Studio Wayne McGregor

Sweet Charity
2019

Company
Donmar Warehouse

Director
Josie Rourke

Choreography
Wayne McGregor

Music
Cy Coleman

Lyrics
Dorothy Fields

Book
Neil Simon

Set and Costume Design
Robert Jones

Lighting Design
Mark Henderson

Video Design
Finn Ross 

Cast
Anne-Marie Duff, Lizzy Connolly, Arthur Darvill, Lauren Drew, Jo Eaton-Kent, Will Haswell, Charlotte Jaconelli, Stephen Kennedy, Debbie Kurup, Martin Marquez, Ryan Reid, Amy Ellen Richardson, Danielle Steers and Shaq Taylor

Premiere date and venue
6 April 2019, Donmar Warehouse, London, UK

Sweet Charity was Josie Rourke's farewell production as Artistic Director of London's Donmar Warehouse, and featured new choreography by Wayne McGregor.

Returning to the music of Cy Coleman with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, the production starred Anne-Marie Duff as Charity and Arthur Darvill as Oscar. McGregor choreographed the production, working alongside Studio Wayne McGregor artist Laillo Diallo as Associate Choreographer.

McGregor reunited with Rourke for Sweet Charity after working as Choreographer and Movement Coach on her debut film, Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, in 2018. 

This production also marked McGregor's first return to the Donmar Warehouse after his work as Movement Director for Patrick Marber's Closer, directed by David Leveaux, in 2015.


Supported by Backstage Trust, Anonymous, Marcia Whitaker and the Sweet Charity Production Syndicate.

Images: Johan Persson.