tom in ‘Dear Nobody’ (Sheffield Lyceum), Mick in ‘Astroman’ (Finborough), Joel in ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’ (The Other Palace, MT Fest).
Tom is thrilled to be bringing this beautiful, important story to Asia and sincerely hopes everyone enjoys. Tom would like to thank his family and friends, especially his partner Lizzie, for all of their support and love.
@tom_dickerson
Training: The Urdang Academy.
1st Cover Zoe Murphy and Alana Beck/ Ensemble in Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour); Dance Captain and Ensemble/Cover Ghost of Christmas Past , Mrs Cratchit and Others in A Christmas Carol- A Ghost Story (Birmingham Rep) Paul/Ensemble in RENT! (Landmark Theatres); Nancy/Cover Betty Schaefer in Jamie Lloyd’s SUNSET BLVD (Savoy Theatre); Gabrielle in Roger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Hope Mill Theatre); Dyanne in Million Dollar Quartet (The Barn Theatre)
Other Credits: Nancy in SUNSET BLVD Cast Recording (The Other Songs/ Andrew Lloyd Webber); 100 Years of Musicals (Hope Mill Theatre Production- CUNARD).
Theatre credits: Alternate Evan/ Ensemble in Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour); Turn the Page (The Stables); Carmen (White Rock); and TAG Live (COVE Resorts).
@sonny.monaghan
Stage credits Include: John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton & Cover Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton (Victoria Palace); Tommy in Lady Chatterley’s Lover (The Shaftesbury Theatre); Melchior in Spring Awakening (The Frogmore Papermill); Chino in West Side Story (BBC Proms 2018, Royal Albert Hall); Riff in West Side Story (The Frogmore Papermill).
Recording credits Include: ATC in 42 Balloons (Perfect Pitch Musicals); Durriken Kascht in For Tonight (UK Concept Album, Bullion Global).
Television credits Include: Strictly Come Dancing (BBC).Concert credits Include: Soloist in Soft Sessions 2020; Soloist at The Industry Minds Awards 2019 (The Piano Works); Vocalist in Live at the Zedel (Brasserie Zedel).
Workshop credits Include: The Amazing Mr. X (Michael Cassel Group); Dylan in Worlds Apart (Three Pin Productions).
Commercial credits include: KFC Spring Commercial (Mother London).
Jake is over the moon to be joining the cast of Dear Evan Hansen and would like to thank his family and his agents for their continued love, guidance & support.
Training: ArtsEd Musical Theatre BA (Hons) 2018-2021.
Credits include Goldilocks in Goldilocks and The Three Bears with Crossroads (Hull New Theatre), Onstage Swing/Cover Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act (UK and Ireland Tour), Wendy in Peter Pan with Crossroads (Darlington Hippodrome), Angela in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (King’s Head theatre), Jill in Jack and the Beanstalk (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) & Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (West End Live); The Music of The Night (The Royal Albert Hall).
Training: Emil Dale Academy
Theatre credits include: MURIEL’S WEDDING (Leicester Curve); BECOMING NANCY (Birmingham Rep); KIN (Theatro Technis); SLEEPING BEAUTY (Wiltshire Creative); TITANIC (UK Tour); THE OSMONDS (UK Tour); THE LAST SHIP (US Tour); BAT OUT OF HELL (London Coliseum and Dominion Theatre, West End); JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT (UK Tour); BURNT PART BOYS (The Park Theatre); GREASE (The Factory Playhouse); WEST SIDE STORY (Ljubljana Festival)
Dance credits include: YOUNG CREATIVES (Youth Dance England, Wayne McGregor); SADLERS WELLS (Ryan Jenkins) and MOVE IT (EDSA Company, Gareth Walker)
Workshops include: REDCLIFFE (The Other Palace); KIN (The Other Palace)
Television includes: SCARBOROUGH (BBC); HOLBY CITY (BBC).
Theatre credits: Dance Captain; Mean Girls Original London Cast [Savoy Theatre] Tai; Clueless the Musical [Bromley Churchill], Wizard of Oz [London Palladium], Dance Captain; Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol [Southbank Centre] Anybodys; West Side Story [Ljubljana Festival], Dulcie; The Boyfriend [Menier Chocolate Factory], Mamma Mia! [Novello Theatre] Olivier Awards in Concert [Southbank Centre].
Workshop: Tai; Clueless Musical, The Greatest Showman.
Creative: Choreographer; Babies: In Concert [Lyric], Assistant Director; Whistle Down the Wind [The Watermill], Choreographer; LIFT [Southwark Playhouse], Assistant Director; The Jungle Book [The Watermill], Assistant Director; Snowflake Musical Workshop( The Lowry), Choreographer: Sex Machine: The James Brown UK Tour (Promotion Video)
Training: The Urdang Academy.
Credits include: Belle/1st Cover Pearl in Starlight Express (Troubadour Wembley Park).
TV credits include: The Royal Variety Performance 2024 (ITV & ITVX).
Credits whilst training: Holly in The Wedding Singer.
Ashlyn is thrilled to be joining the cast of Dear Evan Hansen and would like to thank her amazing friends & family for their continued support.
Kirk and McKinnis previously appeared in Dear Evan Hansen in London’s West End, while Anker was part of the Asian tour of Mamma Mia!.
Carlos Candal, CEO of GMG Productions, shares, “We’re pleased to officially introduce the cast bringing life to Dear Evan Hansen to Manila. It’s always exciting to bring a major production like this to Manila. We’ve assembled a fantastic cast, and we’re looking forward to seeing how audiences connect with their performances.”
GMG Productions also recently announced a final extension to the Manila season due to the overwhelming response from Filipino audiences. The production will now run from September 4 to October 5, 2025, at The Theatre at Solaire.
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