Hot Mess transfers to Southwark Playhouse

The new romantic comedy musical from the team behind 42 Balloons will run from the 16th October until the 8th November.

After a billion years of bad dates, Earth has finally found the one… Humanity. Sparks fly. Technology flourishes. Wheat is harvested. But what begins as a passionate love affair between the universe’s most iconic couple quickly descends into a hot mess.

It is announced that Danielle Steers will star as Earth and Tobias Turley as Humanity.

Hot Mess is by Jack Godfrey and Ellie Coote. Directed by Ellie Coote, musical supervisor and co-orchestrator Joe Beighton, movement director Alexzandra Sarmiento, set and costume designer Shankho Chaudhuri, lighting designer Ryan Joseph Stafford, sound designer Paul Gatehouse, musical director Issie Osborne, dramaturg Deirdre O’Halloran, intimacy director Lex Kaby, associate sound designer Charlie Smith, costume supervisor Caroline Mirfin, producer James Ashfield, executive producer Vicky Graham for Vicky Graham Productions, assistant producer Finlay Carroll, stage one trainee producer Callie Barter, deputy stage manager Emily Humphrys, sound operator María José Ibarbo, production manager Christopher Ball for Birmingham Hippodrome, production manager Emily Obasohan and casting director Pearson Casting CDG

Hot Mess is presented by Birmingham Hippodrome in association with Vicky Graham Productions.

Jon Gilchrist, Artistic Director and CEO at Birmingham Hippodrome said: “We are absolutely thrilled to continue Hot Mess’s journey beyond Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a London transfer to Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Ellie and Jack have created a sharp, heartfelt romcom and with West End stars Danielle Steers and Tobias Turley at the helm, this show is guaranteed to be full of character, charm and catchy tunes.”