Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans Tapped to Star in London's Ghost

West End vets Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans will take over the leading roles of Molly and Sam in the Matthew Warchus-helmed musical Ghost at London’s Piccadilly Theatre beginning January 13, 2012. They will replace original stars Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman, who have been tapped to star the show’s forthcoming Broadway production.

Ghost is based on the 1990 film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. Walking back to their apartment one night, Sam and Molly are mugged, and Sam is murdered on a dark street. He is trapped in this world as a ghost, and unable to leave Molly who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a phony storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving and protecting her.

Dillon, a finalist in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s reality TV show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria, went on to star in the West End productions of Grease and Legally Blonde, and Ex The Musical, currently running at the Soho Theatre.

Evans currently stars as Fiyero in the West End production of Wicked. He has been seen in High School Musical on the London stage, as well as U.K. tours of Oklahoma! and The Rocky Horror Show.

Dillon and Evans join a cast that features Sharon D Clarke (Oda Mae Brown), Andrew Langtree (Carl Bruner), Ivan de Freitas (Willie Lopez), Adebayo Bolaji (Subway Ghost), Mark White (Hospital Ghost), Lisa Davina Phillip (Clara) and Jenny Fitzpatrick (Louise). Rounding out the cast are Jaygann Ayeh, Paul Ayres, Darren Carnall, Samuel Edwards, Rebecca Giacopazzi, Emily Hawgood, Louise Lawson, Rochelle Neil, Michael Peters, Laura Selwood, Yemie Sonuga, Spencer Stafford, Philippa Stefani, Jez Unwin, Sally Whitehead and Mark Willshire.