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Multi-award-winning musical Come From Away celebrated its 300th performance and welcomed its 300,000th visitor in the West End by announcing a newly extended run taking the show’s London run up to 23 May 2020.
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 and work has begun on a feature film version.
To honour the kindness shown by the people of Newfoundland, the London company of Come From Away has announced a partnership with homeless charity Centrepoint. The partnership will include a gala performance on 7 November 2019 and members of the Come From Away team will also join the Centrepoint ‘sleep-out’ on 21 November, to raise awareness and vital funds for the charity.
The cast of Come From Away in the West End currently includes Jenna Boyd (Beulah and others), Nathanael Campbell (Bob and others), Clive Carter (Claude and others), Mary Doherty (Bonnie and others), Robert Hands (Nick, Doug and others), Helen Hobson (Diane and others), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Kevin J, Ali and others), Harry Morrison (Oz and others), Emma Salvo (Janice and others), David Thaxton (Kevin T, Garth and others), Cat Simmons (Hannah and others) and Rachel Tucker (Beverley, Annette and others) with Chiara Baronti, Mark Dugdale, Bob Harms, Kirsty Malpass, Tania Mathurin, Alexander McMorran, Brandon Lee Sears and Jennifer Tierney.
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.
A Best Musical award-winner all across North America, Come From Away has won multiple awards including four Oliviers including Best New Musical, the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for director Ashley, 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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