Tickets on sale for Caroline, Or Change
London theatre news: Sunday 25 March 2018
London West End - Transfers
The five-star, Olivier award-winning musical transfers to the West End this November following sell-out runs at the Chichester Festival and Hampstead Theatres - and we have tickets from just £22 ...
Image: Hampstead Theatre
Written by Tony Kushner, author of legendary play Angels in America, and featuring an exceptional score from Tony Award-winning Jeanine Tesori, Caroline, Or Change stars Sharon D. Clarke in an astonishing "virtuoso performance" (The Times).
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, Caroline, Or Change is a playful, funny, and deeply moving tale set to a score that hits new heights of emotion, in a production that always delights with imagination.
Directed by Michael Longhurst (Amadeus, Constellations), this vital and timely musical is transferring to the Playhouse Theatre from 20 November 2018 for a strictly limited season.
And we have .
Here's the trailer from the Hampstead production ...
Show listing information
Synopsis
Louisiana, 1963.
Revolution is in the air, though not so much for Caroline, the poorly paid maid toiling endlessly in the sweltering basement of the Gellman household.
It's a fantastical, magical place amidst the piles of laundry and singing washing machines, especially for eight-year-old Noah Gellman who sneaks downstairs to see her whenever he can.
Yet a simple gesture to leave more money in Caroline's pocket is about to test who and how far the winds of change can ever really reach …
Cast
Caroline Thibodeaux - Sharon D. Clarke
Naana Agyei-Ampadu
Keisha Amponsa Banson
Alastair Brookshaw
Me'sha Bryan
Angela Caesar
Dujonna Gift-Simms
Sue Kelvin
Teddy Kempner
Ako Mitchell
Abiona Omonua
Vincent Pirillo
Tanisha Spring
Lauren Ward
Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong
Zalika Henry
Laura Medforth
Timothy Quinlan
Teddy Wills
Noah:
Isaac Forward
Aaron Gelkoff
Jack Meredith
Jackie:
Mark Mwangi
Kenya Sandy
Jeremiah Waysome
Joe:
Josiah Choto
David Dube
Raphael Higgins-Hume
Creatives
Author: Tony Kushner
Composer: Jeanine Tesori
Lyricist: Tony Kushner
Director: Michael Longhurst
Designer: Fly Davis
Musical direction: Nigel Lilley
Choreography: Ann Yee
Lighting: Jack Knowles
Sound: Paul Arditti
Production: Ambassador Theatre Group, Gavin Kalin Productions, Glass Half Full Productions and Rupert Gavin in association with Hampstead Theatre - Chichester Festival Theatre Production
Venue
London
WC2N 5DE
Dates
From: Tuesday 20 November 2018
Closed: Saturday 2 March 2019
Tickets
Standard: From £22
Links
ActDrop full listing for Caroline, Or Change
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