Complete Cast Announced for West End’s Children of Eden, Starring Russell Grant and Kerry Ellis

Casting is now complete for the West End’s one-night-only revival of Children of Eden benefit concert to raise awareness for Crohn’s disease. As previously announced, British astrologer and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Russell Grant will return to the West End after a 34-year absence. The charity gala at the Prince of Wales Theatre on January 29 will also star Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Kerry Ellis (Wicked).

Joining Grant and Ellis are Emma Barton (Eve), Oliver Thornton (Adam), Anton Stephans (Father), Gareth Gates (Cain), John Wildling (Abel), Brenda Edwards (Mama Noah), Laura Samuels (Yonah), Waylon Jacobs (Japeth), Jamie Papanicolaou (Shem), Daniella Bowen (Aysha), Tom Pearce (Noah), Daisy Tonge (Aphra) and Aaron Sidwell (Ham).

Children of Eden had its world premiere at the Prince Edward Theatre on January 8, 1991. The musical features a book by John Caird (Les Miserables) and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell). Freely based on the Book of Genesis, Children of Eden is an examination of the age-old conflict between parents, children and faith.