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 ...

Caroline, Or Change at the Playhouse Theatre

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


Playhouse Theatre
Northumberland Avenue
London
WC2N 5DE


Dates


From: Tuesday 20 November 2018

Closed: Saturday 2 March 2019

Tickets


Standard: From £22


Links



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