Jesus Christ Superstar Preview

Tuesday 24 June – Sunday 21 September
Watermill Theatre

MICHAEL KHOLWADIA AS ‘JESUS’

MAX ALEXANDER-TAYLOR AS ‘JUDAS’

PARISA SHAHMIR AS ‘MARY’

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Joint CEOs Artistic Director Paul Hart and Executive Director Claire Murray, and the whole team at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre are delighted to announce the full cast and creative team for their exhilarating summer musical Jesus Christ Superstar, a Watermill Theatre production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd, playing from Tuesday 24 June to Sunday 21 September, with a national press night on Thursday 3 July. 

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extraordinary rock opera spills out of the theatre into the gardens, immersing audiences into the heart of this epic musical with an ensemble cast of actor-musicians. 

This reimagining of these extraordinary and universally known series of events is generously supported by Kindred Partners, with production sponsorship by Horsey Lightly.

Experience the passion, power and devotion of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extraordinary rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar 

This timeless work is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events but seen through the eyes of Judas Iscariot.

The story, told entirely through song, explores the personal relationships and struggles between Jesus, Judas, Mary Magdalene, his disciples, his followers and the Roman Empire.

Spilling out of the theatre into the gardens, be immersed into the heart of this epic rock score, with an incredible cast of actor-musicians seamlessly fusing these classic roles with iconic music including “Superstar”, “Gethsemane” and “I Don’t Know How to Love Him”

Michael Kholwadia (Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre; Pretty Woman, UK tour) will play ‘Jesus’, Max Alexander-Taylor (The Lion at Southwark Playhouse / US Tour; Cable Street at Southwark Playhouse) will play ‘Judas’, Parisa Shahmir (Fisherman’s Friends UK tour; The Snow Queen at Rose Theatre; We Live In Cairo at the American Repertory Theater and The Last Ship with Northern Stage on the UK & Ireland Tour) will play ‘Mary’.

https://www.watermill.org.uk/events/superstar