Liv Andrusier will reprise her award-winning performance in the central role in acclaimed new musical Ride when the hit show returns to London this summer.
Inspired by the true story of Annie Londonderry – the first woman to cycle around the world – the musical which premiered at the Charing Cross Theatre last year will play the Southwark Playhouse from 19 July until 12 August. The production will arrive in London following preview performances at Leicester Curve from 7-15 July.
Andrusier (Play in a Day, Sky Arts, Little Woman, Park Theatre), the winner of the 2023 Offie Award for Leading Performance in a Musical for her portrayal of Annie at the Charing Cross Theatre, will be joined by new cast members actor/musician Katy Ellis (The Scarecrows’ Wedding, Leicester Square Theatre Theatre/UK tour) as Annie’s secretary Martha Smith and 2020 Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduate Fallon Mondlane (The Lion King, UK tour) as the alternate for both roles. The musicians are Frankie South (guitar) and Alex Maxted (percussion).
Produced by Ramin Sabi and Emily Lunnon for DEM Productions, and featuring music, book and lyrics by Freya Catrin Smith and Jack Williams, the production is directed by Sarah Meadows.
The creative team also includes set and costume designer Amy Jane Cook, lighting designer Jamie Platt, sound designer Andy Johnson, orchestrator Macy Schmidt, musical director and supervisor Sam Young, movement director and choreographer Natasha Harrison, illusion designer John Bulleid, assistant director Olivia Munk and production manager James Anderton. The associate producer is Curve Theatre.
The winner of a VAULT Festival Show of the Week Award and an Offie OFFCOM Award, Ride’s title song was nominated for the 2020 Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize. Ride was nominated for the Best Musical Theatre Book Writing in the 2022 Writers Guild Awards. The Charing Cross Theatre production was nominated for the Best Off West End production at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 and was a finalist in five categories at the 2023 Offie Awards.
Angela Thomas
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