Ahmed Hamad will take centre stage in a new production of Tim Gilvin’s Stay Awake, Jake which will be live-streamed from the Southwark Playhouse this month.
Hamad (Rent, Hope Mill Theatre, The Boy In The Dress, Royal Shakespeare Company) will follow up his recent recording of the show’s album, by taking on the title role in the new version of the award-winning one-man one-act show on 18 and 19 December 2020.
Presented by Pearson Theatre Productions and Damien Tracey in association with S&S Theatre Productions, the production will be directed by Grace Taylor, with musical direction by Tamara Saringer, musical supervision by Nick Pinchbeck and orchestrations by Matthew Malone.
The new production features new songs and new orchestrations for a four-piece band. The performances will only be available to live-stream audiences, with no live audience in attendance. Tickets cost £10, rising to £15 during show week.
The story of one man’s late-night journey across England’s deserted motorways en route to a reunion with his girlfriend, Stay Awake, Jake won the prestigious S&S Award for best un-produced musical in 2014. In 2016, the innovative musical was crowned the winner of the VAULT Festival Origins Award for new writing.
Following a short run at The Vaults in 2016, the musical played its first full London run at the Southwark Playhouse in 2019. The award-winning one-man musical has previously been performed by Norman Bowman and Jamie Muscato.
Angela Thomas
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