TWO BEST FRIENDS, ONE UNFORGETTABLE REUNION!
NOW A BRAND-NEW MUSICAL COMEDY
Get ready to relive the soundtrack of your youth at NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A MUSICAL!
Celebrating 40 years of iconic and chart-topping compilation albums, this brand-new musical comedy has an unbeatable 80s soundtrack; written by award-winning author, writer and performer Pippa Evans and show-stopping direction and choreography by Strictly Come Dancing’s Craig Revel Horwood. This is an event you won’t want to miss.
This fun-filled evening is bursting with some of the greatest hits from the 80s: Gold, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Tainted Love, Hey Mickey, Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves and many more!
Starring award winning comedy actress and EastEnders star Nina Wadia with Melissa Jacques* (I Should Be So Lucky UK and Ireland Tour, Everybody's Talking About Jamie West End & LA) and Sam Bailey* (Winner - The X Factor 2013, Everybody's Talking About Jamie UK Tour, Chicago). They will be joined on stage by 80s pops icons: Sinitta, Sonia, T’Pau’s Carol Decker and Jay Osmond!* Performing one of their smash hits, So Macho, Better The Devil You Know, China In Your Hand and Crazy Horses!
It's Birmingham, 1989. Gemma and April, two school friends, are busy with very important business - planning their lives based on Number One Magazine quizzes and dreaming of snogging Rick Astley! Fast forward to Birmingham 2009, and they're confronted with their worst nightmare: the school reunion...!
As friends reunite, drama unfolds, and old flames reappear...
So dust off your spandex, crimp your hair and get ready to press play on the rest of your life.
NOW is produced by ROYO, Universal Music UK, SONY Music Entertainment and Mighty Village, and celebrates 40 years of NOW That’s What I Call Music.
*Please note that only one guest star will play each venue. Melissa Jacques is scheduled to play all venues from 6 September - 7 December 2024. Sam Bailey is scheduled to play all venues from 14 January - 12 April 2025. Please refer to tour list and venue websites for further details.
Now That's What I Call A
Cast
Emily Barnett-Salter
Ensemble
Molly Cheesley
Ensemble
Kieran Cooper
Younger Tim
Christopher Glover
Dad
Chris Grahamson
Tim
Maia Hawkins
Younger April
Lauren Hendricks
Ms Dorian
Shakil Hussain
Frank
Lizzy Ives
Off Stage Swing
Nikita Johal
Younger Gemma
Luke Latchman
Younger Frank
Matthew Mori
Younger Steve
Stefanos Petri
Ensemble
Martha Pothen
Ensemble
Phil Sealey
Steve
Callum Tempest
Barney
Poppy Tierney
Mum
Blake Tuke
Off Stage Swing
MARK WILKINSON
COMPANY STAGE MANAGER
ASHLEY POLLITT
STAGE MANAGER
AIMEE WOODS
DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER
ELLIE HAFFENDEN
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER (BK COVER)
SAM SCOTT
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER (TECHNICAL)
MARK ROBINSON (ROBBO)
SOUND NO 1
EDEN GODDARD
SOUND NO 2
RYKER YOUNG
TECH SWING (SOUND)
ALEX THOMAS
LX 1
ROBERT GARNHAM
LX 2
LILLIAN EVANS
TECH SWING (LX)
ALEXANDRA STEWART
HEAD OF WARDROBE
ABBIE PILLET
WARDROBE DEPUTY
IMOGEN DUKE
WARDROBE ASSISTANT
FRANÇOISE HÉRARD
WHAM HOD
LEWIS BAVISTER
WHAM DEPUTY
Georgia Rawlins
Musical Director / Keys 1
Alex Cawley
Assistant Musical Director / Keys 2 / Guitars
Bob Carr
Drums
Nick Hill
Guitar 1
Simon Kennard
Bass Guitar
PLEASE SEE TOUR LIST FOR ARTIST PERFORMANCE DATES
The Producer cannot guarantee the appearance of any artist at any specific performance and reserves the right to substitute an alternate artist when required as a result of the indisposition, injury or illness of a member of the performing company of the production.
