⭐ NEXT TO NORMAL – UK CINEMA RELEASE ANNOUNCED ⭐
The filmed performance of the award-winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL is set for a UK cinema release, it has been announced.
Following celebrated seasons at London’s Donmar Warehouse and Wyndham’s Theatre, the powerful and emotionally charged rock musical NEXT TO NORMAL is set to receive a UK screening across select Vue, Cineworld and Independent Cinema screens this autumn.
Nominated in the UK for four Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical, NEXT TO NORMAL is an intimate exploration of family and illness, loss and grief. At its heart is Diana Goodman, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past.
Starring Caissie Levy, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Jack Ofrecio, Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Jamie Parker, Jack Wolfe and Olivier Award winner and BAFTA nominee Eleanor Worthington-Cox.
When the landmark musical debuted on Broadway in 2010, Ben Brantley of The New York Times called it “Brave and breathtaking. It is something much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical.” And Peter Marks of The Washington Post called it “a moving, blisteringly honest, and inordinately powerful new musical stocked with beautiful songs that get to the heart of the story – and simply get to the heart.”
NEXT TO NORMAL went on to win three Tony Awards, including Best Original Score, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, one of only 10 musicals in history to receive the prestigious honour.
Michael Longhurst, who directed NEXT TO NORMAL in the UK says of the cinema screenings: ‘After the absolutely astonishing reaction to its US release, I’m so excited that UK audiences will now be able experience the raw power of Next to Normal and the heartbreaking detail of those incredible performances in close up, on the big screen.’
The theatrical proshot recording was filmed by Liberator Film Services during the show’s run at the Wyndham’s Theatre, in London’s West End. The recording was screened in the US recently on PBS as part of their ‘Great Performances’ series.
Ghostlight Records release NEXT TO NORMAL – Original London Cast Recording in streamed and digital formats on 30th May 2025.
Audiences can find their nearest screening at www.nexttonormal.com.
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