New Theatre Peterborough and Queens Theatre Barnstaple June/July 2024
Director: Paul Jepson
Musical Director: Mark Crossland
Choreographer: Lucie Pankhurst
Designer: Amanda Stoodley
Assistant Director: Edward Bullingham
Landmark Theatres first large-scale musical produced for both the New Theatre in Peterborough and the Queens Theatre in Barnstaple.
The smash hit rock musical will star Alicia Corrales (Six the Musical, UK Tour and West End) as Maureen, Athena Collins (Get Up, Stand Up! West End; Six The Musical, Uk Tour & West End) as Joanne, Cameron Bernard Jones ( Ain’t Too Proud, Prince Edward Theatre; Motown The Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre;Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Aldwych Theatre) as Collins, Evita Khrime (Flashdance the Musical, Italia Conti) as Mimi, Jack Reitman ( Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, Hope Theatre; Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror, Bristol Old Vic & UK Tour) as Mark, Kyle Richardson ( The Lion King. West End) as Angel, Luke Friend (Mamma Mia! The Party, 02 Arena, Footloose the Musical, UK Tour & Zurich; American Idiot, UK & NZ Anniversary Tour ) as Roger and Myles Hart (The Book Of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre) as Benny.
The ensemble includes Alexandra Brighouse, Dylan Andrews, Edward Bullingham, Kellianna Jay, Max Mirza and Ohaana Greaves.
Rent follows a group of young artists living in Manhattan’s East Village as they navigate love, loss, and the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS. The powerful and inspiring storytelling beautifully captures the ultimate sacrifice of a life of stability for the sake of art, reminding us of the importance of following our passions and taking risks to pursue our dreams.
Loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme, Rent is a must-see musical featuring smash-hits including ‘Seasons of Love’ and ‘Take Me or Leave Me’. The critically acclaimed production has won four Tony Awards, six Drama Desk Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1996. Rent ran on Broadway for 12 years, from 1996 and premiered in London’s West End in 1998 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where it ran for 18 months.
