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Dear Evan Hansen dates and ticket details announced for West End run

The Broadway musical will be on sale from April

The current Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen
The current Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen
© Matthew Murphy

Dates and ticket details have been announced for the upcoming London production of Dear Evan Hansen.

The show will open in previews at the Noël Coward Theatre on 29 October, with opening night on 19 November. Tickets for the show will go on sale for people who have already registered for priority booking at 12 noon on Thursday 28 February. Public booking goes on sale at 10am on Monday 8 April.

Casting for the London run of Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's Tony-winning musical is yet to be announced.

The piece is directed by Michael Greif, design is from David Korins, projection design is from Peter Nigrini, costume design is from Emily Rebholz, lighting design is from Japhy Weideman, sound design is by Nevin Steinberg, and hair design is by David Brian Brown.

Dear Evan Hansen tells of a boy in high school with social anxiety who fakes a series of letters and messages from a deceased member of his class to gain popularity. It won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Actor in a Musical for Ben Platt who starred in the show from its inception.