Children of Eden
Book by John Caird
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
From an original concept by Charles Lisanby
Children of Eden was first produced at the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End of London on 8th January 1991, produced by Children of Eden (UK) Ltd and Atlantic Overtures, with a Royal Gala attended by HRH Diana, Princess of Wales on the 15th January.
It first played in the US at the Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, Virginia, opening on the 29th November 1991 and has subsequently enjoyed many hundreds of productions, both professional and amateur in the US and all over the world.
The original cast recording of the London production (by London Records) is much-sought-after but very hard to obtain. The US cast recording of the Papermill Playhouse production (Millburn, New Jersey) can easily be obtained in theatre record shops and online.
Children of Eden is published by Music Theatre International (MTI) in New York. For further information about the show and a list of upcoming productions worldwide please click here to be taken to the link on the MTI website.
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Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Production Designer | John Napier |
| Costume Designer | Richard Sharples |
| Lighting | David Hersey |
| Choreography | Matthew Bourne |
| Orchestrations | David Cullen |
| Keyboard Sequences | Martin Erskine |
| Sound Designers | Andrew Bruce & Bobby Aitken |
| Musical Director | David Firman |
| Associate Musical Director | Mark Warman |
| Associate Director | Gregory Doran |
| Associate Designer | Paul Ghirardani |
| Company Manager | Trevor Williamson |
| Stage Managers | Monica McCabe & Philip McDonald |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Emma Neighbour |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Sallith Goodman & John James Power |
Cast
| *Act 1* | |
| Father | Ken Page |
| Adam | Martin Smith |
| Eve | Shezwae Powell |
| Snake | Richard Lloyd-King |
| Cain | Adrian Beaumont |
| Abel | Shion Abdillah/Ramilles Corbin/Ashley Waters |
| *Act 2* | |
| Father | Ken Page |
| Noah | Kevin Colson |
| Mama Noah | Earlene Bentley |
| Shem | Craig Pinder |
| Ham | Ray Shell |
| Japheth | Anthony Barclay |
| Aysha | Hiromi Itoh |
| Aphra | Ruthie Henshall |
| Yonah | Frances Ruffelle |
| *Angels & Animals* | |
| Kerry-Jane Beddoes | |
| Kaye Brown | |
| Sophia Butler | |
| Anna-Jane Casey | |
| Colin Charles | |
| Sally Dewhurst | |
| Stephane Drouard | |
| Jacqui Dubois | |
| Brenda Edwards | |
| Andrea Francis | |
| Antoni Garfield Henry | |
| Steven Houghton | |
| Graham Hubbard | |
| Stephen Kent | |
| Vanessa Leigh-Hicks | |
| Glenn Lee | |
| Kumiko Miura | |
| Michael Aaron Peth | |
| Elizabeth Renihan | |
| Andrew Robbins | |
| Mitch Sebastian | |
| Jonathan Stigwood | |
| Sonia Swaby | |
| Matthew White | |
| Michael Winsor | |
| Tunku Yasmin | |