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Come From Away is celebrating its first birthday in the West End! More tickets are going on sale, taking bookings through to 17 October 2020.

From 10 February, there are going to be some new faces amongst the Come From Away West End cast. Welcome them into the rock by watching the current and incoming cast members perform the final song of the show in the video below!

There are new islanders joining the Come From Away family, and we were lucky enough to get an exclusive sneak peek into their rehearsals!

As the Olivier Award-winning a?oeBest New Musicala?? Come From Away enters its second year in the West End, it welcomes new cast members from Monday 10 February 2020. This joyous musical tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed, and nerves ran high, but as uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.

Come From Away in the West End have created their own podcast which goes live today!

Welcome to the podcast series, 'Welcome to the Rock!' A behind the curtain peek at what it takes to get a show from a seed of an idea all the way to a Broadway hit.The international musical hit Come From Away tells the incredible real-life story of the passengers from all over the world that were grounded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland in the wake of the events of 9/11.

The cast of Come From Away, winner of Mastercard Best New Musical at the 2019 Olivier Awards, have announced the date and venue for next year's ceremony!

As hit musical Come From Away celebrates its 300th performance and 300,000th visitor in the UK, the Olivier Award-winning a?oeBest New Musicala?? announces that it will further extend its hugely successful run in the West End until 23 May 2020.

This new illustrated companion volume to Irene Sankoff and David Hein's Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away, which tells the remarkable true story of a small Newfoundland town that welcomed stranded air passengers on 9/11, is just as beautifully and thoughtfully crafted as the show itself.

David Thaxton is joining the cast of Come From Away in London! Thaxton will take on the role of Kevin T/Garth and Others, replacing David Shannon from 9 September.

To celebrate Canada Day the cast of Come From Away decided to help pay it forward and give commuters at Tottenham Court Road station a helping hand with their travel. BroadwayWorld UK reporter Jamie Body went down to check it and see how the audience reacted to this wonderful surprise.

Day one of West End Live is underway! Check out the performance from Come From Away below!

London's first theatre themed cafe, The Theatre Cafe, has opened its second stagey venue on St Martins Lane.

Hot on the heels of her UK industry excursion Sarah Morrison has returned and immediately been cast in the new musical COME FROM AWAY. After the success of Sarah's role in Mamma Mia! The Musical it's no surprise Sarah will be treading the boards again. Sarah wowed audiences as Sophie around Australia in Mamma Mia! The Musical in 2018. COME FROM AWAY will give Sarah another opportunity to flex her vocal prowess in this award-winning show. The Broadway hit will open in Melbourne this coming July at the Comedy Theatre and has been hailed as one of the best musicals to come out of America in recent years.

Hit musical Come From Away will extend its run in the West End until 15 February 2020. Telling the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them, the critically acclaimed production recently earned great success at the Olivier Awards, winning "Best New Musical", "Best Theatre Choreographer", "Best Sound Design" and "Outstanding Achievement in Music".

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Patti LuPone accepting her Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical! Check out the video below!

BroadwayWorld UK reporter Jamie Body got the chance to chat to cast of Come From Away and their real-life counterparts while they were here for show's opening at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End. Watch the interviews below!

A remarkable true story birthed this modest Canadian musical, which went on to storm Broadway in 2017, and now makes it West End debut at a time when its heartfelt message seems more necessary than ever. In these murky, cynical times, Irene Sankoff and David Hein's show feels like coming up for air.

Tonight saw the London opening of acclaimed musical COME FROM AWAY at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. See video below of the original Islanders joining the cast and creators at curtain call!