Celia Graham and David Thaxton to Join Ramin Karimloo in London's Love Never Dies

Celia Graham has been tapped to play Christine and Olivier Award nominee David Thaxton will play Raoul opposite continuing star Ramin Karimloo in the London production of Love Never Dies, beginning March 7. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera was recently nominated for seven Olivier Awards and is booking through January 2012 at the Adelphi Theatre.

In addition to Graham and Thaxton, incoming cast members at Love Never Dies include Haley Flaherty as Meg Giry, Tracey Penn as Fleck, Charles Brunton as Gangle and Jack Costello sharing the role of Gustave with continuing cast members Daniel Dowling and Harry Polden. Also continuing in the musical are Liz Robertson as Madame Giry and Adam Pearce as Squelch.

Graham has been an ensemble member in Love Never Dies and first cover for the role of Christine, which was created by Sierra Boggess. She is also a vet of the West End production of the original Phantom of the Opera as well as Les Miserables and West Side Story. Thaxton is an Olivier Award nominee for Passion and played Enjolras in Les Miserables.

Love Never Dies continues the story of the Phantom, who has moved from his lair in the Paris Opera House to haunt the fairgrounds of Coney Island. Set 10 years after the disappearance of the Phantom from Paris, the show reunites the mysterious maestro and the object of his romantic obsession.