This is the gallery for the character of Asparagus. This is the ensemble character, separate from Gus the Theatre Cat.
Designs[]
UK Productions[]
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 Tours[]
UK Tour 1989[]
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[]
London / Blackpool Revival[]
UK/International Tour[]
UK Tour 2016
- Greg Castiglioni
- Matt Krzan (cover)
UK Tour 2017
- Tony McGill
- Jordan Castle (cover)
UK Tour 2018 (01/2018-10/2018)
- Tony McGill
- Matthew Rowland (cover)
- Jordan Castle (cover)
UK Tour 2018 (12/2018-04/2019)
- Matt Harrop
- Matthew Rowland (cover)
UK Tour 2019
- Andrew Keelan
- Gavin Eden (cover)
UK Tour 2022
- Hal Fowler
- Connor McAllister (cover)
- Dane Quixall (cover)
Asparagus/Gus Hybrid for remainder of the show.
US Productions[]
Original Broadway Production[]
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)
US Tours 1-4[]
US Tour 5[]
Broadway Revival[]
Asparagus named "Peter" in this production.
US Tour 6[]
Equity Cast[]
- Timothy Gulan
- Andy Zimmermann (cover)
- Adam Richardson (cover)
Non-Equity Cast[]
2021-2022
- John Anker Bow
- Tony Mowatt (cover)
- Christopher Salvaggio (cover)
2022-2023
- John Anker Bow
- Tony Mowatt (cover)
- John Zamborsky (cover)
- Jonathan Heller (cover)
Japanese Productions[]
Tokyo 1995[]
Fukuoka 1998[]
Nagoya 1999[]
Tokyo 2004[]
Yokohama 2009[]
Hiroshima 2012[]
Sendai 2013[]
Shizuoka 2013[]
Fukuoka 2014[]
Sapporo 2015[]
Osaka 2016[]
Tokyo 2018[]
Fukuoka 2021[]
Nagoya 2022[]
Australian Productions[]
Australia Tour 1989[]
Australasia 2007-2010[]
Asia Tour 2014[]
Australia NZ 2015[]
Asia Tour 2017[]
Asia Tour 2020[]
South Korea 2020
- Karlis Zaid
- Andrew Dunne (first cover)
- Benjamin Colley (second cover)
Taiwan 2022
- Ian Jon Bourg
- Andrew Dunne (cover)
- Connor McAllister (cover)
Asia Tour 2022-2023[]
- Ian Jon Bourg
- Benjamin McMillan (cover)
- Quinlan Kelly (cover)
German Productions[]
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[]
Berlin 2002-04[]
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)
Other Productions[]
1980s[]
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)
Mexico Tour 1991[]
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[]
2000s[]
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[]
Madrid 2003[]
- Enrique Sequero
Moscow 2005[]
Dutch Tour 2006[]
South Korea 2008 / South Korea 2011[]
2010s[]
Brazil 2010[]
- Fernando Patau
- André Saporetti (cover)
- Fernando Palazza (cover)
China 2012[]
Oasis of the Seas 2014[]
Cast 1
Cast 2
Cast 3
Cast 4
Cast 5
Cast 6
- Connor McAllister
- Elliot Peterson (cover)
Cast 7
- Ryan William Bailey
- Robert Wilkes (cover)
Cast 8
- Stanley Allyn Owen
- Ian Laskowski (cover)
Cast 9
- Ryan William Bailey
- Robert Wilkes (cover)
Cast 10
Cast 11
Cast 12
- Connor Dyer
- John Neurohr (cover)
Cast 13
- Zachary Berger
- Jack Duff (cover)
Cast 14
- Robert Wilkes
- Thomas Alsop (cover)
Paris 2015[]
- Wim Van Den Driessche
- Fabrice Todaro (cover)
- Cédric Chupin (cover)
Vienna 2019[]
- Felix Martin
- Lucius Wolter (cover)
- Florian Fetterle (cover)