12 Sep 2024 - 9 Nov 2024
A Face in the Crowd
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'You gotta keep him here, Miss Jeffries. He’s the goose who laid the golden egg.'
When radio producer Marcia Jeffries meets drifter “Lonesome Rhodes”, she immediately gives him a slot on her show. But as Lonesome's fan base grows and the politicians take notice, Marcia realises she has unleashed a force she can no longer control.
As countries across the world head to the polls, legendary singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and award-winning Broadway playwright Sarah Ruhl’s timely new musical reignites this Hollywood classic about celebrity, power, and politics.
Starring Ramin Karimloo (Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables) and Anoushka Lucas (recent Young Vic smash-hit Oklahoma!), A Face in the Crowd will be Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah's final show at the Young Vic, with design by Anna Fleischle.
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Creatives
Music and Lyrics by Elvis Costello
Book by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah
Production Designer Anna Fleischle
Lighting Designer Jackie Shemesh
Musical Supervisor, Musical Director and Arranger Phil Bateman
Sound Designer Emma Laxton
Choreographer Lizzi Gee
Orchestration Will Stuart
Orchestral Manager David Gallagher
Casting Director Heather Basten CDG
Production Dramaturg Teunkie Van Der Sluijs
Associate Musical Director Ben McQuigg
Associate Production Designer Angelica Rush
Associate Sound Designer Kyle Macpherson
Associate Costume Designer and Costume Supervisor Olivia Ward
Assistant Choreographer Jasmin Colangelo
Intimacy and Fight Director Yarit Dor
Voice and Dialect Coach Hazel Holder, Rebecca Clark Carey
Jerwood Assistant Director Aaliyah Mckay
Jerwood Trainee Assistant Director Elodie Wilson
Based on the original story and screenplay by Budd Schulberg and the Warner Bros. film.
Cast
Jasmin Colangelo
Andrew Coshan
Stavros Demetraki
Olly Dobson
Emily Florence
Howard Gossington
Chris Jenkins
Ramin Karimloo
Anoushka Lucas
Charlotte Riby
Sadie-Jean Shirley
Durone Stokes
Vicki Lee Taylor
Annie Wensak
Bobby Windebank