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

 * Greg Castiglioni (01/16)
 * Tony McGill (01/17)
 * Matt Harrop (12/18)
 * Andrew Keelan (07/19)
 * 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

 * John Anker Bow
 * Tony Mowatt (cover)
 * Christopher Salvaggio (cover)

Japanese Productions
Nagoya 1999
 * Kim Sungrak
 * Toshihide Mura

Asia Tour 2020

 * Karlis Zaid
 * Andrew Dunne (first cover)
 * Benjamin Colley (second 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)

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

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

Amsterdam 1987

 * Marco Vermie (07/87)

Paris 1989

 * Tim Robin

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

Cast 2
 * Chris Harley

Cast 3
 * Ryan Everett Wood

Paris 2015

 * Wim Van Den Driessche

Vienna 2019

 * Felix Martin
 * Lucius Wolter (cover)