A new musical based on the controversy surrounding the collapse of Kids Company will be part of the Donmar Warehouse 2017 spring season.
The musical will feature book and lyrics edited from the transcript of the House of Commons Select Committee’s evidentiary session held to examine Whitehall’s links to the charity.
Announcing details of the show’s part in the Donmar’s upcoming Power Season alongside executive producer Kate Pakenham, the theatre’s artistic director Josie Rourke said: “Finally in the Power Season, I have teamed up with Hadley Fraser, an actor I have had the immense pleasure of directing in several shows at the Donmar, including my current production of Saint Joan, along with the dazzling young composer Tom Deering.
“These two young artists are part of musical theatre’s future. Together, we are creating a new musical based on a House of Commons Select Committee evidence session about Whitehall’s relationship with Kids Company.
“Directed by the brilliant Adam Penford, newly-appointed artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse, The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Takes Oral Evidence on Whitehall’s Relationship with Kids Company examines how civil society holds itself to account.”
The Power Season will begin at the London venue on Thursday 2 March 2017 with the premiere of Limehouse, a new political drama by Steve Waters.
Lenny Henry will make his Donmar debut in Brecht’s The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui from Friday 21 April, and the premiere run of the distinctively titled The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Takes Oral Evidence on Whitehall’s Relationship with Kids Company will begin on Saturday 24 June.
Angela Thomas
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