Emma Kingston (Evita, In The Heights) and Waylon Jacobs (Hamilton, Ragtime) will star in the new outdoor production of James Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years at the world-famous Minack Theatre in Cornwall next month.
As previously announced, award-winning director and choreographer Omar F Okai will direct the production which will feature musical direction by Leo Munby and set and lighting design by Andrew Exeter. The creative team also includes associate designer Natalia Alvarez and assistant director Rebecca Wicking.
Running from 15-19 September 2020, the new production is produced by David Jenkins for Brilliant Theatre in association with Chris Passey and Ben MacSkimming.
Commenting on the production, Jenkins said: “We’re delighted to be able to bring the West End to Cornwall during such a difficult time for our industry. We are incredibly lucky to have been able to assemble an incredible creative and production team to bring this emotional and complex musical to life in one of most stunning venues in the world. It has been a dream of mine for eight years to produce a professional production on that iconic granite stage.”
In the original announcement of the production executive director of the Minack, Zoë Curnow, commented: “I am delighted that David, Chris and Ben have secured the rights to bring The Last Five Years to the Minack in September. We were really keen to have a musical in our amended 2020 programme and really look forward to welcoming them all to the Cornish cliffs!”
Okai added: “We need to start looking to the future of theatre and I am so happy to be directing and working with a brilliant team on creating a fresh new look at The Last Five Years and bringing it to the Minack Theatre. Live theatre will be back and this is the start.”
Written and composed by triple Tony Award-winner Brown (Parade, The Bridges of Madison County), The Last Five Years premiered in Chicago in 2001 and debuted Off-Broadway in 2002. The musical which was made into a film featuring the star of the hit Pitch Perfect movies, Anna Kendrick, premiered in London in 2016 in a production featuring Samantha Barks.
Angela Thomas
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