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Watch Laura Benanti and Will Shishmanian perform "Edie's Reckoning" from new musical The Regulars

The show is appearing in concert form later this month

| London |

14 January 2022

Have a first listen to new musical The Regulars, which is set to be the headline show for the Hope Mill Theatre's third annual LGBTQIA+ Arts Festival Turn On Fest.

The piece, which explores the nature of community, identity and self-love, has music, lyrics and book by Will Shishmanian (he/him), who also stars in the piece as lead Mark Howard. It has been developed with and directed by Miss Hazel Jade (she/her).

Broadway star Laura Benanti (she/her) lends herself to the number below, which follows a mother as she comes to accept her son and accept her misgivings.

In the concert show alongside Shishmanian will be Aiesha Pease (she/her) as Dani, Natalie Paris (she/her) as Betsy, Idriss Kargbo (he/him) as Brandon, Matthew Facchino (he/him) as Derrick, Teddy Hinde (they/them) as Jax, Mark Lockhart (he/him) as Hunter with Amy Fleur (she/her), James Markham (he/him) and Jordan Walker (he/they) as part of the ensemble.

Also in the creative team are George Strickland, he/him (music director), Anessa Marie, she/her (concert arrangements), Pearsion Casting (concert casting), Josh Evans, he/him (sound engineer), Tom Sutcliffe he/him (festival stage manager) and Hope Mill Theatre act as producers.

The Hope Mill will also be platforming new work by Trans artists alongside The Regulars, which runs as a concert at 2pm and 7pm on Saturday 29 January.