Sam Buttery to star in Lowry Unfortunate
- Alan Hulme
- 4 hours ago
- 2 min read
Sam Buttery - a trans non-binary immortal God of Desire in Netflix hit series Kaos - takes on the role of Ursula for the Lowry's Christmas production of musical parody Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch (December 5-January 11).
Sam's recent stage credits include Little Shop of Horrors at Sheffield Theatres and The Addams Family Musical at the London Palladium. She also regularly performs on Manchester’s cabaret scene and led the Unfortunate team at PRIDE Manchester last month.
Miracle Chance (Fangirls, The Witches, Heathers) will play Ariel; Allie Dart (The Comedy About Spies, 2:22 A Ghost Story) returns to reprise her role as Sebastian; Blair Robertson (Witness for the Prosecution, Mamma Mia) will play King Triton and James Spence will play Prince Eric. They are joined by Freya McMahon and Fionan O’Carroll.
Returning to the Lowry for a third visit - following two previous sold-out runs - this new production of Unfortunate features a new set and costumes and will play to a new total running time of two hours.
When Disney released The Little Mermaid in 1989, they had no idea they were giving birth to an icon. Ursula the Sea Witch quickly took her place as the queen of Disney villains, and this musical parody has book and lyrics by Robyn Grant and Daniel Foxx, with music by award-winning composer Tim Gilvin.
More info and tickets here