Veteran theatre thespian Adrian Pang will play Lee Kuan Yew in an upcoming musical on Singapore’s founding Prime Minister.

Sharon Au will have the honour of playing his wife, Kwa Geok Choo.

The main cast of Metropolitan Productions' The LKY Musical was revealed at a media conference on April 13, 2015.

The LKY Musical commemorates Singapore's 50th year of independence. It will open on July 21 at the MasterCard Theatres at Marina Bay Sands.

Described by its producers as a tale of high drama, intrigue, betrayal, love and loyalty, and offers new insights into the emotional struggle faced by LKY and his friends at a time when Singapore history balanced on a knife-edge, The LKY Musical will look at Lee's younger days.

Also starring in the musical are Sebastian Tan, who will be the rickshaw puller Koh Teong Koo, and Benjamin Chow will play trade union leader Lim Chin Siong.

The script is written by US playwright Tony Petito, the founding artistic director of the Singapore Repertory Theatre.

The musical is based on a story by Singaporean writer Meira Chand.

Music veteran Dick Lee will write the music for the production, which will be directed by Steven Dexter.

Here is Adrian Pang looking pained:

Here is Adrian Pang singing: