Alongside the release of these tracks, a video of the primary cast singing Just For Today has been released online and further details of the full cast and creative team. 

Becoming Nancy is a coming of age new musical with book by Elliot Davis, music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe, additional Music and Lyrics by Terry Ronald, Elliot Davis and George Stiles based on the novel by Terry Ronald and directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell.

The creative team also includes David Rockwell and TJ Greenway (co-set design), Jean Chan (costume design), Philip Rosenberg (lighting design), Tony Gayle (sound design), Dick Straker (video design), Susanna Peretz (hair and makeup design), Steve Anderson (musical supervision and arrangements) and casting by Jill Green CDG  and Tom Shiels, Olivia Laydon (casting associates).

Meanwhile, new cast members have also been revealed.

Thet are: Layla Armstrong-Hughes (Marcia Tubbert), Shannon Bourne (ensemble), Elliot Copeland (swing and dance captain), Joseph Craig (ensemble), Jessica Daugirda (swing), Isaac Elder (squirrel), Cameron Gabriel (ensemble), Tom Andrew Hargreaves (bus conductor/Mr Boswell, Ensemble), Ollie Hart-Bradford (ensemble), Sebastian Harwood (Jason Lancaster), Lucas Impey (Dennis Gordon), Jordan Isaac (swing) Peter Lavery (ensemble), Dominique McIntyre (Chrissie Starr), Zara McLellan (ensemble), Richard Meek (Bob Lord), Rachel Rawlinson (Muriel/Mrs Boswell, Ensemble) and Harry Warburton (ensemble).

They join the already announced:  Joseph Peacock (The Last Ship; US Tour, Bat out of Hell; West End, Scarborough; BBC) as David Starr,  Joseph Vella (Fame, Annie Get Your Gun, From Here to Eternity), as Maxie Boswell, Paige Peddie (Book of Mormon, Oklahoma; West End, The Lion King; UK Tour) as Frances Bassey, Olivier Award-winning Rebecca Trehearn (Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, City of Angels, Showboat; West End), as Kath Starr, Genevieve Nicole (Mother Goose and Magic Goes Wrong; West End and Dr Seuss The Grinch Musical Live; NBC and Sky 1) as Aunt Val, Mathew Craig (Susan Stroman’s s Crazy for You, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole; West End, We Will Rock You; UK Tour) as Eddie Starr, Olivier Award-winning Stephen Ashfield (Maria – a new biopic of Maria Callas to be released this year, The Book of Mormon; West End and Broadway as Hamish McClarnon (a role he created at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia) and Daisy Greenwood (Made in Degenham concert; London Palladium, There is Nothing Like a Dame; Cadogan Hall, Christmas with the Stars; Covent Garden) as Abigail Henson.

Jerry Mitchell, the two-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer was returning to New York from the UK in 2013 when he came across the book Becoming Nancy at Heathrow Airport.  By the time he reached the US he knew he had to make the story into a musical!

Jerry Mitchell said: “Becoming Nancy requires a lot of young fresh talent, and I'm so excited to introduce these incredible young performers to British audiences alongside some spectacular West End stars.

“This beautiful story about finding your true self and the spotlight each of us deserves is going to be a joy to share with audiences of all ages.”

This exciting new musical, which originally premiered at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, will be built and rehearsed at The Rep.