New musical HOT MESS to transfer to Southwark Playhouse Elephant
High-energy original romcom and pop musical, Hot Mess, will run at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 16 October – 8 November following its Edinburgh Festival Fringe run at Pleasance Courtyard this summer.
Created by the award-winning creative duo behind 42 Balloons, Hot Mess reimagines the climate crisis as a tempestuous relationship between Earth and Humanity.
Leading the production are acclaimed West End stars Danielle Steers and Tobias Turley who play the roles of Earth and Humanity respectively, and tell a story of love, hope and the ultimate break-up.
After a billion years of bad dates, Earth’s finally found the one... Humanity. Sparks fly. Wheat is harvested. Technology flourishes. But what begins as a passionate love affair between the universe’s most iconic couple quickly descends into a Hot Mess.
Joining the team alongside 42 Balloons creative duo Ellie Coote and Jack Godfrey are Tony and Grammy nominated sound designer Paul Gatehouse, musical supervisor and co-orchestrator Joe Beighton, movement director Alexzandra Sarmiento, set and costume designer Shankho Chaudhuri, lighting designer Ryan Joseph Stafford, musical director Issie Osborne, dramaturg Deirdre O'Halloran, intimacy director Lex Kaby, and casting director Pearson Casting CDG.
Hot Mess is the first production from the UK’s only in-house New Musical Theatre Department at Birmingham Hippodrome to transfer to London.
Artistic Director and CEO at Birmingham Hippodrome, Jon Gilchrist, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to continue Hot Mess’s journey beyond Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a London transfer to Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Ellie and Jack have created a sharp, heartfelt romcom and with West End stars Danielle Steers and Tobias Turley at the helm, this show is guaranteed to be full of character, charm and catchy tunes.”
