⭐ RENT ANNOUNCED FOR HOPE MILL THEATRE – DIRECTED BY LUKE SHEPPARD ⭐
Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is to stage a revival of Jonathan Larson’s classic rock musical Rent this summer, directed by Luke Sheppard, it is announced today.
Rent will have a strictly limited run at the award-winning venue and will be the second in-house production of the year, following Rogers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella in May/June.
Produced by A Factory of Creativity CIO for Hope Mill Theatre, the show will be directed by Luke Sheppard who returns to Hope Mill Theatre for the first time since he directed the critically-acclaimed revival of Spring Awakening in 2018 (What’s On Stage Awards Best Regional Production).
Sheppard most recently directed &Juliet, which enjoyed a pre-West End run at the Opera House in Manchester and is now playing at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London.
Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson and is loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists living, loving and working in Manhattan’s East Village, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
The full creative team will be announced soon.
Rent will play the Hope Mill Theatre from 31st July – 30th August 2020.
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