New musicals in London in January - part 2

There is no stop – there will be new premieres all around London

Bronco Billy The Musical – from 23 January at the Charing Cross Theatre

It’s 1979 and life is tough for a group of romantic fast-drawing, trick-riding, disco-dancing Wild West roustabouts and their travelling show, but things take an unexpected turn when Bronco Billy (leader of this rag-tag troupe) meets Antoinette Lilly, a determined Manhattan heiress on the run for her life. So begins a wild, zany ride in this thrillingly upbeat musical about love, reinvention, family and living your dream.

Tarinn Callender as Bronco Billy, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as Constance Lily, Emily Benjamin as Antoinette Lily, Gemma Atkins as Dee Dee Delaware, Jonathan Bourne as Sam Lily, Josh Butler as Lasso Leonard James, Alice Croft as Mitzi Fritts, Chris Jared as Edgar White Lipton, Karen Mavundukure as Doc Blue, Henry Maynard as Lefty Lebow, Alexander McMorran as Sinclair St Clair, Aharon Rayner as Joe Eagle, Helen K Wint as Lorraine, Silas Wyatt-Barke as John Arlington, Kalisha Amaris Off-Stage Cover, David Muscat Off-Stage Cover

Just For One Day The Live Aid Musical – from 26 January at the Old Vic

Relive the day music brought the world together.   

Featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, The Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, The Pretenders, The Cars, Status Quo, Paul Weller, Sade, The Boomtown Rats, Bryan Adams, Diana Ross, Ultravox and more, this is the story of Live Aid and the people united by it.  

Political unrest, social revolution, boom and bust. In a decade of neon and noise, one moment made the world stand still and brought 1.5 billion people together – and they all have a story to tell about ‘the day rock ‘n’ roll changed the world’. 

A cast of 26 stars in the world premiere of Just For One Day, a new musical written by John O’Farrell (Mrs Doubtfire, Something Rotten) and directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, The Little Big Things). 

Played by Julea Atherton, Jason Battersby, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agypong, Ashley Campbell, Jackie Clune, Olly Dobson, Joe Edgar, Craige Els, Kerry Enright, Jo Foster, Collette Guitart, James Hameed, Naomi Katiyo, Hope Kenna, AJ Lewis, Freddie Love, Eddie Mann, Joel Montague, Rachel Moran, Abiona Omonua, Emily Ooi, Jack Shalloo, Danielle Steers, Tamara Tare, Rhys Wilkinson and Dyd Wynford.

Musicians are Nathaniel Adamson, Joe Evans, Kobi Pham and Matt Isaac. Book by John O’Farrell, directed by Luke Sheppard, musical supervision, arrangements and orchestration by Matthew Brind, choreographer Ebony Molina, set by Soutra Gilmour, costumes by Fay Fullerton, lighting by Howard Hudson, sound by Gareth Owen, video and animation by Andrzej Goulding, casting by Stuart Burt CDG, musical director Patrick Hurley, voice coach Charlie Hughes-D’aeth, associate director Sara Aniqah Malik, assistant director Toby Murray, associate choreography Gemma Payne, props supervisor Marcus Hall Props, costume supervisor Laura Hunt, hair, wigs and makeup supervisor Suzy Barrett, associate sound Andy Green and assistant musical director Rachel Murphy

I Should Be So Lucky – from 29 January at the New Wimbledon Theatre

Ella and Nathan, a young couple, hopelessly in love, and about to take the biggest step of their lives – marriage.      

Until it all goes wrong. 

Will they be together forever, or will he make her cry and say goodbye?

Hilarious and heart-warming – I Should Be So Lucky is about family, friends, love and great times. Soaring anthems, classic pop tracks and dazzling dance sequences come together featuring no less than 10 Number 1 singles and over 30 songs from the Hit Factory whose music defined an era. 

Bonnie as Kayla Carter, Spencer as Jamie Chapman, Ivy as Jemma Churchill, Nadeem as Matthew Croke, Britney as Jessica Daley, Big Mike as Gary Davies, Shelley as Melissa Jacques, Michael as Scott Paige, Nathan as Billy Roberts, Ash as Giovanni Spanò, Ella as Lucie-Mae Sumner, Olivia as Anna Unwin, and Tegan Bannister, Ralph Bogard,  Joe Kelly, Emma Crossley, Kade Ferraiolo, Sydney Isitt-Ager, Aidan Nightingale, James Willoughby Moore, Elliot Broadfoot, Lauren Woolf and Louie Wood.

Music by Stock Aitken Waterman, creative team led by Debbie Isitt and Jason Gilkinson.