You’ll have read last week that some Torchwood aficionados are planning to stage a musical version of the sci-fi (comedy?) drama.

I’ve been wondering, though, whether any of the original TV cast will be tempted to audition and tread the boards. Let’s assess the likelihood.

John Barrowman — Captain Jack
Well, he’s a West End leading man, as he likes to remind us, so any decent musical project would be considered, and he’s already confessed (to me, I should add) that he’d love to do a Torchwood musical. However, I have to rule him out simply because he’s so insanely busy he could only commit to three months in La Cage Aux Folles, even though he wanted to do more, and his diary is currently full for the next 18 months (seriously).
Likelihood of participation in Torchwood The Musical: 1/10

Eve Myles — Gwen
She’s a serious actress, you know, with a proper background at the RSC. Not sure of her vocal capabilities, but she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, so it’s likely she can sing a bit. But she’s heavily pregnant with her first baby, so I suspect she’ll not be keen to take on any stage commitments for the time being.
Likelihood: 2/10

Burn Gorman — Owen
He’s just finishing his run as Bill Sikes in Oliver! — not a brilliant singing part, but he’s shown a flair for melodrama and rhythm. He’s another one with a busy calendar ahead of him, though, which is apparently one of the reasons he’s moving on from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Likelihood: 3/10

Naoko Mori — Tosh
Barrowman might try and style himself the musical theatre expert of the Torchwood team, but quiet little Tosh has a
glittering CV herself. She’s starred as Kim in Miss Saigon (with the Barrowman, actually) and Christmas Eve in Avenue Q. IMDB doesn’t have any projects listed for her in the immediate future, so maybe it’s worth the producers giving her a call?
Likelihood: 5/10

Gareth David-Lloyd — Ianto
They’re fairly clear that the lovely besuited teaboy won’t be brewing up at Torchwood ever again, so
Gareth David-Lloyd has time to diversify. He’s got a few TV projects on the boil, and is rumoured to be heading to the US shortly; maybe his arm could be twisted if the musical producers got their offer in early.
Likelihood: 4/10

It might even be worth writing The Doctor into the Torchwood musical somehow. After all, four of the most recent Doctors have recently had, or will very soon have, their names in lights outside major playhouses.

David Tennant did his Hamlet thing to great acclaim; Christopher Eccleston was the sinister banker in A Doll’s House at the Donmar; Peter Davison is about to letch all over the gorgeous Sheridan Smith as Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde; and Sylvester McCoy’s been on the lengthy tour of Little Shop Of Horrors as Mushnik.

Anyway, if you were at the helm of the Torchwood musical and the original TV cast were off limits, who would you want in your
production?

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