LOVE QUIRKS: A NEW MUSICAL brings modern romance to London this autumn
After a celebrated Off-Broadway run, Love Quirks: A New Musical lands at The Other Palace in London for its long awaited premiere from 18 September-12 October.
Featuring neurotic, poignant songs and deeply relatable characters, Love Quirks holds up a mirror to the awkward, honest and sometimes beautiful emotional chaos of adulthood.
Produced by Love Quirks Limited and General Managed by JAS Theatricals, the show is fifteen years in the making, which began as a song cycle before evolving into a fully-fledged musical. Four broken hearts must face the past and look to the future in a story filled with laughter, pathos, sexual tension—and those inconvenient quirks that make love so unpredictable.
With an award-winning script from Mark Childers, who won the 2021 Off-Broadway BroadwayWorld Award for Best New Book of a Musical for Love Quirks, and a touching score by Seth Bisen-Hersh, this heartwarming and hilariously honest musical explores the complicated, messy and painfully relatable landscape of modern love and friendship.
Composer and lyricist Seth Bisen-Hersh said: “Love Quirks is a labour of love. It began as a song cycle of my quirky cabaret love songs in 2010, then became a full-fledged musical. It took a decade to get the show off-Broadway, only to be disrupted by a global pandemic. 27 months later, the show triumphantly opened off-Broadway to acclaim! In adapting the show for British audiences, we are falling in love with the piece again, and revelling in the universality of what love can be.”
Bringing this unique story to life is an acclaimed creative team led by Offie nominated director Cecilie Fray.
Cecilie Fray said: “I’m so delighted to be directing the British adaptation of Love Quirks to an off-West End stage. This version is London centric, reflecting the treacherous world of dating within a group of four roommates. Set in the early 2010s Love Quirks will sprinkle audiences with nostalgia of the previous decade. Seth’s beautiful score guides us through the characters’ inner turmoil and Mark’s fast-paced book and staging, guide us through as they figure out how their ‘love quirks’ can bring them together.”
