Multi-award-winning new musical & Juliet is the latest hit West End show to announce plans to reopen in the late spring.
Subject to the lifting of social distancing measures, the show which envisions a happy ending for William Shakespeare’s Juliet will return to the Shaftesbury Theatre from 28 May 2021 with its booking period extended into 2022.
Featuring the music prolific pop hit writer Max Martin and rising theatrical star Miriam-Teak Lee (Hamilton, On The Town) in the title role, & Juliet uses Martin’s most iconic modern pop songs to accompany a re-imagined Juliet who finds a way past her doomed romance with Romeo by embarking on a whirlwind trip to Paris.
Directed by Luke Sheppard (In The Heights), the production debuted with a limited season at the Manchester Opera House in October 2019 before arriving at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre in November 2019.
With a story by David West Read, the triple Olivier Award-winning production features choreography by Jennifer Weber, set design by Soutra Gilmour and costume design by Paloma Young.
Produced by Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele, Jenny Petersson and Martin Dodd, & Juliet also features the characters of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway who take opposite sides in Juliet’s battle to change her story and discover life after Romeo.
Swedish-born songwriter and producer Martin, first made his mark in the 1990s with hits including Britney Spears’ ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’, Bon Jovi’s ‘It’s My Life’ and The Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’. More recently, Martin has written or co-written hits for today’s biggest stars including Adele, Ellie Goulding, Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Taylor Swift and Pink.
Angela Thomas
Picture: Johan Persson
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