The Menier Chocolate Factory will follow its current hit productions of The Bridges of Madison County and Fiddler on the Roof with the first major revival of Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend in over a decade.
With previews from 22 November 2019 ahead of an opening night on 3 December, the production is due to play the prestigious venue until 7 March 2020.
After taking charge of a number of previous Menier shows including She Loves Me, Candide and The Last Five Years, Matthew White will return to direct the production which will be choreographed by associate director Bill Deamer. The creative team also includes: designer Paul Farnsworth, lighting designer Paul Anderson, sound designer Gregory Clarke, hair and wig designer Richard Mawbey, musical supervisor and director Simon Beck and orchestrator David Cullen.
Famously adapted into an award-winning 1971 film by Ken Russell starring Twiggy, The Boy Friend debuted on stage in London in 1953 before beginning a five year-plus West End run in 1954.
With a book, music and lyrics by English composer and lyricist, Wilson, the love-letter to 1920s musical comedies also debuted on Broadway in 1954 with a then unknown Julie Andrews giving a career launching performance in her first Broadway production.
Angela Thomas
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