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Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away is celebrating its first birthday in London with the release of more tickets, taking its Phoenix Theatre run through to 17 October 2020.
The extra tickets have gone on sale just a few weeks after the production welcomed new cast members taking on multiple roles including Tarinn Callender (Bob and others), James Doherty (Claude and others), Alice Fearn (Beverley, Annette and others), Kate Graham (Diane and others) and Alasdair Harvey (Nick/Doug and others). Recent additions also include Ricardo Castro, Stuart Hickey, Sorelle Marsh, Micha Richardson and Matthew Whennell-Clark.
The newcomers joined current cast members: Jenna Boyd, Mary Doherty, Mark Dugdale, Jonathan Andrew Hume, Harry Morrison, Emma Salvo, Cat Simmons, Chiara Baronti, Alexander McMorran and Jennifer Tierney.
Inspired by the remarkable true story of the 7,000 stranded air passengers who found refuge in a small Canadian town in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attack, the show that celebrates man’s humanity at a time when the world was horrified by the depths of its inhumanity, landed at London’s Phoenix Theatre in late January 2019 following a limited engagement at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
A hit with both audiences and the critics, the multi-award-winning musical has celebrated record-breaking runs on Broadway and in Canada and embarked on a 60-city North American tour beginning in Seattle in October 2018. An Australian production opened in Melbourne in July 2019 and work has already begun on a feature film version.
With musical direction by Alan Berry on keyboard, accordion and harmonium, the band includes Matt Bashford (whistles/Irish flute/Uilleann pipes), Aoife Ní Bhriain (fiddle), Oli Briant (electric, acoustic and nylon guitars), Ray Fean (bodhrán/percussion), Joey Grant (electric bass/acoustic bass), Justin Quinn (acoustic guitar/mandolins/bazouki) and Ian Whitehead (drums/percussion).
Featuring a book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away is directed by Christopher Ashley, with musical staging by Kelly Devine, music supervision and arrangements by Ian Eisendrath, scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Gareth Owen, hair design by David Brian Brown, orchestrations by August Eriksmoen, and casting by Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher.
Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, by producer Michael Rubinoff (Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada) and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists in East Haddam, with development support provided by The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle.
Originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre, Come From Away was presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC and Mirvish Productions at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada, all in partnership with Junkyard Dog Productions.
A Best Musical Award-winner all across North America, Come From Away has won multiple awards including four Oliviers, five Outer Critics Circle Awards, three Drama Desk, four Helen Hayes Awards, six San Diego Critics Circle Awards and three Toronto Theatre Critics Awards.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for Come From Away are available HERE.
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