SSSSPOTY finalist Molly Lynch joins the cast of Here We Are at the National

Molly Lynch, a reserve finalist in the 2014 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition, has been confirmed for the cast of the upcoming National Theatre production of Sondheim's last musical, Here We Are.

Cork-born Molly, who graduated from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, was also a guest last year at the Society-supported cabaret Sondheim: Not a Birthday Goes By at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, hosted by Pacific Overtures star Joaquin Pedro Valdes, and was one of the featured artists at The Stephen Sondheim Society Presents... cabaret at the Phoenix Artist Club back in 2018. On stage, Molly played the role of Petra in Paul Kerryson's acclaimed A Little Night Music at the Buxton International Festival, and was Ensembe/Cover Johanna in Lonnie Price's spectacular Sweeney Todd at the Coliseum/English National Opera.

Also joining Here We Are is Society friend Alastair Brookshaw, who featured in the line up at Alex Young & Friends, also at Upstairs at the Gatehouse recently, and gave us memorable performances as George in Sunday in the Park with George at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford in 2023, the Baker in Into The Woods at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, in 2022, and Frederick Egerman in the Watermill production of A Little Night Music in 2017. Alastair was also Cover Beadle in that unforgettable ENO Sweeney Todd.

The London cast of Here We Are has chalked up an impressive slate of Sondheim experience:

Edward Baker Duly - J Bowden Hapgood in Anyone Can Whistle (Bridewell Theatre)
Tracie Bennett - Woman in Here We Are (The Shed), Carlotta in Follies (National Theatre), Celeste in Saturday Night (Bridewell Theatre), Mary in Merrily We Roll Along (Forum, Manchester)
Alastair Brookshaw - George in Sunday in the Park with George (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), Baker in Into The Woods (Lyric Theatre, Belfast), Cover Beadle in Sweeney Todd (Coliseum), Frederick Egerman in A Little Night Music (Watermill Theatre)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Sondheim on Sondheim (Hollywood Bowl)
Richard Fleeshman: Andy in Company (Gielgud Theatre), Kings of Broadway: Herman, Sondheim & Styne (Palace Theatre)
Jane Krakowski: April in Company (Roundabout), Fredrika in A Little Night Music (1981 Off-Off-Broadway Revival, Theatre at St Peter's Church)
Molly Lynch: Petra in A Little Night Music (Buxton Theatre), Cover Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Coliseum)
Amira Matthews: Dory in Merrily We Roll Along (Theatr Clwyd)
Denis O'Hare: Man in Here We Are (The Shed), Charles Guiteau in Assassins (Roundabout)
Martha Plimpton: Sarah in Company (New York Philharmonic Concert)
Steven Serling: David in Company (Southwark Playhouse)

Sondheim Society members wishing to join one of the group visits should check emails for details.

From the National Theatre:

Here We Are

Book by David Ives

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Inspired by the films of Luis Buñuel

A Tom Kirdahy, Sue Wagner, John Johnson and The Stephen Sondheim Trust production

Co-produced with The National Theatre

‘Joe Mantello’s breathtakingly chic production’

New York Times Critic’s Pick

It’s a perfect day for brunch.

Leo and Marianne Brink have found the ideal spot to take their friends. With great reviews, impeccable service and an extensive menu it seems like nothing could go wrong. But after a series of strange events interrupt their meal, they soon realise they’ve bitten off more than they can chew.

Stephen Sondheim’s (Into the Woods, Follies) ‘cool, and impossibly chic’ (New York Times Critic’s Pick) final work is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello (WICKED, Assassins) with book by Tony Award-nominee David Ives (All in the Timing, Venus in Fur).