Cast announced for music from Steps stage show.
The cast of new musical Here & Now, presented by UK pop sensation, Steps, has been announced. The show comes to Milton Keynes Theatre from Tuesday 31st March next year as part of a UK and Ireland tour.
Returning from the successful original run in Birmingham will be Blake Patrick Anderson as Robbie, River Medway as Jem, Edward Baker Duly as Max and John Stacey as Lesley.
Joining the principal cast are new cast members Jacqui as Vel, Chris Grahamson as Gareth and Rosie Singha as Neeta. Further casting is to be announced.
Featuring Steps’ most beloved hit songs, Here & Now has an original book by Shaun Kitchener and is produced by the band and ROYO with Pete Waterman. It will be directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, with choreography by Olivier Award-winning Matt Cole and Matt Spencer-Smith as musical supervisor, orchestrator and arranger.
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Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee) are the UK’s most successful mixed sex pop group of all time, with 14 top five singles, 4 number one albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams and 11 sold-out national arena tours under their belts.
The band’s hits include number 1 singles Tragedy/Heartbeat and Stomp, the gold certified One For Sorrow and Better Best Forgotten, the silver certified 5,6,7,8, Last Thing On My Mind, Love’s Got A Hold Of My Heart, Chain Reaction, all of which will feature in the musical alongside many more.
In 2022 Steps celebrated their 25th anniversary with a headline summer tour and released the number 1 album Platinum Collection which means they join ABBA, Rolling Stones and Stereophonics as the only groups in UK history to score number 1 albums in four consecutive decades.
Here & Now brings the music of UK pop sensation Steps to Milton Keynes Theatre from Tuesday 31st March until Saturday 4th April 2026. Book your tickets now at ATGTICKETS.COM/MiltonKeynes.
