Breaking Baz: How ‘The Full Monty’ Alum Mark Addy Is Poised To Become The West End’s Unlikeliest Musical Star In ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry’

Key Highlights

• “Harold just knows that he has to keep on walking,” Addy tells Deadline following a full rehearsal in the basement of a Bloomsbury hotel of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, featuring music and lyrics ranging from English pastoral to a raise-the-roof ballad by platinum-selling, singer-songwriter Passenger, though his real name Mike Rosenberg is used when we’re introduced.
• Music star Passenger aka Mike Rosenberg, composer of ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ Baz Bamigboye/Deadline It’s the penultimate runthrough in the subterranean space ahead of its first preview Thursday night at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
• Watch on Deadline The last musical Addy appeared in was a 1990 production of The Fantasticks in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
• “It was a non-singing part and this is my first time in a proper musical role.
• … And with these singers and dancers,” he says, gesturing to fellow castmates, “there’s a bit of an imposter syndrome going on.” Addy’s so composed when we chat.