Stephen Sondheim’s Road Show is coming to the Upstairs at the Gatehouse

The show will run from 12 December to 12 January

At the dawn of the 20th century, two brothers driven by their dying father’s charge to seize the boundless opportunities of the New World set off to find their fortune. From the frenzy of the Gold Rush to the real estate boom in Florida, Sondheim and Weidman’s complex, catchy, and darkly funny tale based on the true story of the Mizner brothers chronicles the curdling of the American Dream.

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

Road Show is directed and choreographed by Amanda Noar (she/her) (A Slice Of Saturday Night; Stepping Out; Working: A Musical), associate director: Isaac Bernier-Doyle (he/him) (Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want To Talk To You; Blood, Gold & Oil), musical director Harry Style (he/him) (Shantify; The Crooked Spire; Godspell), set designer Ruby Boswell-Green(she/her), costume designer Holly Louise Chapman (she/her) and producer Annlouise Butt (she/her)for Chromolume. Road Show is presented by Chromolume.

Annlouise Butt (Executive Director) & Isaac Bernier-Doyle (Artistic Director) said in a statement: “Alongside our support for new writing, Upstairs at the Gatehouse has built a strong reputation for reviving innovative works that celebrate the best of musical theatre. Sondheim’s contributions are unparalleled, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to present his final finished work in all its sharp, vaudevillian glory.”

Cast is yet to be announced.