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THEATRE NEWS: Ugly Sisters transfers to New Diorama Theatre post Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024

The multi-award-winning Ugly Sisters transfers directly from their acclaimed Edinburgh Festival Fringe run.  

WINNER: Untapped Award 2024

WINNER: Binge Fringe’s Queer Performer’s Award 2024

WINNER: The Brighton Fringe Award 2024

On the day The Female Eunuch is issued in America, a transgender woman in flapping draperies rushes up to Germaine Greer and says: thank you – thank you so much for all you’ve done for us girls.

Ugly Sisters is an operatic, heretic, parasitic and hallucinatory retelling of this very moment, of sisterhood, of all feminist history, returns to New Diorama Theatre after a run at Edinburgh Fringe.

Ugly Sisters is the latest offering from multi-award-winning  company piss / CARNATION, following their critically acclaimed debut at Soho Theatre 52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals .

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Writer/Performer – Laurie Ward

Writer/Performer – Charli Cowgill

Director – Joanna Pidcock

Movement Director – Naissa Bjørn

Set Designer – Cara Evans

Lighting Designer – Edward De’ath

Stage Manager – Daze Corder

Producer – Bronagh Leneghan

LISTINGS

Show: Ugly Sisters

Venue: New Diorama Theatre

15 – 16 Triton Street, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3BF

Dates: 6 – 20 September 2024

Times: Mon – Sat 7.30pm

Tickets: £17

https://newdiorama.com/whats-on/ugly-sisters
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CASTING NEWS: New play by Bhatia and Bhattacharyya ‘King Troll (The Fawn)’ announced – starring Zainab Hasan, Ayesha Darker and more

Finalist for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Playwriting, King Troll (The Fawn) is a dark and otherworldly thriller about two South Asian sisters, desperate to escape the border regime without losing their humanity.

Is that even possible on this island?

A dystopian exploration of migrant experiences in all their complexity. This world premiere production stars Diyar Bozkurt (The Turkish Detective), Ayesha Dharker (Coronation Street), Zainab Hasan (Antigone, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Dominic Holmes (Black Superhero, Royal Court) and Safiyya Ingar (The Witcher).

This play is Sonali Bhattacharyya and Milli Bhatia’s third collaboration as writer and director, following Chasing Hares and Liberation Squares. The duo first worked together on a Kali workshop and reading of King Troll (The Fawn) in 2021 and are delighted to be able to share a full production with audiences this Halloween season.

Riya and Nikita navigate the increasingly authoritarian island where they live in wildly different ways. Insecure, stateless, both desperate for somewhere to call ‘home’. Riya is offered the chance to create an advocate in the form of a homunculus, or fawn, and sees a chance to elevate herself above the cruelty meted out to others. Nikita tries to keep her saviour complex in check as she negotiates the challenges and hypocrisy of the third sector, where she supports migrant teenagers. Her deep connection with one client forces her to confront the limitations of her work. King Troll is about the troll that lives within all of us – whispering ‘me, not us’, and definitely ‘me’ first.

Speaking about the production, Sonali Bhattacharyya says “For the first few drafts, I tried to reflect the increasingly racist and authoritarian changes to immigration legislation in the story of Riya and Nikita, but each time I came to a rewrite, things had grown worse than I could have imagined. So I decided to push the story beyond day to day reality and fully embrace the horror. That’s when the fawn, the king of all trolls, was born.”

King Troll (the Fawn) is brought to NDT by Kali Theatre, who have been developing and presenting thought provoking contemporary theatre by women writers of South Asian descent for over 30 years.

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Writer: Sonali Bhattacharyya

Director: Milli Bhatia

Starring: Diyar Bozkurt, Ayesha Dharker, Zainab Hasan ,

Dominic Holmes & Safiyya Ingar

Designer – Rajha Shakiry

Associate Designer – Yimei Zhao

Lighting Designer – Elliot Griggs

Sound Designer – XANA

Movement Director – Iskandar Sharazuddin

Fight Director – Bret Yount

Casting Director – Arthur Carrington

Assistant Director – Neetu Singh

Production Manager – Chris Burr

Stage Manager – Alexandra Kataigida

Co-commissioned by New Diorama Theatre

LISTINGS

Show: King Troll (The Fawn)

Venue: New Diorama Theatre 15 – 16 Triton Street, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3BF

Dates: 4 Oct – 2 Nov 2024

Times: Mon – Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 3pm

Tickets: £22 full price (Previews £16, £3 unemployed/on strike)

https://newdiorama.com/whatson/king-troll-the-fawn

Captioned: Thur 24 Oct, 7:30pm

Relaxed: Thur 31 Oct, 7:30pm

Babes-in-Arms: Thur 31 Oct, 2pm

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Devyani Saltzman appointed Barbican’s Director for Arts and Participation

The Barbican announced that Devyani Saltzman has been appointed its new Director for Arts and Participation. Saltzman is a Canadian writer, curator, public thinker, and cultural leader with over fifteen years of experience in cultural institutions, at the intersection between art, ideas, and social change. She took up the role in July 2024. 

The news followed an extensive international recruitment campaign, which launched in autumn 2023, to appoint exceptional individual to lead the Barbican’s Arts and Participation team, with the skills and vision to steer the Barbican towards its next creative chapter. This appointment completes the Barbican’s search for engaged and experienced Directors to drive the organisation’s ongoing transformation: to grow and diversify its audiences, better serve its public, and fulfil its commitment to inspire, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in. 

Working with Barbican’s Heads of artforms – across Cinema, Creative Collaboration, Immersive, Music, Theatre & Dance, and Visual Arts – Devyani Saltzman aims to develop an inspiring, distinctive, and forward-looking arts and participation programme. She is the venue’s key champion across the industry, and connecting within and outside the organisation. Working with partners across the Square Mile, she will also play an important role in delivering Destination City, the City of London Corporation’s flagship programme which sets out a vision for the Square Mile to become a world-leading leisure destination for UK and international visitors, workers, and residents to enjoy. The City Corporation is the founder and principal funder of the Barbican. 

Saltzman was most recently Director of Public Programming at the Art Gallery of Ontario, North America’s fourth largest museum, where she worked with the programming team to shape the museum as a forum for discourse, reflecting all communities and the narratives of Torontonians. She was previously the Director of Literary Arts at the Banff Centre, a leading arts and creativity incubator, as well as a founding Curator at Luminato, Toronto’s international multi-arts festival. She is a published author and her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The National Post, the Atlantic, Room Magazine and Tehelka, India’s news magazine known for investigative journalism. She is the Vice Chair of the Writers’ Trust of Canada and President of the Toronto Arts Council. Saltzman has written and spoken extensively about social change and leadership for The Walrus Talks, the Canadian Arts Summit, the World City Forum. She hosted the podcast The Culture Shift and is a founding member of the think tank Public Imagination Network. 

Saltzman has a degree in Human Sciences from Oxford University, combining sociology, anthropology, animal behaviour and evolutionary biology to look at the complex underpinnings of human experience. 

Key to her vision for the next chapter of the Barbican is the potential to create a new type of ethos in public institutions that is truly in service to their people and public, in addition to presenting the best of cutting-edge programming. Her upcoming nonfiction book, EXITING: Towards a Future of Work that Serves Us All, comes out with Random House in 2025. It explores the trend of increasing pushback against systemic change in our institutions, the exiting of diverse leaders from organizations they were invited into, and what new healthier systems could look like. Her first book, Shooting Water, a memoir of family relationships and Indian politics, was called ‘A poignant memoir’ by The New York Times and received starred reviews in both Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. 

Claire Spencer, Barbican CEO, said: “We are so thrilled with this appointment. As a Canadian with strong ties to artists and companies in South Asia, North America, and the UK, Devyani brings a wealth of experience, an international voice, and a new ethos of leadership based on collaboration, values and service to the public, both local and international. Her ideas and experience will be instrumental in our ongoing journey towards a revitalised Barbican, as London’s creative catalyst for arts, curiosity, and enterprise, and a truly welcoming and transformational space for artists, audiences, and communities.” 

Devyani Saltzman, Barbican Director for Arts and Participation, said: “We are living through such an important moment in which cultural institutions have the opportunity to enter into a new way of serving their people and the public. I really believe this generation of leadership can envision not only the best of creative practice and programming, but embody a healthier way of thinking and working, especially for the communities we serve and our own staff. I’m honoured to be joining the extraordinary team at the Barbican. I can’t wait to work with them and London’s many communities, to create a space that is both international and deeply local: daring, trust-based, politically relevant, and at the forefront of artistic practice. I look forward to working with the team to present the most innovative and thought-provoking work, that addresses and makes space for the issues we are collectively facing and ensures the Barbican is authentically welcoming for all.” 

Tom Sleigh, Chair of Barbican Centre, said: “Devyani will be a fantastic addition to the Barbican’s leadership team. The Barbican has always had a deeply international outlook, and I’m delighted that it continues to attract the best talent from around the world.” 

Devyani Saltzman’s arrival completes Barbican’s senior team following the appointment of Philippa Simpson, Barbican’s new Director for Buildings and Renewal, and Beau Vigushin, new Director for Audiences. They will join Barbican CEO Claire Spencer and the Director of Development Natasha Harris and Sarah Wall, Head of Finance & Business Administration; as well as recently appointed Ali Mirza, Director of People, Culture, and Inclusion; and Director of Commercial Jackie Boughton. 

Further reaction to the appointment of Devyani Saltzman as the Barbican’s Director for Arts and Participation: 

“One of the most enriching experiences in life, is to witness someone else’s journey; their outer and inner growth; their ups and downs, and how they manage at both states and in between them. I have followed Devyani’s journey from the moment we met in the summer of 2010, from observing and learning about her 

travels as she always seeks authenticity for the beautiful books she writes, to her curation of major cultural events, and to leading big teams from different backgrounds and different experiences in life, especially in a multicultural city like Toronto. And with all the challenges that face the arts and literature in the last, at least, five years, Devyani’s spirit is always positive to build projects – of immense high quality – that bring communities together. Having Devyani in London is a great step towards a healthy artistic and cultural scene that a remarkable and hugely diverse city like London needs. Devyani’s unmatched understanding of the essential ingredients of bringing different cultures together through art will be one of the strongest pillars that can hold the Barbican and different art organisations, their venues, and their communities together. I cannot wait to see the beauty and richness Devyani’s appointment will bring to our city”. Ammar Haj Ahmad, Actor, The Jungle. 

“Devyani Saltzman’s wide ranging international experience and knowledge of art, performance and politics and her understanding of audiences and communities makes her an inspired and inspiring choice for the Barbican Arts Centre. I have known the Centre since it opened the same year I first moved to London, and I look forward to this new, re-invigorated phase in its life as a cultural hotspot.” Aminatta Forna, FRSL, OBE. 

“After twenty-three years of knowing Devyani Saltzman in a hundred different places and lives, I’m thrilled beyond words that she’s returning to my homeland and to a place I have long associated with the highest and most exciting forms of culture. I can’t wait to see how the Barbican – and all Britain – will move into an exhilarating new future thanks to her presence and her vision.” Pico Iyer, essayist and novelist. 

“Devyani has an exceptional understanding of, and experience in, cross-genre arts programming. BAFTA shares a similar ethos with our year-round public programme showcasing the very best of film, games and television programme making in all its forms. I am excited to see the vision Devyani will bring to an already rousing Barbican programme!” Mariayah Kaderbhai, Head of Programmes, BAFTA 

“As a London composer, producer and creative, I am so excited to welcome Devyani Saltzman as the new Director of Arts of the Barbican Centre. Having known Devyani for a number of years, I have no doubt that she will bring her exceptional understanding and knowledge of the arts to the Barbican along with her incredible passion and inspiring creative vision. I can’t wait to see what she has in store for audiences and performers alike.” Musician, producer, composer, and Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Nitin Sawhney CBE, D. Mus. 

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THEATRE NEWS: Liberation Square National Tour announced – starring Vaneeka Dadhria, Asha Hassan & Halema Hussain and reuniting Milli Bhatia and Sonali Bhattacharyya

Milli Bhatia and Sonali Bhattacharyya reunite for a comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia in LIBERATION SQUARE.

When two British Muslim teenagers are introduced to charismatic social media activist Xara, who challenges them to speak up, the three girls undergo a political awakening when they realise what you say, and even what you think, is viewed very differently depending on who you are. Friendships fracture and loyalties are tested as the three pursue different avenues of resistance to scrutiny and surveillance. Inspired by graphic novels, hip hop, pop culture and real-world youth activists, Liberation Squares asks audiences to consider what it takes for young Muslim women today to be the heroes of their own stories.

Sabi and Ruqaya have been best friends since their mothers first met at Baby Rhyme Time at the library. They now spend their time making TikToks, choreographing dance routines, beat-boxing, rapping and hiding from bullies. Everything changes when the charismatic and provocative social media activist Xara enters their lives. They just want to build their social media empire, or study astronomy, or refine their rap skills until they’re as good as Megan Thee Stallion, but they find themselves having to protest against state surveillance instead.

Liberation Squares was informed a series of workshops with young Muslim women from the East Midlands who fed into the early development of the play, helping inform the characters and narrative, and by extensive research and interviews with people impacted by the state surveillance Prevent* programme.

Sonali Bhattacharyya and Milli Bhatia’s previous collaboration, Chasing Hares at the Young Vic, won the Sonia Friedman Production Award and Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award. Milli is also known for the Olivier Award nominated seven methods of killing kylie jenner.

Writer Sonali Bhattacharyya said, “I wanted to write a play about the incredible imagination, inquisitiveness and creativity teenagers have – this is what forges the messy bond between Xara, Ruqaya, and Sabi. Right now, we’re witnessing rapidly normalised Islamophobia and racism, including in government policies like the Prevent surveillance programme, and I wanted to explore how this inhibits young people’s confidence, freedom of expression, and even their futures. I wanted to tell this story through the points of view of young people themselves, with all of the joyful spirit of rebellion that entails!”

Sonali Bhattacharyya’s plays include Arabian Nights (Bristol Old Vic), The Jungle Book (Chichester Festival Theatre), Chasing Hares (Young Vic), Two Billion Beats (Orange Tree Theatre and Korean translation at Kirkos Theatre, Seoul), Silence (Tara Theatre and Donmar Warehouse), Megaball (National Theatre Learning), Slummers (Cardboard Citizens/Bunker Theatre), The Invisible Boy(Kiln Theatre) and Assembly: The Teachers’ Play and 2066 (Almeida Theatre).

Milli Bhatia’s directing credits in theatre include Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada (Royal Court), Chasing Hares by Sonali Bhattacharyya (Young Vic), seven methods of killing kylie jenner by Jasmine Lee-Jones (Royal Court, 2019 and 2021, filmed in 2022, Swedish National Theatre 2022, USA transfer to the Public Theater New York and Woolly Mammoth Washington DC in 2023; nominated for Olivier Award for outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre), Maryland by Lucy Kirkwood (co directed with Vicky Featherstone and Lucy Morrison, Royal Court/South Bank Centre), My White Best Friend and other letters left unsaid, co-curated with Rachel De-Lahay (Bunker 2018/2019, Royal Court 2020), Dismantle This Room (Bush Theatre/Royal Court), Half Full (Royal Court/RWCMD) and Baghdaddy by Jasmine Naziha Jones (Royal Court).

Fifth Word are a leading new writing company based in the East Midlands, founded in 2007. They make work with and for younger audiences (age 14-25) and under-served communities: uncovering the stories that need to be told. They amplify the stories of those who often go unheard or easily slip through the cracks in society. They collaborate with a range of communities who do not always see the arts as for them: empowering them to tell their own stories through different artistic means. Previous world premiere productions include We Need New Names, adapted by Mufaro Makubika from the Booker-shortlisted novel by NoViolet Bulawayo (Brixton House and UK tour 2023), LAVA by James Fritz (Nottingham Playhouse 2018; Soho Theatre and national tour Spring 2022), All The Little Lights by Jane Upton (Nottingham Playhouse/UK tour/Arcola Theatre 2017 – nominated for Best New Play by the Writers’ Guild Awards and for OffWestEnd Award for Best New Play; Joint Winner of the George Devine Award), Wreck by Toby Campion (Nottingham Playhouse 2017), Amateur Girl by Amanda Whittington (UK tour 2014) and Bones by Jane Upton (Edinburgh Festival 2011/ UK tour 2012).

Laura Ford, Artistic Director at Fifth Word said, “Fifth Word are delighted to have commissioned Sonali to develop this important and powerful play that explores what it might mean for Muslim girls to become the heroines of their own stories; and what it costs them when they attempt to protest injustice. During the development process, we’ve had the opportunity to work with a group of young Muslim women whose contributions have been vital in shaping the further development of the script. The play puts young female agency centre stage and will make for a thoroughly entertaining yet thought-provoking piece of theatre.”

Nottingham Playhouse is dedicated to making bold and thrilling world-class theatre, proudly made in Nottingham. In 2023, it was named the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre in the UK Theatre Awards. Nottingham Playhouse is one of the country’s leading producing theatres, renowned for creating ambitious and diverse productions, many of which have toured across the UK and have transferred to the West End and Broadway. The theatre’s acclaimed participation programme creates life-changing experiences for the local community and its Theatre of Sanctuary status ensures it is a space where everyone feels they belong. Nottingham Playhouse nurtures the next generation of theatre-makers through their dynamic artist support programme, Amplify. Recently awarded a Silver Carbon Literacy standard, Nottingham Playhouse is committed to continually improving its sustainability standards across productions and its Grade II* listed building.

Running Time: 90 mins approx, with no interval | Suitable for ages 14+

Content warning: contains sensitive subject matter including descriptions of Islamophobic and racist violence and references to racism and Islamophobia

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK 2024 Tour listing:

12 April – 8 June

fifthword.co.uk

12 – 27 Apr                  Nottingham Playhouse

                                         Wellington Circus, Nottingham NG1 5AF

                                    Tues – Sat & Mon 15th 7.45pm, 2pm Thurs and Sat* | £17

                                    nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk | 0115 941 9419

                                    *See website for details of accessible performances

30 Apr – 1 May            North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford

South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN

                                    8pm | £20 – £12

                                    www.thenorthwall.com | 01865 319450

2 – 11 May                    Brixton House, London

385 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8GL

                                    Tues – Sat 7pm, Weds & Sat 2.30pm | £22 – £18

                                    Brixtonhouse.co.uk | 020 7582 7680

16 – 18 May                 Birmingham REP

                                    Broad St, Birmingham B1 2EP

                                    8pm, Sat 3pm | From £14

www.birmingham-rep.co.uk | 0121 236 4455

24 – 25 May                  Northern Stage, Newcastle

Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 7RH

                                    7.30pm | From £12

                                    www.northernstage.co.uk | 0191 230 5151

28 – 29 May                 Sheffield Theatres, Crucible Playhouse

Norfolk Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2LA

                                    7.15pm | £14 – £12

                                    www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk | 0114 249 6000

5 – 7 June                    Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

                                    Belgrave Square, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 1GS

7.45pm, Thurs matinee 2.15pm | £24 – £10

www.belgrade.co.uk | 024 7655 3055

8 June                          Octagon Theatre, Bolton

                                    Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB

                                    8pm | £13.50

                                    www.octagonbolton.co.uk | 01204 520 661

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NEWS: Terry Ronald’s novel Becoming Nancy to be given its UK premiere at The Birmingham Rep

The UK premiere of the new Stiles & Drewe musical BECOMING NANCY has been announced to run at the Birmingham Rep later this year.

BECOMING NANCY is a coming of age story that has a huge-heart. A new musical that weaves a story of family bonds, first loves, and the courage it takes to find your own spotlight.

It is based on the extraordinarily moving coming of age novel by Terry Ronald and directed and choreographed by the Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell.

The book is by Elliot Davis, music is by George Stiles and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe with additional music and lyrics by Terry Ronald, Elliot Davis and George Stiles. (Stiles and Drew’s production of Honk! won the Olivier Award for Best Musical in 2000.)

Jerry Mitchell has been working in London since he first served as Associate Choreographer to Sir Cameron Mackintosh on Follies starring Diana Rigg and Julia McKenzie. Since then Jerry has directed and choreographed 3 Olivier Award-winning musicals in the West End. He directed and choreographed Kinky Boots and Legally Blonde as well as choreographing Hairspray. The Tony Award-winning director and choreographer was returning to New York from the UK in 2013 and came across the book Becoming Nancy at Heathrow Airport. By the time he reached the US he knew he had to make the story into a musical.

BECOMING NANCY has been a book by Elliot Davis, with music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe. Additional music & lyrics by Terry Ronald, Elliot Davis and George Stiles. Based on the Novel by Terry Ronald. Directed & choreographed by Jerry Mitchell.

Original World Premiere Produced by Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA.

BECOMING NANCY will run at The Rep, playing from 2nd October – 2nd November 2024

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THEATRE NEWS: Next To Normal set for 2024 London West End Transfer to Wyndham’s Theatre

The lauded Donmar Warehouse production of the Broadway musical (Tom Kitt/Brian Yorkey) Next to Normal – which sold every seat at every performance across its season at the producing house based in Seven Dial (and where it also made its long-awaited UK Premiere) – has announced a transfer to London’s West End in 2024.

For a strictly limited 14-week season (will begin performances at Wyndham’s Theatre on Tuesday 18 June 2024.

When the landmark musical debuted on Broadway in 2010, Ben Brantley of The New York Times called it “Brave and breathtaking. It is something much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical.” And Peter Marks of The Washington Post called it “a moving, blisteringly honest, and inordinately powerful new musical stocked with beautiful songs that get to the heart of the story – and simply get to the heart.” Next to Normal went on to win three Tony Awards, including Best Original Score, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, one of only 10 musicals in history to receive the prestigious honour.

Next To Normal is an intimate exploration of family and illness, loss and grief. At its heart is Diana Goodman, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past. Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst directs this powerful rock musical, which include the following songs: “I’m Alive” and “I Miss The Mountains”.

Tickets go on priority on sale on Monday 27 November – sign up at www.nexttonormal.com. General tickets will go on sale Friday 1 December.

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The Devil Wears Prada – A New Musical by Elton John for UK premiere in 2024

Get ready for a new musical that’s hautter than hell!

The stage musical adaptation of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is set for a UK premiere, ahead of a West End transfer, it has been announced.

As London Fashion Week 2023 descends on the the big smoke, the catwalk is out for the launch of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, a new musical, based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel, that will strut into London’s Dominion Theatre in October 2024. There will be a prior out-of-town preview engagement prior to opening in London’s West End at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from July 2024.

The production features an original score by Elton John, with lyrics by singer-songwriter Shaina Taub, a book by Kate Wetherhead with direction & choreography by Jerry Mitchell.

Hilariously fun and fabulously stylish, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA tells an inspiring story about discovering what kind of person you truly want to be. Choose your outfit carefully and get ready forone of the most iconic movies to be translated to the stage!

Fresh out of college, aspiring journalist Andy scores a job at the prestigious Runway magazine working for fashion’s most powerful and terrifying icon — editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly.

Sacrificing her personal life to meet Miranda’s impossible demands, Andy finds herself seduced by the glamorous world she once despised. How far will she go to succeed… and will it be worth selling her soul to get what she’s always
wanted?

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, features an all-star, award-winning creative team led by Elton John, new direction & choreography by Jerry Mitchell, lyrics by singer-songwriter Shaina Taub, book by Kate Wetherhead, set design by Tim Hatley, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Bruno Poet, sound design by Gareth Owen and casting by Jill Green CDG.

The musical is based on Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling 2003 novel and the 2006 blockbuster film from Twentieth Century Studios which went on to gross $326 million worldwide and received two Academy Award nominations.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is produced by Tony Award winner Kevin McCollum/Alchemation, Rocket Entertainment/David Furnish and Jamie Wilson and presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

Jerry Mitchell now steers this brand-new reimagined production of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA to new heights following a developmental run in Chicago in 2022.

Further details can be found at: https://devilwearspradamusical.com