Olivier Award nominated star announced as part of cast of The Bodyguard
Award-winning smash hit musical The Bodyguard will star international leading lady Sidonie Smith as Rachel Marron and Olivier Award nominee Adam Garcia as Frank Farmer when it comes to Glasgow!
Article Source: ATG
Last Updated: 7 May 2025 12:54
Also joining the cast are Sasha Monique as Nicki Marron and Coronation Street and Hollyoaks star Matt Milburn as Sy Spector. At certain performances, the role of Rachel Marron will be played by Mireia Mambo.
The production returns to Glasgow from Monday 25 – Saturday 30 May 2026 following a hugely successful run in January 2024, tickets are on sale now via www.atgtickets.com
Sidonie Smith is an international musical theatre artist and no stranger to the role of Rachel Marron, having starred in The Bodyguard in Stuttgart, Germany, to critical acclaim. Her other theatre credits include the role of Kala in Disney’s Tarzan at the Colosseum, Stuttgart, Anita in West Side Story at Schlossfestspiele Schwerin, Sally Bowles in Cabaret at Theater Trier, Deloris van Cartier in Sister Act at L’theatre Switzerland, Velma Kelly in Chicago at Staatstheater Augsburg, Aida in Aida at Clingenburger Festspiele, Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar at Bad Hersfelder Festspiele, Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde at Theater an der Rott, Pilar in Legally Blonde at Ronacher Theater Vienna, Maureen in RENT at Theater Trier, and Johanna in Sweeney Todd and Felicia Farrell in Memphis, both on German tours.
Adam Garcia recently starred as Caractacus Potts in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. His musical theatre credits include Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever and Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate, for which he received Olivier Award nominations for both roles. His other theatre credits include Fiyero in Wicked, The Artilleryman in The War of the Worlds, Damien Karras in The Exorcist and Julian Marsh in Curve and Sadler’s Wells production of 42nd Street. His film credits include Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Coyote Ugly and Riding in Cars with Boys. Adam recently appeared as a finalist in the UK series of The Masked Dancer, finishing in second place.
Sasha Monique recently starred in the UK tour of Hairspray as one of the Dynamites and cover Motormouth Maybelle. Her other theatre credits include The Book of Mormon at The Prince of Wales Theatre, and on its UK and European tour.
Matt Milburn most recently appeared on screen in ITV’s Coronation Street, returning to the role of Tommy Orpington. He is best known for his role as Joe Spencer in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks, alongside its spin-off series Hollyoaks: After Hours. His other television credits include the role of Nicky Pritchard in ITV’s Emmerdale, as well as roles in Doctors and Brassic. Matt’s theatre credits include The House On A Cold Hill, Heartbeat, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Mireia Mambo was recently seen as Richie Walters in Curve's production of A Chorus Line at Sadler’s Wells and on a UK tour. Her other theatre credits include Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, Newsies at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, West Side Story at Curve Leicester, Hairspray at the London Coliseum, Motown the Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre, the original cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and Ragtime and Evita, both at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Mireia has also starred in Spanish tours of Sister Act as Deloris Van Cartier and The Bodyguard as Rachel Marron.
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in love. A romantic thriller, THE BODYGUARD features a host of irresistible classics including Queen of the Night, So Emotional, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, Run to You, I Have Nothing, I Wanna Dance with Somebody and one of the biggest hit songs of all time – I Will Always Love You.
Based on Lawrence Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, THE BODYGUARD, directed by Thea Sharrock with book by Oscar winning Alex Dinelaris, had its world premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End and was nominated for four Olivier Awards. A sell out 18 month UK and Ireland tour followed, before the show returned to the West End at the Dominion Theatre ahead of two further sell out tours of the UK and Ireland in 2018/19 and 2023.
To date, THE BODYGUARD has played to over 3.9 million people in 15 countries and 45 US cities. Countries include the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, Canada, Italy, Australia, Spain, France, the US, Austria and Japan.
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