⭐ NUNO QUEIMADO, RUMI SUTTON & EMMA THORNETT TO STAR IN GUS GOWLAND’S MAYFLIES ⭐
Casting has been announced for the world premiere at York Theatre Royal of the new musical Mayflies.
Mayflies is written and composed by award-winning composer, lyricist and songwriter Gus Gowland, who is a resident artist at the theatre.
The musical stars Nuno Queimado (Alternate Alexander Hamilton in the London West End production of Hamilton, Jesus Christ Superstar), Rumi Sutton (Hex, Heathers) and Emma Thornett (War Horse, Bedknobs and Broomsticks).
Director Tania Azevedo, who specialises in bringing new musicals to the stage, recently received Best Director nominations for Off West End Awards and Broadway World Awards for her work on the world premiere of But I’m a Cheerleader, based on the cult LGBTQ+ film.
Gus’s first full-length musical Pieces of String was named The Stage’s Best Regional Musical of the Year and nominated for the UK Theatre Best Musical Production award. Gus won The Stage Debut Award for Best Composer/Lyricist, and nominated for the inaugural Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Musical Theatre Bookwriting.
Featuring musical direction & arrangements by Joseph Church.
Mayflies tells the story of a romantic relationship between May and Fly. After swiping right, left, up and down across the dating apps, May and Fly match. They begin a tentative conversation. Over time their romance grows into something real, something special. Then they meet…
Mayflies explores the different versions of themselves that people become during relationships and how – in the blink of an eye – it can all come crashing down. In this production, the three actors will alternate the roles of May and Fly with each pairing providing a different perspective on the relationships within this compelling contemporary love story.
Mayflies will play the York Theatre Royal, running from 28th April – 13th May 2023.
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Tickets & more info – https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/mayflies/
