Fantastic Mr Fox (musical)

Fantastic Mr Fox

Music	Arthur Darvill
Lyrics	Darren Clark, Arthur Darvill, Sam Holcroft and Al Muriel
Book	Sam Holcroft
Basis	Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl

Fantastic Mr Fox is a forthcoming musical stage adaptation of the children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, adapted by Sam Holcroft with music by Arthur Darvil and lyrics by Holcroft, Darvill, Darren Clark and Al Muriel. The story follows Mr Fox who hatches a plan to outsmart his three farmer neighbours in order to feed his family and friends.

Background

In March 2016, it was announced that the musical, directed by Maria Aberg and designed by Tom Scutt, will make its premiere at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton over the Christmas season from 30 November 2016 to 8 January 2017.^[1] It is co-produced by the Nuffield and Curve, Leicester (where it will play 3 to 9 April) in association with the Lyric Hammersmith (where it will play 25 January to 19 February).

It is scheduled to tour in 2017 to Cardiff New Theatre (21 to 25 February), Dartford Orchard Theatre (28 February to 5 March), Milton Keynes Theatre (7 to 11 March), Oxford Playhouse (11 to 15 April), Belgrade Theatre Coventry (18 to 22 April), Lyceum Theatre Sheffield (2 to 6 May), King's Theatre Edinburgh (15 to 20 May), Theatre Royal Glasgow (22 to 27 May), Theatre Royal Bath (30 May to 3 June), Wycombe Swan (5 to 10 June), Theatre Royal Plymouth (13 to 17 June), Theatre Royal Norwich (21 to 24 June), Bradford Alhambra Theatre (27 June to 2 July), Lowry Theatre Salford (5 to 9 July). More dates are to be announced.^[2]

Cast and characters

Character	Original UK Cast^[3]
Mr Fox	Greg Barnett
Rat/Bean	Richard Atwill
Badger/Boggis	Raphael Bushay
Kit	Jade Croot
Rabbit	Sandy Foster
Mrs Fox	Lillie Flynn
Mole/Bunce	Gruffudd Glyn
Mouse	Kelly Jackson
Ensemble	Edward Hole, Tanya Shields, Patrick Burbridge, Anna Fordham and Richie Hart

References

↑ "Fantastic Mr Fox musical to premiere at Southampton's Nuffield | News | The Stage". The Stage. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
↑ http://feastcreative.com, Feast Creative |. "Fantastic Mr Fox Live · UK Tour". www.fantasticmrfoxlive.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
↑ "Casting announced for Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.

External links

Roald Dahl

Children's fiction	The Gremlins (1943) James and the Giant Peach (1961) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) The Magic Finger (1966) Fantastic Mr Fox (1970) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972) Danny, the Champion of the World (1975) The Enormous Crocodile (1978) The Twits (1980) George's Marvellous Medicine (1981) The BFG (1982) The Witches (1983) The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) Matilda (1988) Esio Trot (1990) The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991) The Minpins (1991)

Children's poetry	Revolting Rhymes (1982) Dirty Beasts (1983) Rhyme Stew (1989)

Adult novels	Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948) My Uncle Oswald (1979)

Adult short story collections	Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946) Someone Like You (1953) Kiss Kiss (1960) Lamb to the Slaughter (1953) Switch Bitch (1974) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) The Best of Roald Dahl (1978) Tales of the Unexpected (1979) More Tales of the Unexpected (1980) The Roald Dahl Omnibus (1986) Two Fables (1986) Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989) The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991) The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997) The Great Automatic Grammatizator (1998) Skin and Other Stories (2000) Roald Dahl: Collected Stories (2006)

Non-fiction	The Mildenhall Treasure (1946) Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) Going Solo (1986) Memories with Food at Gipsy House (1991) Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) My Year (1993)

Film adaptations	36 Hours (1965) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Gremlins (1984, said to be loosely based on his first book) Danny, the Champion of the World (1989) The BFG (1989) The Witches (1990) Four Rooms (1995) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Matilda (1996) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) The BFG (2016)

Film scripts	The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling (1966, unfinished) You Only Live Twice (1967) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) The Night Digger (1971) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Television series	Way Out (1961) Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Musicals and plays	The Honeys (1955) Matilda (2010) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013) Fantastic Mr Fox (2016)

See also	Quentin Blake Roald Dahl bibliography Roald Dahl short stories bibliography Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983) List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes

Related	Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Roald Dahl Children's Gallery Patricia Neal (wife) Tessa Dahl (daughter) Ophelia Dahl (daughter) Lucy Dahl (daughter) Sophie Dahl (granddaughter)

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