THE GREATEST SHOWMAN to open in West End in Spring 2027
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Disney Theatrical Group has announced that, following its sell-out run at Bristol Hippodrome earlier this year, their brand-new stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman, based on the 2017 smash-hit film, will premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Spring 2027.
The Greatest Showman stars Oliver Tompsett as P.T. Barnum, Samantha Barks as Charity Barnum, Ben Joyce as Phillip Carlyle, Vajèn van den Bosch as Jenny Lind, and Malinda Parris as Lettie Lutz, with further casting to be announced.
The musical will feature the GRAMMY® Award-winning and Academy Award®-nominated songs by EGOT winners Pasek and Paul, including ‘The Greatest Show’, ‘A Million Dreams’, ‘Come Alive’, ‘Rewrite the Stars’, ‘Never Enough’, and the Golden Globe® Award-winning ‘This Is Me’, together with their brand-new songs written especially for the musical.
Performance schedule and on sale dates will be announced in due course.
Anne Quart and Andrew Flatt for Disney Theatrical Group said: “It’s rare for a new film musical to capture the world’s imagination in the way The Greatest Showman has - both for its story and record-breaking soundtrack. The piece is fearless in its emotion: open-hearted, exuberant, and unapologetically joyous, celebrating those considered outsiders and dreamers. While its storytelling draws on classic traditions, its score is unmistakably of today - bold, infectious songs that feel they were always destined for the stage.
“The show is born of a collaboration with an incredible group of artists. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul return with the songs audiences will know and love, alongside exhilarating new numbers created especially for the stage; Tim Federle’s book captures a heartfelt love of theatre and show business; and two-time Tony® Award-winning Casey Nicholaw directs an extraordinary cast led by the incomparable Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks.
“We’re thrilled to begin this next chapter in our long association with Theatre Royal Drury Lane - this feels like a very special homecoming.”
Completing the creative team are musical supervisor, incidental and dance music arranger and orchestrator Alex Lacamoire, set designer David Korins, costume designer Gregg Barnes and Sky Switser, lighting designer Natasha Katz, sound designer Peter Hylenski, video designer George Reeve, circus creator and designer Lorenzo Pisoni, hair and wig designer Josh Marquette, make-up designer Milagros Medina-Cerdeira, special effects designer Jeremy Chernick, illusions designer Skylar Fox, casting director Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, children’s casting director Keston & Keston, acrobat casting director The 7 Fingers, and vocal and incidental music arranger Justin Paul.
