Ben Lockwood, Rupert Henderson And Oliver Kaderbhai Present Hit Off-Broadway Musical STRIKING 12

Ben Lockwood, Rupert Henderson and Oliver Kaderbhai today announce acclaimed Off-Broadway musical, Striking 12 at the Union Theatre this Christmas. The production, inspired by the short story by Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Match Girl, is directed by Oliver Kaderbhai, opening on 3 December, with previews from 28 November and runs until 23 December.

It's New Years' Eve and Brendan is done. His fiancée has left him, he's going to lose his job and his boss is making him work late. The last thing he wants to do is celebrate. A chance encounter with a lightbulb seller changes everything.

Springing to life with a punchy score of pop, rock, jazz and more, Striking 12 is the perfect way to see out 2018. Where will you be when the clock strikes 12?

Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda (co-founders of GrooveLily). Their credits include Striking 12 (Off- Broadway 2006, Lucille Lortel Nomination for Outstanding Musical, Bay Area Theatre Critic's Choice Award), Toy Story The Musical (Disney Cruise Line), Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Deaf West Theatre/Center Theatre Group/McCarter Theatre, two 2007 Ovation Awards, including World Premiere Musical), Long Story Short (City Theatre of Pittsburgh/TheatreWorks Palo Alto/San Diego Rep), A Midsummer Night's Dream (McCarter Theatre/Paper Mill Playhouse) Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (La Jolla Playhouse/TheatreWorks Palo Alto); and the upcoming Wheelhouse. Together, Milburn and Vigoda are 2009 winners of the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, as well as a two-time winners of the Jonathan Larson Award for Excellence in Writing for the Theatre.

Rachel Sheinkin is a frequent collaborator with GrooveLily. Other musical theatre collaborations include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Circle in the Square), for which she won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Book for a Musical, Blood Drive (O'Neill National Music Theatre Conference) and Serenade (Baryshnikov Arts Center). She has been a Manhattan Theatre Club playwriting fellow and is currently an adjunct faculty member at NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Future projects on the horizon include two more musicals with GrooveLily.

Oliver Kaderbhai directs. He is Artistic Director of theatre company Delirium, established in 2009. Credits as Director include Peter Pan (Chichester Festival Theatre), Songs of Abdulkarim (59 Productions/JACC), One Minute (The Vaults) Your Nation Loves You (Pegasus Theatre) Go To Your God Like A Soldier (Courtyard Theatre), From Where I'm Standing (Edinburgh Festival). Credits as Associate & Movement Director include Killer Joe (Trafalgar Studios), Bug and The Dazzle (Found111) and Guys and Dolls (Playmakers Rep). Credits as Assistant Director include Jesus Christ Superstar and Running Wild (Regents Park Open Air Theatre). Credits as an Actor include The Best Man (Playhouse Theatre) Hatch (Polka Theatre/Royal Opera House), Jumping on my Shadow (Lakeside Arts/Dragon Breath) Go To Your God Like a Soldier (Old Vic Tunnels), From Where I'm Standing (Pegasus Theatre), The Provok'd Wife (Go People), One Minute (The Vaults) and Scar Tissue (Frantic Assembly).

Ben Lockwood completed an MA Creative Producing from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and previously a BA English Literature and Language from King's College, London. After he worked for Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, Sonia Friedman Productions, and Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Most recently he was Professional Licensing Manager for Theatrical Rights Worldwide.

Rupert Henderson is an actor and producer, trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from where he graduated in 2017. He recently completed a run in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre) in the West End. Prior to training, he worked with the National Youth Theatre and National Youth Music Theatre and was in the West End cast of Billy Elliot The Musical (Victoria Palace Theatre).

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