Come From Away was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 5 January 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ In a climate where every news bulletin brings reports of more division across the world, there is no better antidote than Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s much-loved, award-winning musical Come From Away.
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Come From Away – Leicester Curve and Touring
Come From Away was reviewed at Leicester Curve where it runs until 9 March 2024. The tour continues until 5 January 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you’ve seen it before, you already know how good it is. And if you haven’t, “Welcome To The Rock” indeed. You won’t want to leave.
First dates and venues announced for first UK and Ireland tour of Come From Away
The producers of the multi-award-winning Come From Away have announced the first dates and venues for the West End production’s first UK and Ireland tour.
Come From Away to tour the UK and Ireland from February 2024
The multi-award-winning musical Come From Away, which celebrated its 1,000th performance in the West End this week (28 November 2022), will launch its first ever tour of the UK and Ireland, opening in Leicester in February 2024. Further information on tour venues and dates will be announced soon.
Final curtain for London’s Come From Away in January 2023
The producers of the multi-award-winning Come From Away have announced a final extension to the show’s West End run with its last performance at the Phoenix Theatre scheduled for 7 January 2023. By the time the West End company takes its final bow, the critic and crowd-pleasing production will have played 1,048 performances in London […]
Come From Away completes trio of Broadway productions due to close
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Come From Away has become the third high-profile show to announce its closure before the end of the year. Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s Come From Away will take its final bow at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 2 October 2022, following on from the departure of Dear Evan […]
Come From Away welcomes new and returning cast to its London production
The multi-award-winning London production of hit musical Come From Away welcomes new and returning cast members to the Phoenix Theatre from June 2022. Kirsty Malpass has returned to the London Come From Away family in the role of Bonnie and others, Olivier Award-nominated Robert Hands returns to the role of Nick/Doug and others, Lejaun Sheppard […]
CD Review: Covers From Away – Various Artists
COVERS FROM AWAY – Various Artists (Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals – digital download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I LOVE this album. There, that’s the review in a nutshell! Songs from the mega-hit musical Come From Away have been reinterpreted by Newfoundland and Labrador bands and artists who actually inspired the writers […]
‘Covers From Away’ album celebrates the sound of Come From Away
The distinctive music of the hit Tony and Olivier Award-winning Come From Away has been re-imagined and recorded by leading folk acts from the region of Canada where the hit musical is set. Featuring the Newfoundland and Labrador bands and artists who inspired the sound of Come From Away, ‘Covers From Away’ is an album […]
Come From Away – Apple TV+
Come From Away is available via Apple TV+ Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The recent history of musical theatre on screen has been inconsistent in its quality. Huge productions like Cats (2019) have fallen flat and previews for Dear Evan Hansen (2021) do not bode well. In the same week, however, fans […]
Film of Broadway’s Come From Away to debut on Apple TV Plus in September
The eagerly-awaited filmed performance of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Come From Away will be streamed worldwide from 10 September 2021 via Apple TV Plus. Directed by the show’s Tony Award-winning director Christopher Ashley, the film features original cast members Petrina Bromley, Jenn Colella, Joel Hatch, Caesar Samayoa, Q Smith, Astrid Van Wieren and […]
Come From Away – Phoenix Theatre
Come From Away continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ You can tell, simply by observing the pre-set simplicity of Come From Away that this is a story not about spectacle or glittering chorus lines. There are towering tree trunks flanking the stage and the cyclorama has the appearance […]
Come From Away set for summer return to West End
Olivier award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away will make its long-awaited return to London’s Phoenix Theatre in July. The curtain will rise on 22 July for the first time since the Covid-closedown halted performances just a few weeks after the critically-acclaimed production celebrated its first birthday in the West End. Announcing the production’s West […]
Film of Broadway’s Come From Away announced
British Canadian company Entertainment One (eOne) has announced plans to film a special performance of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Come From Away in May for release in September 2021. The live filming of the show at the hit production’s New York home, the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, will offer employment to over 222 people […]
Concert version of Come From Away is coming back to the West End
Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, Come From Away is heading back to the West End with a special staged concert version at the Phoenix Theatre in February 2021. Running from 10-27 February, Come From Away: The Concert will reunite the London cast, band and company for a specially adapted staging of the hit show created […]
Come From Away cast and creatives to feature in next One Night Only online event
Cast and creatives from international hit musical Come From Away will unite online for the fourth instalment in the popular One Night Only series this month. Panel guests for the unique, virtual, interactive evening will include writers Irene Sankoff and David Hein, director Christopher Ashley, musical stager Kelly Devine, musical supervisor and arranger Ian Eisendrath, […]
Come From Away – Cast changes and first year anniversary
Come From Away continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London and this week celebrates its first year in London’s West End. Is there a show in the West End that has a bigger heart or that delivers a more affecting, emotional punch than Come From Away? I seriously doubt it. Sure, there are musicals with grander […]
New cast members for Come From Away
Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away will mark its second year in London by welcoming new cast members from 10 February 2020. The new cast of Come From Away in the West End will include Tarinn Callender (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre, Kiss Me Kate, Kilworth House), James Doherty (Lipstick, Pleasance Theatre, Aladdin, Lyric […]
Come From Away’s West End run extended again
Multi-award-winning musical Come From Away celebrated its 300th performance and welcomed its 300,000th visitor in the West End by announcing a newly extended run taking the show’s London run up to 23 May 2020. Inspired by the remarkable true story of the 7,000 stranded air passengers who found refuge in a small Canadian town in the […]
Rachel Tucker leads cast of European premiere of Come From Away
Thirteen actors will take on both lead and supporting roles in the Tony Award-winning new musical Come From Away which is due to land on this side of the Atlantic in December with a premiere run in Ireland ahead of its West End debut in early 2019. Inspired by the remarkable true story of the […]
Acclaimed musical Come From Away to debut in Dublin and London
Tony Award-winning new musical Come From Away is due to land on this side of the Atlantic in December with a premiere run in Ireland ahead of its West End debut in January 2019. Inspired by the remarkable true story of the 7,000 stranded air passengers who found refuge in a small Canadian town in […]
Come from Away – Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York
Come from Away continues at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The folks of Gander, a small town on the rocky island of Newfoundland perched on the north eastern tip of Canada, deserve a lot more than five stars for hospitality, geniality and an all-around human […]
