Boublil and Schönberg’s Martin Guerre is coming to The Old Vic

The musical will premiere in October

 

The extraordinary true story of forbidden love, deceit and passion on trial… in an all-new version.

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Olivier Award-winning musical is reimagined for the London stage with new music, new lyrics, new folk-inflected orchestrations and a thrilling new In The Round staging.

Back, but with a whole new identity. From the creators of Les Misérables, this preview production of semi-staged performances will run for five weeks only. Directed by Matthew Warchus, experience this captivating tale as you’ve never seen before with an exclusive first look at the new Martin Guerre.

Production supported by Backstage Trust

Book by Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
New lyrics by Alain Boublil, Annabel Mutale Reed & Paul Hodge
With lyrics by Alain Boublil & Stephen Clark
Original French lyrics by Alain Boublil
Additional material by Paul Hodge
Developed & directed by Matthew Warchus