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New British musical The Stationmaster is releasing an album of the complete show.

The album will be released on 26 July 2024 on all major music platforms.

The Stationmaster has a book by Susannah Pearse and music and lyrics by Stiles & Drewe Prize-winning songwriter Tim Connor, inspired by Horváth’s Judgment Day translated by Christopher Hampton. Orchestrations are by Drama Desk Winner and Tony nominee Jason Carr.

The story is set in 1955 in a small, close-knit provincial community in The Lake District, and tells the dark tale of railway stationmaster, Thomas Price, and the secret kiss with Anna that causes him to miss a crucial signal. The resulting train crash kills 12 people. How far will Thomas go to cover up his fatal mistake? So, start the lies, the dangerous gossip and the guilt as all their provincial lives speed to a tragic collision…

The album features West End stars Alex Young (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Follies), who is currently starring as Virginia Creel in Stranger Things: The First Shadow in the West End, as Anna; and Nigel Richards (The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables) as the railway stationmaster, Thomas Price.

The cast also features Nicola Sloane (Backstairs Billy, The Sound of Music), who is currently starring in Standing At The Sky’s Edge, as Mrs Deakin; Jessica Sherman (Dear Evan Hansen) as the stationmaster’s wife Catherine Price; plus John Coates as Martin Cartwright, Kailun Dennie as Davey, Abiona Omonua as Mrs Teasley, Rhys Jennings as Inspector / Joe / Judge / Ghost, Adam Stickler as Mr Teasley / Sargeant.

The ensemble features Tomas Aleman, Katherine Douglas, Shannon Herbert, Joe Partridge, Katie Rough, Kirsten Ruth, Samuel Trotman, and Andrew Kenny.

Songs in the show include ballad ‘Anna’ sung by the stationmaster, ‘Run Away’ sung by Anna, and ‘The 6.59’ – listen to these songs now, below.

First-listen: The Stationmaster

‘Anna’

‘Run Away‘

‘The 6.59’

The production team on the album includes Orchestrator Jason Carr (Drama Desk Winner and Tony nominee, Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage Aux Folles), Conductor Chris Guard (The Time Traveller’s Wife), Director Emma Kilbey (Zog, Zog and the Flying Doctors, Young Frankenstein, Donna Macbeth for the Verona Shakespeare Festival, Bryony Lavery’s A Wedding Story, Fame for Theatre Workshop, award-winning Steal Compass), Music production, sound design, recording, mixing and mastering Joe & Nikki Davison for Auburn Jam Music.

Actor Alex Young said in a statement: “This piece is a sumptuous, sweeping, ambitious and epic new musical. Anna is a delicious part. Complex, flawed, occasionally uningratiating, but beautifully accessible. I’m so pleased that after many years knowing her, I’ve had the chance to play her in this terrific recording.”

Actor Nigel Richards said: “Being part of The Stationmaster has been one of the most creative, empowering and thrilling projects to work on. The role of Thomas is the most beautifully written, nuanced, emotionally electric and morally ambiguous parts I have ever played. With this recording, I hope to show the world that this piece is the greatest unknown musical in the history of the British musical theatre.”

Composer and lyricist Tim Connor said: “Working on The Stationmaster with Susannah Pearse has been a joyous collaboration. We wrote the four leads with Nigel Richards, Alex Young, Jessica Sherman and Nicola Sloane in our mind’s eye; so, to have captured their definitive interpretations in this amazing studio recording: The Stationmaster is stupendously out in the world! The Complete Work concept album is just the beginning for audiences, performers and producers alike to discover The Stationmaster.”

The Stationmaster album is released on 26 July 2024.

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Main photo: The Stationmaster - Alex Young (Photo Samuel Black), Nigel Richards, Nicola Sloane, Jessica Sherman

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