Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester have announced that after selling-out the live run of their revival of the classic rock musical RENT in only 48 hours, the production will be filmed and broadcast online to a strictly limited number of viewers.
Captured during a live performance by Umbrella Rooms, the production will then be made available over four weekends during the production’s run, starting from the final two weeks.
Online tickets will be available over the following weekends:
27th, 28th & 29th November
4th, 5th & 6th December
11th, 12th & 13th December
18th, 19th & 20th December
Performances start at 7.30pm
Online tickets are available from 10am on Friday 9th October 2020. For more information or to register for priority booking, which will allow you to book 24 hours before general on sale visit www.hopemilltheatre.co.uk.
Previously announced cast includes Jocasta Almgill as Joanne; Blake Patrick Anderson as Mark; Tom Francis will mark his professional debut as Roger; Ahmed Hamad as Benny; Dom Hartley-Harris as Collins; Millie O’Connell as Maureen; Maiya Quansah-Breed as Mimi; Alex Thomas-Smith as Angel. The show will also feature Allie Daniel, Isaac Hesketh and Bethany Terry.
RENT is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson and is loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists living, loving and working in Manhattan’s East Village, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
The show premiered off Broadway in 1996 before moving to Broadway later the same year. The show has been staged all over the world, including in the West End in 1998 and in 2005 was released as a motion picture. It features hit songs such as Rent, Without You, La Vie La Bohème and the iconic Seasons of Love.
