Asparagus/Gallery

This is the gallery for the character of Asparagus. This is the ensemble character, separate from Gus the Theatre Cat.

Original London Production
Stephen Tate in the Original Cast, 1981

Subsequent London Casts

 * John Woodvine (12/83)
 * Michael Sanderson (07/84)
 * David Hitchen (03/86)
 * Michael Sanderson (10/86)
 * Paul Bentley (06/88)
 * Tom Jobe (04/89)
 * Michael Sanderson (12/89)
 * Mark Wynter (02/90)
 * Rory Campbell (11/92)
 * Tony Timberlake (08/94)
 * Fenton Gray (10/95)
 * Tony Timberlake (10/96)
 * James Barron (04/97)
 * Michael Cantwell (06/98)
 * Gareth Snook (11/99)
 * Peter Polycarpou (10/01)
 * Gareth Snook 2002)

1998 Film
Tony Timberlake as Asparagus

UK Tour 1989

 * Rory Campbell

UK Tour 1993-95

 * Tony Timberlake (07/93)
 * Scott Davies (09/94)

UK/European Tour 2003-2009

 * Patrick Clancy (03/03, 03/07)
 * Christopher Howell (03/06)
 * Gareth Snook (05/08)
 * Carl Sanderson (11/08)

UK/European Tour 2013-14

 * Paul F Monaghan

London / Blackpool Revival

 * Paul F Monaghan

UK/International Tour
UK Tour 2016
 * Greg Castiglioni
 * Matt Krzan (cover)

Original Broadway Production

 * Stephen Hanan

Subsequent Broadway Casts

 * Timothy Jerome (1984)
 * Gregg Edelman (1986)
 * Bill Carmichael (02/87)
 * Stephen Hanan (07/88)
 * Paul Harman (01/89)
 * Dale Hensley (10/89)
 * John Dewar (1991)
 * Jeffrey Clonts (1992)
 * Richard Poole (1995)
 * Michael Brian (1999)
 * John Dewar (2000)

Broadway Revival
Asparagus named "Peter" in this production.
 * Christopher Gurr

Equity Cast

 * Timothy Gulan
 * Andy Zimmermann (cover)
 * Adam Richardson (cover)

Non-Equity Cast
2021-2022
 * John Anker Bow
 * Tony Mowatt (cover)
 * Christopher Salvaggio (cover)

Japanese Productions
Tokyo 1995===

Nagoya 1999

 * Kim Sungrak
 * Toshihide Mura

Tokyo 2004

 * Toshihide Mura
 * Tomonari Shibuya
 * Kim Sungrak
 * Masahiko Tajima
 * Yosuke Iida
 * Masami Terada

Yokohama 2009

 * Toshihide Mura
 * Ryosuke Tajima
 * Yosuke Iida
 * Seiji Hashimoto
 * Masaru Kanamori

Hiroshima 2012

 * Toma Masaki
 * Ryosuke Tajima

Sendai 2013

 * Toma Masaki
 * Yosuke Iida

Shizuoka 2013

 * Toma Masaki
 * Seiji Hashimoto

Fukuoka 2014

 * Toma Masaki

Sapporo 2015

 * Yosuke Iida
 * Seiji Hashimoto
 * Toma Masaki

Osaka 2016

 * Hisashi Takiyama
 * Yosuke Iida
 * Toma Masaki
 * Seiji Hashimoto
 * Mitsuyuki Fujita

Tokyo 2018

 * Mitsuyuki Fujita
 * Toma Masaki

Fukuoka 2021

 * Toma Masaki
 * Mitsuyuki Fujita
 * Kohei Nakahashi

Nagoya 2022

 * Toma Masaki
 * Kohei Nakahashi
 * Mitsuyuki Fujita
 * Seiji Hashimoto

Asia Tour 2017

 * Ian Jon Bourg

Asia Tour 2020
South Korea 2020
 * Karlis Zaid
 * Andrew Dunne (first cover)
 * Benjamin Colley (second cover)

Asia Tour 2022-2023

 * Ian Jon Bourg
 * Benjamin McMillan (cover)
 * Quinlan Kelly (cover)

Hamburg 1986 - 2001

 * Stephan Drakulich (04/86)
 * Ethan Freeman (1987)
 * Michael Horton (04/89)
 * Richard Bigelow (10/90)
 * Jacek Rogowski (08/91)
 * Sandy Winsby (04/92)
 * Harrie Poels (10/92)
 * John Wasiniak (09/94)
 * Harrie Poels (10/95)
 * Rohan Tickell (05/97)
 * Robert Clift (11/97)
 * Lachlan Youngberg (04/99)
 * Kelly Robertson (04/00)

Stuttgart 2001-02

 * Kelly Robertson

Berlin 2002-04

 * Jeff Shankley
 * Ethan Freeman

Düsseldorf 2004 / German Tour 2005

 * Claus Dam (03/04)
 * Hardy Rudolz (05/05)
 * Jens Janke (03/06)
 * Daniel Chrétien (cover)
 * Christian Schleicher (cover)

German Tent Tour 2010-2013

 * Frank Logemann (12/10)
 * Yngve Gasoy Romdal (09/12)

Vienna 1983-1990

 * Joachim Kemmer (09/83)
 * Gerhard Marcel (09/84)
 * Anton Rattinger (1984)
 * John-Charles Kelly (1985)
 * Gene Scheer (1986)
 * Marco Vermie (02/90)

Toronto 1985/Canadian Tour

 * Sandy Winsby (1985 - 1988)
 * Blaine Parker (1987 - 1989)
 * David Rogers (1989)

Amsterdam 1987

 * Marco Vermie (07/87)

Paris 1989

 * Tim Robin
 * Philippe Ermelier (cover)

Zurich 1991 / Euro Tour 1994

 * Rory Campbell (08/91)
 * Ken-Michael Stafford (04/92)
 * Grant Newsome (05/92)
 * Marco Vermie (12/93, 06/94)
 * Claus Dam (05/95)

Antwerp 1996

 * Marco Vermie

South Africa/World Tour 2001-05 / South Africa 2009

 * Warren Kimmel (12/01)
 * Mark Dickinson (08/03)
 * Warren Kimmel (11/03)
 * Tony Farrell (04/04)
 * Robert Finlayson (09/09)

Copenhagen 2002

 * Kristian Boland

Madrid 2003

 * Enrique Sequero

Moscow 2005

 * Igor Balalayev

Dutch Tour 2006

 * Paul Donkers

Brazil 2010

 * Fernando Patau
 * André Saporetti (cover)
 * Fernando Palazza (cover)

Oasis of the Seas 2014
Cast 1
 * Greg Castiglioni

Paris 2015

 * Wim Van Den Driessche
 * Fabrice Todaro (cover)
 * Cédric Chupin (cover)

Vienna 2019

 * Felix Martin
 * Lucius Wolter (cover)
 * Florian Fetterle (cover)