Lucie Jones, Georgina Hagen Showcase New Social Media Musical LIKE ME at Waterloo East Today

Garry Lake and Jon Smith are delighted to announce that LIKE ME will be showcased at Waterloo East Theatre today 11th April at 2pm (£5 in advance from Box Office). This new musical comedy will star X-Factor Finalist and West End actress LUCIE JONES and TV and West End actress GEORGINA HAGEN.

A twist on the romantic comedy in which four young adults navigate the social media minefield, looking for each other, for love, for validation and ultimately, for themselves - in amongst a cyber world populated by thousands of 'followers' and 'friends'. Haunted by a lack of self-confidence and self-respect, Emma, Ashley, Luke and Charlie face physical, emotional and psychological challenges, leading them to question their very identity. Are they hiding behind their online personas, or is there conviction in their tweets, pins, selfies, posts and status updates? Like the rest of the population, they're digitally aware, armed with Wi-Fi enabled devices and online. Let the tagging begin.

Funny, touching and timely, LIKE ME shows how reliant we've all become on social media and how we live our digital lives often in stark contrast to our real world personas.

Like Me has music & lyrics by Garry Lake creator of hit comedy show Jest End, a book by Jon Smith Scary Musical (Waterfront, Belfast), Monte Cristo The Musical (Birmingham Hippodrome), Naughty pour Homme (Park Theatre).

Choreography by Rebecca Howell - American Psycho (Almeida) Falstaff (Royal Opera House); Jest End (Players Theatre); Blockbuster (Workshop). Viva Forever (Piccadilly Theatre); My Fair Lady (St Petersburg / Théâtre du Châtelet) We Will Rock You; Billy Elliot (West End); La Cage Aux Folles; A Little Night Music; Little Shop of Horrors (Menier Chocolate Factory / West End); Aspects of Love (Menier Chocolate Factory); Bad Girls (Garrick Theatre).

Gareth Ellis Currently MD for RSC, most recently Richard II at Barbican starring David Tennant, Chicago (Cambridge Theatre) Wicked (Victoria Apollo) will provide Musical Arrangements with James Doughty Spelling Bee (Catford Broadway) as Vocal Arranger, additional Musical Arrangements & Musical Director.

Stage Design by Howard Lloyd - West End set design for Qdos Entertainment, stage design for The Cambridge Footlights, regional theatre and the Teatro Municipal - Sao Paulo, Brazil. Deign and art direction for the BBC, Nickelodeon TV, SKY, Scottish Television, S4C and Channel 4. Sound design by Gareth Tucker Urinetown (St James Theatre and West End transfer), Spamalot (Playhouse Theatre,) Singin' in the Rain (Palace Theatre,) Love Story (Duchess Theatre)

Casting Director - Will Burton (Will recently cast the critically acclaimed UK premiere of In The Heights and is currently casting The Secret diary of Adrian Mole 13 ¾ (Curve Theatre) and Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith). As Associate Casting Director for DGA, Will's West End credits include Urinetown, Made in Dagenham, Matilda, Once, The Commitments, A Chorus Line and Sister Act.

Watch a trailer for the show below!

For more, follow on Twitter @likeme_me or visit www.likememusical.com.

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