Rehearsals have started for a radically reworked version of Boublil and Schönberg’s Olivier Award-winning musical Martin Guerre ahead of its opening at The Old Vic this October.

Martin Guerre is opening at the Old Vic on 1 October for a five-week run, and the cast has started rehearsal.

The musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the creators of Les Misérables, tells the true story of a 16th-century Frenchman who disappears from his village and wife, only for a man claiming to be him to return years later, sparking a divisive trial over his real identity.

It will play between 1 and 31 October 2026 at the Old Vic.

Martin Guerre cast

The company for Martin Guerre will be led by Alex James-Hatton (Bonnie & Clyde) and Shane O’Riordan (Elf The Musical) who will share the role of Martin, alongside Liv Andrusier (Fiddler on the Roof) as Bertrande, Colin Ryan (My Brilliant Friend ) as Benoit, Barney Wilkinson as Guillaume and Caroline Sheen (Nine to Five ) as Madame de Rols.

They are joined by Mathew Craig as Pierre, Aaron Lee Lambert as Judge, Adam Pearce as Father Dominic, and a company of younger performers taking on the show’s Young Martin, Young Bertrande, Young Benoit and Young Guillaume. The ensemble is completed by Monique Ashe-Palmer, Mali Wen Davies, Daniel Forrester, Becca Francis, Grace Galloway, Chris Jenkins, Nathaniel Purnell, and Gabriella Stylianou.

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