Play On! is coming to Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in 2025!
Scheduled to star in this show are Alex Okoampa, Amber Cayasso, Andre Coulson, Cameron Bernard Jones, Dylan Blake-Colbet, Earl Gregory, Freya Karlettis, Gleanne Purcell-Brown, Jarnéia Richard-Noel, Koko Alexandra, Lifford Shillingford, Llewellyn Jamal, Natalia Brown, Spin, Tanya Edwards, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe
From Talawa, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company, this joyous, musical retelling of Shakespeare’s beloved play brings to life the 1940s New York jazz scene, set to a timeless, toe-tapping Duke Ellington score.
This exciting jazz musical is conceived by Sheldon Epps, with a book by Cheryl L West. In the Cotton Club, New York City, a young songwriter arrives ready to make her name – but disguising herself as a man will give her a better shot in a male-dominated music world. As she meets the club’s world-famous songwriter The Duke and sensational singer Lady Liv, Vy is swept up in a syncopated symphony of melodies, mistaken identities and romance.
