The 20th Anniversary production of RENT that will be touring the UK until May 2017 and playing the St. James Theatre in London over Christmas.
Jonathan Larson’s world is inhabited by a group of bohemian artists who struggle to maintain their friendships and their non-conformist ideals in New York’s East Village. Facing their problems head on, they make personal self-discoveries and find what really matters most in life. The poignancy of the story was heightened when Jonathan Larson died of an aortic dissection on 25 January 1996, the night before the show’s first off-Broadway performance at New York Theatre Workshop.
The much-loved score features songs such as Seasons of Love, Take Me or Leave Me, What You Own, One Song Glory, La Vie Bohème, Without You, I’ll Cover You, Out Tonight and I Should Tell You.
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RENT stars Lucie Jones (The X Factor finalist, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde at Curve and Cosette in the West End production of Les Misérables), Layton Williams (Billy in Billy Elliot and original Young Michael Jackson in Thriller Live in the West End, Simon in UK Tour of Matthew Bourne’s Lord of the Flies, Stephen in BBC’s Bad Education and the 2015 feature film of the same name), Ross Hunter (We Will Rock You, Legally Blonde, Drew in Rock of Ages and The Book of Mormon in the West End), Billy Cullum (Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the West End and Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Philippa Stefani (Daniela in In The Heights at King’s Cross Theatre, I Can’t Sing! and Wicked (Original cast) in the West End) Ryan O’Gorman (Les Miserables and Billy Elliot in the West End) and Javar La’trail Parker (Showboat at the New London Theatre).
Catch the 20th Anniversary production of RENT at the following venues:
15-19 November 2016
His Majesty’s Theatre
Aberdeen AB25 1GL
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/venues/his-majestys-theatre
22-26 November 2016
Malvern Festival Theatre
Malvern WR14 3HB
www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
29 November to 3 December 2016
Wycombe Swan
High Wycombe HP11 2XE
www.wycombeswan.co.uk
8 December 2016 to 28 January 2017
St. James Theatre
London SW1E 5JA
www.stjamestheatre.co.uk
31 January to 4 February 2017
Devonshire Park Theatre
Eastbourne BN21 4BW
www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk/venue/devonshire-park-theatre
6-11 February 2017
Churchill Theatre
Bromley BR1 1HA
www.churchilltheatre.co.uk
14-18 February 2017
Festival Theatre
Edinburgh, EH8 9FT
www.edtheatres.com
28 February – 4 March
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Liverpool L1 1JE
www.atgtickets.com/venues/liverpool-empire
7-11 March
New Victoria Theatre
Woking GU21 6GQ
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre
28 March to 1 April 2017
Curve
Leicester LE1 1SB
www.curveonline.co.uk
3-8 April 2017
Wales Millennium Centre
Cardiff CF10 5AL
www.wmc.org.uk
11-15 April 2017
Cheltenham Everyman Theatre
Cheltenham GL50 1HQ
www.everymantheatre.org.uk
On sale 26 November
18-22 April 2017
York Theatre Royal
York YO1 7HD
www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
1-6 May 2017
Lighthouse (Poole’s Centre For The Arts)
Poole BH15 1UG
www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
On sale soon
9-13 May 2017
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry CV1 1GS
www.belgrade.co.uk
On sale soon
16-20 May 2017
Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham, NG1 5AF
www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk
23-27 May 2017
Assembly Hall Theatre
Tunbridge Wells TN1 2LU
www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk
Photos: Matt Crockett
