Following a sold-out debut run at The Other Palace in 2019, uplifting musical Love Is Only Love will return to the London venue for a limited run from 29 April until 4 May 2022.
Written by actor and playwright Sam Harrison (Avenue Q, Les Misérables) who also returns in the central role of ‘the boy’ opposite David Seadon-Young (Ghost, An American in Paris) who takes on multiple characters, the love story set in 1990s suburban Australia is directed by Jason Morell.
Championed by Paul Taylor-Mills, the musical was initially workshopped at The Other Palace before the first full staging featured at the Pride Festival at The Other Palace in 2019. The production also played the Minerva Theatre in Chichester.
Describing the inspiration behind his show Harrison says: “Back in 2018 I wrote Love Is Only Love for myself. It was the play I wanted to see – a romantic comedy with two boys where no one was bullied or died at the end. Not much to ask, huh? The inspiration to write it was little me, but the surprise was that it was about little me.
“Now the greatest pleasure has been all the audiences – falling in love in all sorts of ways – who have seen it and said it is about them too. And what’s more, now they want to see it again.
“A lot has changed since 2018, and perhaps more than ever we need to sit together in a room and celebrate love, family, human connection, and romantic joy. I know I do. I am particularly thrilled to be returning to our original home at The Other Palace, to help them blow open the doors of their wonderful Studio, and welcome back everyone to that glorious community – the theatre.”
Commenting on the production’s return to The Other Palace, the venue’s artistic director Taylor-Mills said: “We’re thrilled to be producing Love is Only Love in our studio which continues to be a safe space for artists to play and try new work. This is a full circle moment as the show returns in its full form to The Studio having started with us many years ago.
“The story is an important one, a universal one, one that we can all relate to. And one which the world needs right now. This marks an important chapter in the future of The Other Palace as we start to build-up our programme of producing and supporting quality work, new writing and cultivating the next generation of theatre-makers.”
Angela Thomas
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