PRESS RELEASE IMAGES CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE FOOTAGE CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram THE OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING “BEST NEW MUSICAL” ENTERS ITS SECOND YEAR IN THE WEST END AND WELCOMES NEW CAST MEMBERS FROM 10 FEBRUARY New cast members join the West End company of Come From Away from 10 February 2020 Front row l-r: Stuart Hickey, Mark Dugdale (Kevin T/Garth and others), Tarinn Callender (Bob and others) Back row l-r: Ricardo Castro, Micha Richardson, Matthew Whennell-Clark, Alice Fearn (Beverley/Annette and others), Kate Graham (Diane and others), James Doherty (Claude and others), Sorelle Marsh, Alasdair Harvey (Nick/Doug and others) Photographer credit: Craig Sugden As the Olivier Award-winning “Best New Musical” Come From Away enters its second year in the West End, it welcomes new cast members from Monday 10 February 2020. This joyous musical tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed, and nerves ran high, but as uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. On 11 September 2001 the world stopped. On 12 September, their stories moved us all. The multi award-winning musical continues sold-out, record-breaking engagements on Broadway, in Canada, in Australia and on a 60-city North American Tour. It has recently been announced that a tour of China will commence in Shanghai from May 2020, and a feature film adaptation is in the works. The new cast of Come From Away in the West End will include Tarinn Callender (Bob and others), James Doherty (Claude and others), Alice Fearn (Beverley/Annette and others) Kate Graham (Diane and others), and Alasdair Harvey (Nick/Doug and others), with Ricardo Castro, Stuart Hickey, Sorelle Marsh, Micha Richardson and Matthew Whennell-Clark. They join Jenna Boyd (Beulah and others), Mary Doherty (Bonnie and others), Mark Dugdale (taking over the roles of Kevin T/Garth and others), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Kevin J/Ali and others), Harry Morrison (Oz and others), Emma Salvo (Janice and others), Cat Simmons (Hannah and others) and Chiara Baronti, Alexander McMorran and Jennifer Tierney. Under the Musical Direction of Alan Berry (Keyboard/Accordion/Harmonium), the band includes Matt Bashford (Whistles/Irish Flute/Uilleann Pipes), Aoife Ní Bhriain (Fiddle), Oli Briant (Electric, Acoustic and Nylon Guitars), Ray Fean (Bodhrán/Percussion), Joey Grant (Electric Bass/Acoustic Bass), Justin Quinn (Acoustic Guitar/Mandolins/Bazouki) and Ian Whitehead (Drums/Percussion). Come From Away features a book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein and is directed by Christopher Ashley, with musical staging by Kelly Devine, music supervision and arrangements by Ian Eisendrath, scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Gareth Owen, hair design by David Brian Brown, orchestrations by August Eriksmoen, and casting by Pippa Ailion CDG and Natalie Gallacher CDG. In addition to winning 4 Olivier Awards (London) including “Best New Musical”, Come From Away has scooped multiple awards all across North America: the Tony Award for “Best Direction of a Musical”, 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards (NYC) including “Outstanding New Broadway Musical”, 3 Drama Desk Awards (NYC) including “Outstanding Musical”, 4 Helen Hayes Awards (Washington DC) including “Outstanding Production of a Musical”, 4 Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, 4 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards (Seattle) including “Excellence in Production of a Musical”, 6 San Diego Critics Circle Awards including “Outstanding New Musical”, 3 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards including “Best New Musical”, 3 Dora Awards (Toronto) including “Outstanding New Musical/Opera” and “Outstanding Production”, and the 2017 Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award (Toronto). Come From Away was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre, and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC and Mirvish Productions at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada, all in partnership with Junkyard Dog Productions. Come From Away (NAMT Festival 2013) was originally developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam CT. The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle WA also provided development support. Come From Away is produced in the UK by Junkyard Dog Productions and Smith & Brant Theatricals. The European premiere of Come From Away was co-produced with the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre. -ENDS- For further information please contact The Corner Shop PR on 020 7831 7657 Lewis Jenkins or Hannah Barnett Leveson LISTINGS COME FROM AWAY Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Phoenix Theatre Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0JP Performance schedule Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm Wednesday and Saturday matinee performances at 2.30pm Box office details Website www.ComeFromAwayLondon.co.uk Telephone 0844 871 7615 Prices from £15 NOTES TO EDITORS Jenna Boyd’s previous theatre credits include Love on the Links (Salisbury Playhouse), The Wind in the Willows (UK Tour/ London Palladium), Oliver! and Simply Cinderella (Leicester Curve), How To Suceed In Business Without Really Trying (Royal Festival Hall), I Can’t Sing! (London Palladium), The Pajama Game (Chichester Festival Theatre), Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre) and Acorn Antiques (Theatre Royal Haymarket). Tarinn Callender made his West End debut in 2017 playing the dual roles of Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in the original London cast of Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre). He also performed with the company at the 2018 Olivier Awards ceremony. Most recent credits include Dick Whittington and his Cat (Hackney Empire) and Kiss Me, Kate (Kilworth House Theatre). James Doherty’s stage credits include In Lipstick (Pleasance Theatre), Fatherland, Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith), Beyond Caring (UK & European Tour), Eventide (Arcola Theatre), Kiss Me, Kate (BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall), NT: 50 Years On Stage and London Road (National Theatre). James will appear in upcoming ITV Drama Because the Night, further television and film credits include Outlander, Motherland, Coronation Street, Call the Midwife, The Windsors, London Road and In The Loop. Mary Doherty’s stage credits include Henry VI, All’s Well That Ends Well and Henry VIII (Shakespeare’s Globe), Anne Boleyn (English Touring Theatre/ Shakespeare’s Globe), Two Cities (Salisbury Playhouse), Inherit The Wind (The Old Vic), Our House (Cambridge Theatre), Grease (UK Tour), Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Royal Shakespeare Company) and Avenue Q (Noël Coward Theatre). Mark Dugdale’s previous credits include Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and The Beast (Lyric Theatre, Belfast), The Threepenny Opera (Opera Northern Ireland), Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Jersey Boys (Piccadilly Theatre), The Commitments (Palace Theatre), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre), Chicago (Cambridge Theatre) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour). Alice Fearn most recently played Elphaba in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre). Further theatre credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre), Oliver! (Watermill Theatre), Woman in White (Palace Theatre), Les Misérables (Queen's Theatre), Into The Woods (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) and Shrek (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane). Kate Graham’s theatre credits include the original London casts of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Producers (both Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre and International Tour), Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Dominion Theatre/ National Tour), Sweeney Todd (Derby Playhouse), Cinderella (Bristol Old Vic), Jerry Springer The Opera (BAC) and Les Misérables (German Tour). Alasdair Harvey most notably played Harry (2014-2018) in Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre). Further theatre credits include Pack of Lies, Forbidden Broadway (Menier Chocolate Factory), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Come Dancing (Theatre Royal Stratford East, Sunday in the Park with George (Menier Chocolate Factory/ Wyndham’s Theatre) and Calamity Jane (National Tour). Television credits include EastEnders, Taggart, The Bill, River City, Casualty, Holby City and Birds of a Feather. Jonathan Andrew Hume’s stage credits include Disney’s The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK Tour) and Alice in Winterland (Rose Theatre Kingston). Screen credits include Mary Poppins Returns, Eastenders and Hope and Glory. Harry Morrison’s stage credits include Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre and Nöel Coward Theatre), Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory), Guys and Dolls and Kiss Me, Kate (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Crazy For You (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre/ Novello Theatre) and The Sound of Music (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre). Emma Salvo’s stage credits include The Toxic Avenger (Arts Theatre), Sincerely, Mister Toad (UK Tour), Grease (Royal Caribbean) and Sleeping Beauty (Mercury Theatre). Cat Simmons is known to television audiences as DC Kezia Walker in longrunning ITV series The Bill. Stage credits include Nancy in Oliver! (UK Tour), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK Tour), Simply Heavenly (Young Vic) and Ché Walker and Arthur Darvill’s musical premiere of Been So Long (Young Vic). Further screen credits include Life & Lyrics, No Angels and Casualty. .