Following a restricted run in 2019, the place it obtained crucial and viewers acclaim, ATG Productions, GBA, Gavin Kalin Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions, and Jethro Compton Productions are delighted to announce that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button A New Musical by Jethro Compton and Darren Clark, will return in a brand new manufacturing at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 22nd May to 1st July 2023. Tickets now on sale at southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
In the roles of Benjamin Button and Elowen Keene are Olivier Award winner Jamie Parker and Molly Osborne. They lead the 12-strong actor-musician ensemble that includes Matthew Burns, Jonathan Charles, Oonagh Cox, Anna Fordham, Philippa Hogg, Damien James, Ann Marcuson, Jack Quarton, Benedict Salter, and Tonny Shim.
Discover a sleepy fishing harbour on the north coast of Cornwall, dwelling to a most curious story.
Born in fairly uncommon circumstances, Benjamin Button is an outdated man, not on the finish of his life, however at first. Locked away from the world and branded a monster, Benjamin goals of the possibility to reside just a little life. More than something, he goals of affection. With no hope of discovering it, Benjamin resigns himself to a lifetime of solitude, till, at some point, a miracle happens – the native barmaid, Elowen Keene. But because the years come and go, time and tide threaten to tear the 2 aside.
Experience this extraordinary, inspiring, and timeless story of a love that defies all odds. Set to a thunderous, foot-stomping folks rating, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button reminds us, regardless of how a lot time we’ve got, to make each second depend.
Jamie Parker is greatest identified for his function as Harry Potter within the unique West End forged of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, for which he obtained an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and a WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play. He additionally obtained a Tony Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his portrayal of the character within the unique Broadway manufacturing. Other notable roles embody Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls (Olivier nomination, Best Actor in a Musical, 2015; UK Theatre Award win, Best Performance in a Musical, 2015); Henry V at Shakespeare’s Globe, 2012; Scripps in The History Boys (unique National Theatre and Broadway forged and movie); Alan Greene, QC in Des (ITV, 2020); and John Dudley in Becoming Elizabeth (Starz, 2022).
Molly Osborne is thought for her work at The Menier Chocolate Factory, the place she has been seen in The Sex Party by Terry Johnson, Rebecca Taichman’s Tony Award profitable Indecent by Paula Vogel, and Trevor Nunn’s 2018 revival of Fiddler In The Roof, with which Molly made her West End debut in 2019. Molly is quickly to seem within the display adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys, produced by Amazon Studios.
Jethro Compton says: “I’m thrilled to be bringing this story back to London. Southwark Playhouse has been a home to me for almost fifteen years, and to have the chance to return with this new production of Button, in their new venue, feels like the perfect homecoming. It’s a show about time, and home, and love – things that I’m sure have new meaning for most of us after these years of uncertainty.”
“I have so much love for the 2019 production. It was a scrappy little show, produced on a shoestring, with an enormous amount of heart. The last four years have given us time to let the story and the music grow and develop. But for those who loved what we made in 2019, don’t worry – the heart of that scrappy little show is very much alive.”
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is predicated on the quick story of the identical identify by F. Scott Fitzgerald, creator of The Great Gatsby and The Tender and the Damned. With Book & Lyrics by Jethro Compton and Music & Lyrics by Darren Clark. It is directed by Jethro Compton who additionally designs the stage, with choreography and motion by Chi-San Howard, co-music supervision by Mark Aspinall and Darren Clark, costumes and affiliate stage design by Anna Kelsey, sound by Luke Swaffield, and musical course by Mark Aspinall.