LIFT musical revival – first look photos released
© Mark Senior
The show, which runs to 18 June, is directed by Dean Johnson (he/him, BKLYN), with musical direction and new arrangements by Sam Young (he/him, White Christmas) and choreography by Annie Southall (she/her, The Jungle Book).
The piece follows a group of strangers in a lift as their lives converge for 54 seconds. It was first seen at the Soho Theatre in 2013, with a cast including Cynthia Erivo and George Maguire.
Appearing are Luke Friend (he/him, American Idiot) as Busker, alongside Hiba Elchikhe (she/her, Everybody's Talking About Jamie) as Secretary, McKnight (she/her, Heathers) as the French teacher, Jordan Broatch (they/them, Anyone Can Whistle) as Avatar and Marco Titus (he/him, Mandela – A New Musical) as BYT.
You can have a listen to the show here:
The cast is completed by three company members making their professional debuts – Cameron Collins (he/him) as the Ballet Dancer, Tamara Morgan (she/her) as the Lap Dancer and Chrissie Bhima (she/her) as Avatar
The creative team includes Andrew Exeter (he/him, High Fidelity) as production designer, Natalia Alvarez (she/her) as associate designer, Xinyi Du (she/her) as assistant designer and Eden Howes (she/her) as assistant director. Casting is by Pearson Casting.
