Alex Stenhouse and Sean Daniels will direct the first revival of Benjamin Scheuer’s Drama Desk Award-winning autobiographical show The Lion at the Southwark Playhouse later this year.
Presented by Danielle Tarento in association with the Arizona Theatre Company, the new production of the one-man folk musical will star Max Alexander-Taylor.
Announcing the production which will play the Southwark Playhouse from 25 May until 25 June ahead of a season at the Arizona Theatre Company, Tarento said: “I have loved Benjamin’s writing and this show for nearly a decade so to get to work on it in a brand new production is such a privilege. And, after the two years we’ve collectively lived through, to share this story of courage in the face of adversity and hope triumphing over sorrow feels all the more timely and poignant.”
Commenting on the production the director of the original production and co-director of the new production, the Arizona Theatre Company’s artistic director Daniels said: “I am delighted to be back in the world of The Lion, a project Benjamin and I started eight years ago as he first told me his own personal and inspiring story.
“ATC and I are honoured to be working with Danielle Tarento on this award-winning musical. For me, this piece reminds me that great and redemptive things can come from awful things, and that the bonds between parents and children are with us a lifetime.”
Stenhouse and Daniels head a creative team that includes set and costume designer Simon Kenny, lighting designer Emma Chapman and sound designer Andrew Johnson.
The Lion premiered Off-Broadway in 2014 with writer Scheuer giving an award-winning solo performance directed by Daniels. Scheuer and Daniels brought the show to London’s St James’ Theatre later in the same year, winning the Off-West End Theatre Award for Best New Musical. After playing over 500 performances at venues in the US and UK, Scheuer played his final show in Los Angeles in 2017.
Angela Thomas
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