The team behind multi award-winning musical Come From Away have created their own podcast featuring in-depth interviews with cast members from London and Broadway, the show’s creative team and the real people who inspired the emotional show.
Produced by Curtain Call, the first two of the eight podcasts in the series is now available on all major platforms, with the other seven episodes due for release on consecutive Wednesday afternoons.
After celebrating its 300th performance and welcoming its 300,000th visitor in the West End in October, it was announced that the show’s London run had been extended again with tickets made available 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 immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attack, the show that celebrates man’s humanity at a time when the world was horrified by the depths of its inhumanity, landed at London’s Phoenix Theatre in late January this year following a limited engagement at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
A hit with both audiences and the critics, the multi-award-winning musical has celebrated record-breaking runs on Broadway and in Canada and embarked on a 60 city North American tour beginning in Seattle in October 2018. An Australian production opened in Melbourne in July and work has begun on a feature film version.
Featuring a book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away is directed by Christopher Ashley, with musical staging by Kelly Devine, music supervision & arrangements by Ian Eisendrath, scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Gareth Owen, hair design by David Brian Brown, orchestrations by August Eriksmoen and casting by Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher.
Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, by producer Michael Rubinoff (Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada) and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, with development support provided by The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle.
Originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre, Come From Away was presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC and Mirvish Productions at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada, all in partnership with Junkyard Dog Productions.
A Best Musical award winner all across North America, Come From Away has won multiple awards including four Oliviers this year including Best New Musical, the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for director Ashley, five Outer Critics Circle Awards, three Drama Desk, four Helen Hayes Awards, six San Diego Critics Circle Awards, and three Toronto Theatre Critics Awards
Come From Away is produced in the UK and Ireland by Junkyard Dog Productions and Smith & Brant Theatricals. The European premiere of Come From Away was presented in partnership with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for Come From Away are available HERE.
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