Hope Mill Theatre's PIPPIN Will Transfer to Southwark Playhouse

Jonathan O'Boyle's acclaimed production of the multi-Tony Award-winning musical Pippin by Grammy and Academy Award recipient Stephen Schwartz (composer of the global smash hit Wicked) will transfer to Southwark Playhouse's Large space in spring 2018.

A soul-searching exploration of one man's journey to find himself, his place and purpose in life, Pippin is a musical about an ordinary man on an extraordinary journey. Featuring a stunning score including classics Magic to Do and Corner of the Sky, Pippin was originally directed by the great Bob Fosse and recently completed a hugely successful Broadway revival. This new production spreads a darkness over the innocent tale of the exciting life and adventures of young Prince Pippin, told by a mysterious troupe of Victorian Vaudeville players who promise the audience 'a finale you will remember for the rest of your lives...'

Stephen Schwartz says: "I am so pleased that such a successful and well-received production of Pippin has finally happened in the UK, and I'm incredibly excited to be sharing it with a London audience."

Pippin will be the third production from Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre to transfer to London's Off-West End in under a year. The team's production of Hair has just opened at The Vaults.

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IF YOU GO:

PIPPIN

Friday 23 February - Saturday 24 March 2018
Monday to Saturdays at 7.30pm
Tuesday and Saturday matinees at 3pm (no matinee on 24 February)
See website for full schedule

At Southwark Playhouse
77-85 Newington Causeway
London SE1 6BD
Nearest Tube: Borough / Elephant and Castle

Box Office
Online: www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk (24 HOURS/NO BOOKING FEES
By Telephone: 020 7407 0234 (NO BOOKING FEES)

Ticket Prices: Preview 23, 24, 26, 27 February - all tickets £14; From 28 February: £25, £20 (conc.)
Concessions: Students, Under 16's, Unwaged, Registered disabled, Over 65's; Registered disabled patrons can bring one companion free of charge.

Show website: www.pippinlondon.com

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Aria Entertainment was founded in 2012 by Katy Lipson. Katy has just been awarded the Best Producer award by the Off West End Awards and is a recipient of the Stage One Bursary and Start Up Award. Katy is currently lead producer on the UK Tour of The Addams Family and the 50th Anniversary production of Hair (The Vaults, London), which she originally co-produced with Hope Mill Theatre in 2016 - where she is Resident Producer and co-artistic director for in-house productions, which included the transfer to London of the new musical Yank! (The Charing Cross Theatre). She is also producing new musical The Toxic Avenger (The Arts Theatre, West End) post its acclaimed run at The Edinburgh Festival's Pleasance Theatre

Recent productions include: tick, tick...BOOM! (Park Theatre); Yank!, Parade and Hair (Hope Mill Theatre); Promises, Promises and The Toxic Avenger (Southwark Playhouse); Vanities The Musical (Trafalgar Studios); See What I Wanna See and The Return Of The Soldier (Jermyn Street Theatre); Bar Mitzvah Boy (The Gatehouse); The Adventures of Pinocchio, Lizzie and The Who's Tommy (Greenwich Theatre), The House of Mirrors & Hearts supported by Grant For The Arts (Arcola Theatre) and Marry Me A Little, Jerry's Girls and Forever Plaid (St James Studio).

Katy is proud to have launched her annual From Page To Stage season of new musicals in 2014. Showcasing new musicals each year, the project was supported by Grant For The Arts in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The 2017 festival took place over the summer at Andrew Lloyd-Webber's recently acquired theatre The Other Palace - where a wealth of West End talent performed 10 new musicals from across the globe and 3 concerts, including the headline full production of Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater's Some Lovers... Musicals at the start of their musical theatre life. Other current projects include: Little Women (Hope Mill Theatre).

Hope Mill Theatre (www.hopemilltheatre.co.uk) is situated in the Grade II Listed Hope Mill, a former cotton mill in the heart of Manchester. This 5-storey mill is home to a number of creatives' studios including writers, artists and designers and now home to the award winning Hope Mill Theatre, a 120-seat fringe venue and events space, with the Engine Room Café and Bar.

Hope Mill Theatre was the dream of couple Joseph Houston and William Whelton and opened in 2015. After a career in theatre and time spent living in London, they were inspired by the highly regarded Off West End Theatres and smaller producing venues which dominate the London theatre scene. With this in mind and with the growing number of creatives living in Manchester and the ever evolving theatre culture, they set out to bring a brand new theatre experience to the people of Manchester.

In 2016, Hope Mill Theatre won the prestigious h.Club100 Theatre & Performance Award and in 2017 have been nominated for the Peter Brook Award. Other current projects include: Hair (The Vaults, London), Little Women (Hope Mill Theatre).

Guy James (www.guyjames.co.uk) is a producer in a number of fields of entertainment. He is passionate about promoting new writing and is an Agent and Head of Creative Development at Access Artiste Management Ltd in London. He is also Executive Producer for MaKiNG Records, specialising in new work.

Prior to producing, he spent 20 years as an actor, musician and director, working on several musicals including The Buddy Holly Story, Fame, Grease and The Wedding Singer. Credits as producer include: The Addams Family (UK Tour - Associate Producer), Sensation - The Music of The Who (UK Tour), The Toxic Avenger (Southwark Playhouse, London), Forever Plaid (St James, London & Tour), Seasons of Larson (Lyric Theatre, West End), Lonely Robot (Scala, London), Pinocchio (Greenwich), Tommy (Greenwich), Jerry's Girls (Jermyn Street Theatre and St James Studio, London), Marry Me A Little (St James Studio), The Return Of The Soldier (Jermyn Street Theatre), When Midnight Strikes (Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Producer/Director - Landor Theatre, London); The Fantastiks (Pentameters, London), Walking On Sunshine (also director - UK No.1 National Tour), When Midnight Strikes (Finborough Theatre, London), Rock 'n' Roll Aladdin (producer/director - Shaw Theatre, London). Other productions include: Yank! (Charing Cross, London) and Hair (The Vaults, London) - both transfers from The Hope Mill Theatre.

Director Jonathan O'Boyle is directing the forthcoming Dear Brutus at Southwark Playhouse this Christmas. His directing work includes Pippin (Hope Mill Theatre), Hair (Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester and The Vaults Theatre), Four Play for which he was nominated for an Off West End Award for Best Director, Sense of an Ending and Water Under the Board (Theatre503), The Surplus and All the Ways to Say Goodbye (Young Vic), The Verb, To Love and Made in Britain (Old Red Lion Theatre), Bash: Latterday Plays (Old Red Lion Theatre and Trafalgar Studios) and King Lear and Broken Glass (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama). Work as Associate Director includes This House (Chichester Festival Theatre and Garrick Theatre), The Judas Kiss (Brooklyn Academy Of Music, New York and Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto), Mack and Mabel and Amadeus (Chichester Festival Theatre), Bull (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, The Young Vic and 59E59 Theaters, New York), This is My Family (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and National Tour), The Scottsboro Boys (The Young Vic), My Fair Lady and The Village Bike (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield) and Manon (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden). He is currently Resident Director for An American in Paris at the Dominion Theatre. He was previously Trainee Associate Director at Chichester Festival Theatre and Associate Director at Theatre503.

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