Tim Howar to be the new Phantom!
News Desk, August 1st, 2018Tim Howar is set to be the newest Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's epic musical The Phantom of the Opera from the third of September. The production is gaining a new cast this autumn as it heads into its 33rd year on the West End!
Howar will be taking over from current Phantom Ben Lewis, and is set to remain in the production until December 8. Tim was last seen as Freddie Trumper in the recent London Coliseum revival of Chess, where he starred alongside Michael Ball and Alexandra Burke.
Also joining the cast will be Kimberly Blake as Carlotta and Ross Dawes as Monsieur Firmin.
What is The Phantom of the Opera about?
Hidden in tunnels deep below the Paris Opera, there lies a mysterious deformed musical genius who stalks the halls and terrorises the company. Grotesquely deformed, his face half covered by his famous mask, his only happiness comes from his obsessive night time tutoring of the beautiful, orphaned chorus girl Christine Daae. Unseen, he teaches the young soprano to sing 'The Music of the Night.' Under the tutelage of her invisible 'Angel of Music', Christine blossoms, and steps out of the chorus and into the spotlight.
When Christine becomes engaged to another man, the Phantom is driven mad with jealousy and will stop at nothing to possess her, even murder. And so begins a tantalizing tale of forbidden love and supernatural adventure that will keep you in its clutches long after the last bar.
