New dates for Broken Wings at London’s Charing Cross Theatre

Aria Entertainment has announced revised dates for the first full production of new musical Broken Wings at the Charing Cross Theatre.

Previously seen in concert form in the UK and in the Middle East, the musical created by the West End star Nadim Naaman and Qatar-based composer Dana Al Fardan, based on Lebanese-born writer Kahlil Gibran’s autobiographical poetic novel, will now begin previews at the London venue from 11 February 2022 ahead of an opening night on 15 February.

Staged by the director of the musical’s semi-staged West End premiere in 2018 and subsequent international performances, Bronagh Lagan, the Charing Cross Theatre season will run until 26 March.

Co-creator Naaman (The Sound of Music, London Palladium, A Little Night Music, Holland Park Opera) heads a cast that includes Royal Academy of Music graduate Yasmeen Audi (Umm Kulthum & The Golden Era, London Palladium), Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduate Haroun Al Jeddal (Grease UK tour), Guildford School of Acting graduate Lucca Chadwick-Patel (The Magician’s Elephant, RSC), Soophia Foroughi (The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre), Johan Munir (Little Women) and Stephen Rahman-Hughes (Rock of Ages UK tour). Alex Kais will make his London stage debut in the production while Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduate Ayesha Patel and Noah Sinigaglia will both make their professional stage debuts in the musical.

The creative team for the production also includes musical director Erika Gundesen, orchestrator Joe Davison, set and costume designer Gregor Donnelly, choreographer Philip Michael Thomas, lighting designer Nic Farman, sound designer Andrew Johnson, casting director Jane Deitch and general manager Chris Matanlé.

Performed in the round, the story of Gibran’s youthful love affair with a businessman’s daughter in turn of the century Beirut, features a book by Naaman and music and lyrics by Naaman and Al Fardan.

The Charing Cross production is presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment with Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane in association with Edward Prophet and People Entertainment Group.

Angela Thomas