Something Rotten! Makes UK Premiere
- therevueuk
- May 2, 2024
- 1 min read
The 2015 Broadway smash-hit musical Something Rotten! is set to make its UK Concert Premiere in London's West End this August.
Under the watchful eye of director Tim Jackson (Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)), and the skillful baton of Freddie Tapner (London Musical Theatre Orchestra), Something Rotten! will make its West End Debut at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on August 5th and 6th.
The musical, which was written by Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick (who later wrote Mrs Doubtfire) and John O'Farrell (Just For One Day) is set in Shakespearian England where the want-to-be writer Nick Bottom hatches a mischievous plan with soothsayer Nostradamus to outwrite Shakespeare. What ensues is a hilarious tale of the invention of the musical, with more laughs and theatrical references than you can crack an egg at.
This concert production, which will star Jason Manford as Nick Bottom, marks the first time Something Rotten! has appeared here in the UK. The 2020 Birmingham Rep Theatre production was sadly postponed due to the COVID outbreak, although the musical was recently seen at the English Theatre Frankfurt.
It seems this concert production comes amidst a wave of popularity for other concert versions of musicals, with Pippin, Bare, Carousel, Side Show, and Your Lie In April, all appearing this year alone.
Something Rotten! in Concert will be performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on the 5th and 6th August 2024.
