Next to Normal

Next to Normal Tickets London

Donmar Warehouse, London
12 August 2023 - 7 October 2023
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UK premiere of the smash-hit Broadway musical

Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three Tony Awards, critically acclaimed Broadway rock musical Next to Normal is making its UK debut in London.

An intimate exploration of family and loss, at its heart is Diana Goodman, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past.

Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst directs the long-awaited UK première of this powerful rock musical about a far from average family.

The cast includes stage star Caissie Levy (Ghost The Musical) as Diana, and Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine.

Next to Normal runs at the Donmar Warehouse from 12 August to 7 October 2023.

<em>Next To Normal at the Donmar Caissie Levy and Trevor Dion Nicholas<em>

What's the story of Next to Normal?

Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years. 

Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family’s story with love, sympathy and heart.

Who is in the cast of Next to Normal?

Caissie Levy stars as Diana, with Trevor Dion Nicholas as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine

Further casting is to be announced. 

Who are the creative team of Next to Normal?

The show has music by Tom Kitt (two-time Tony Award winner), and book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey – both of whom won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Next To Normal. Their other musicals include If/Then.

Next to Normal is directed by Michael Longhurst, with a creative team that also includes Musical Supervisor Nigel Lilley; Designer Chloe Lamford; Lighting Designer Lee Curran; Sound Designer Tony Gayle; Movement Director Ann Yee; Musical Director Nick Barstow; and Casting Director Anna Cooper CDG.

More about Tom Kitt

Tom Kitt received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score for Next to Normal (Second Stage Theater/Broadway). He is also the composer of If/Then (Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), High Fidelity (Broadway),Bring it On, The Musical (co-composer with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Broadway), Superhero (Second Stage), Disney’s Freaky Friday (Stage Production and Original Disney Channel Movie Musical), Dave (Arena Stage), The Winter’s TaleAll’s Well That Ends Well, Cymbeline (Public Theater’s NYSF), From Up HereThe Madrid (Manhattan Theatre Club), Orphans (Broadway), The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons), and As You Like It  (Toho Co., Japan). As a music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator, credits include SpongeBob SquarepantsThe Musical (Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk Award nominations), Head Over Heels, Jagged Little Pill; Grease Live!, Rise (NBC), and American Idiot. His work with Green Day also includes additional arrangements for their Grammy Award-winning album 21st Century Breakdown and their album trilogy, ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! Tom received an Emmy Award as co-writer (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) for the 2013 Tony Award opening number, Bigger. Other television songwriting credits include a musical episode of Royal Pains, and songs for Penny Dreadful, Sesame Street, and Julie’s Greenroom. As a musical director, conductor, arranger and orchestrator, credits include the Pitch Perfect films, 2Cellos featuring Lang Lang (Live and Let Die), The Kennedy Center Honors, 13, Debbie Does Dallas, Everyday Rapture, Hair, Laugh Whore, Pippin (Deaf West), and These Paper Bullets. Upcoming projects include musical adaptations of the films Almost Famous (premiering on Broadway in October 2022), Magic Mike, and The Visitor.

More about Brian Yorkey

Brian Yorkey received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score for Next to Normal (Second Stage Theater/Broadway). He was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal, and his work on the show earned him the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score. He partnered again with the Next to Normal team on If/Then (Tony Award nominee for Best Score) starring Idina Menzel. He co-wrote the libretto for The Last Ship (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, with John Logan), with a score by Sting. His musical adaptation of Freaky Friday for Disney Theatricals enjoyed a national tour before being adapted into a Disney Channel Original Movie. Current theatrical projects in development include the original musical Jesus in My Bedroom, with composer Tim Symons, as well as a stage musical adaptation of Magic Mike. Additional theatre credits include Making Tracks, which has played off-Broadway and regionally, the musical adaptation of Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet, and the play, Book of Jobs with Alex Glover. Brian was the Executive Producer and Showrunner of 13 Reasons Why for Netflix, Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.

 


Reviews of Next to Normal

“It is much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical." New York Times

Show Information

Performance dates
12 August 2023 - 7 October 2023
Running time
To be confirmed

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Venue Information

Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9LX
Nearest Tube or Train: Leicester Square, Covent Garden
Nearest Buses: 14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176, N5, N19, N20, N29, N38, N41, N279
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Next To Normal Casting at the Donmar: Caissie Levy & Trevor Dion Nicholas
The Donmar Warehouse has revealed casting for its Summer 2023 musical - the UK premiere of smash-hit Broadway show Next To Normal. Leading the cast will be West End stage star Caissie Levy as Diana, alongside Trevor Dion Nicholas as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine. Further casting is to be announced.  Caissie Levy has extensive theatre credits including Broadway productions Leopoldstadt, The Bedwetter, Caroline, or Change, Frozen, Les Misérables, Murder Ballad, Ghost The Musical, Hair, Wicked, and Hairspray. Her West End credits include Ghost The Musical and Hair. Trevor Dion Nicholas played George Washington in the West End production of Hamilton, with other credits including Disney’s Aladdin in the West End, on Broadway and the US Tour, Big River, The Wiz, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ragtime, The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz, Into the Woods, Little Shop of Horrors, Rent, The Exonerated and This is the Life. Donmar artistic director Michael Longhurst will direct Next To Normal, with a creative team that also includes Musical Supervisor Nigel Lilley; Designer Chloe Lamford; Lighting Designer Lee Curran; Sound Designer Tony Gayle; Movement Director Ann Yee; Musical Director Nick Barstow; and Casting Director Anna Cooper CDG. The show has music by Tom Kitt (two-time Tony Award winner), and book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey - both of whom won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Next To Normal. Their other musicals include If/Then. Next to Normal runs at the Donmar Warehouse from 12 August to 7 October 2023. The casting announcement was part of a wider release from the Donmar that included news of the departure of their Artistic Director Michael Longhurst - who plans to leave in February 2024. They also announced more productions for their 30th anniversary season including Stephen Mangan, Rachael Stirling, Laura Carmichael and Sargon Yelda in a revival of Noel Coward's Private Lives; and a new play by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), titled When Winston Went to War with the Wireless, directed by Katy Rudd. Currently playing at the Donmar is Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine starring Patricia Hodge - which has received great reviews; and coming up at the Donmar is the world premiere of Diana Nneka Atuona’s new play Trouble in Butetown, starring Sarah Parish. More about Next To Normal tickets at the Donmar Warehouse Book tickets to Trouble in Butetown at the Donmar Warehouse More about Private Lives tickets More about When Winston Went to War with the Wireless tickets
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Donmar announces new 2022 / 2023 season including Next to Normal
Hit broadway musical Next to Normal to play London in Summer 2023 Watch on the Rhine revival to star Patricia Hodge, Kate Duchêne & Caitlin FitzGerald  The Donmar Warehouse in London has announced its first three shows for its 2022 / 2023 season, which will mark the venue's 30th anniversary. Led by Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch, highlights of the new season include Lillian Hellman’s political thriller Watch on the Rhine, the world première of Diana Nneka Atuona’s Trouble in Butetown, and Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey’s (book and lyrics) Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next to Normal. Watch on the Rhine will have its first major London revival in over 40 years, directed by Ellen McDougall. The cast will include Kate Duchêne, Caitlin FitzGerald and Patricia Hodge, and play at the Donmar from 9 December 2022 to 4 February 2023. The show's designer will be Basia Bińkowska, with lighting design by Azusa Ono, sound design by Tingying Dong and fight direction by Cristian Cardenas. Diana Nneka Atuona received the 50th George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Theatre Royal Haymarket’s Writers Award for Trouble in Butetown, and the production will be directed by Tinuke Craig. The play will run at the Donmar from 10 February to 25 March 2023. Hit Broadway musical Next to Normal will run in Summer 2023, from 12 August to 7 October 2023, directed by Michael Longhurst. Alongside the production, the Donmar will run a new project exploring mental health and wellbeing with young people in our home boroughs. There has been speculation for some time whether the show would ever make it to London. In August a giant new immersive version of the show was staged in Barcelona, with Yorkey and Kitt adapting their rock musical into a one hour experience, in a 2,000 square meter space shared by both the actors and the audience. This powerful rock musical about a far from average family was critically acclaimed on Broadway, and is an intimate exploration of family and loss. At its heart is Diana Goodman, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past. Donmar Warehouse 2022-2023 Season artists Autumn 2022 will also see the Donmar celebrate its 30th birthday, and to celebrate will offer 3,000 £10 tickets for people under 30, supported by Associate Sponsor Barclays. The centrepiece of the celebrations will see the Donmar stage a fundraiser performance in November with all three former Artistic Directors – Michael Grandage, Sam Mendes and Josie Rourke as special guests, alongside Longhurst, with performances from notable alumni reprising roles they played at the theatre; as well as a free exhibition of production images across the theatre’s public spaces later in the year. The fundraiser will be directed by Simon Evans. Michael Longhurst said: “It is a privilege to be co-helming the Donmar as we approach this major milestone. I am grateful for the talent, tenacity and generosity of all those who have built that history. These shows kick off our birthday celebrations in classic Donmar style with an unearthed gem, a thrilling new play and later in the year, a long-awaited Broadway musical.  Lillian and Diana’s plays offer counterpoint perspectives from across the Atlantic at a pivotal moment in our history, presenting one of the most seminal American female writers of the 20th century alongside an exciting new British female playwriting talent. And I can’t wait for us to blow the roof off the building with an extraordinary rock musical next Summer.  Here’s to the next 30!” More about Trouble in Butetown tickets at the Donmar Warehouse in London More about Next to Normal tickets at the Donmar Warehouse in London

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