Why Am I So Single?, the new musical from Six creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, has released its first song – 8 Dates, now available on all streaming platforms.
The new musical comedy, which starts performances next week on 27 August 2024 at the Garrick Theatre in London, is a love letter to the messy, magical lives of the unmatched and unattached.
Mixing musical theatre and pop samples, 8 Dates follows the ups and mostly downs of lead character Oliver trying to score a date, and the universal experience of being ghosted and cancelled on.
Performed by Jo Foster as Oliver, and the original cast of Why Am I So Single?, 8 Dates is co-produced by music duo Future Cut – Tunde Babalola and Darren Lewis, along with Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, and Joe Beighton.
Video: Watch the video for 8 Dates from Why Am I So Single?
Why Am I So Single? stars Jo Foster (& Juliet; Just For One Day) and Leesa Tulley (SIX; Kin) as eternally single besties, joined by Noah Thomas (Everything Now; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), as the honest friend we all love and need in our lives.
The alternate Oliver and Nancy are Jordan Cambridge-Taylor (Schwartz at 75) and Collette Guitart (Just For One Day).
The ensemble cast are Jemima Brown (Tom Dale Company), Josh Butler (Bronco Billy), Natasha Leaver (Hamilton), Ran Marner (Jack and the Beanstalk), Jamel Matthias, Olivia O’Connor, Joshian Angelo Omaña (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Natasha Wilde (42 Balloons) and Rhys Wilkinson (Just For One Day).
The swings are Callum Bell (Guys & Dolls), Owen McHugh (Clueless The Musical), Caitlin Redpath and Ebony Clarke (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), who is also the Resident Choreographer.
Why Am I So Single? features a score of original songs by Marlow & Moss, including catchy pop songs, hilarious pastiches of well-known musicals, disco anthems and orchestral epics.
The production is directed by Lucy Moss, with choreography by Ellen Kane (Matilda the Musical); set design by Moi Tran (A Play for the Living in A Time of Extinction); costume design by Max Johns (Choir Boy); lighting design by Jai Morjaria (My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?)); and sound design by Paul Gatehouse (The Little Big Things). The production manager is Phoebe Bath (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) with the casting direction from Harry Blumenau and Sarah-Jane Price from Harry Blumenau Casting (Death Note).
8 Dates is available to stream here.
Also check out rehearsal photos and videos for Why Am I So Single?
Why Am I So Single? is playing at the Garrick Theatre from 27 August 2024, booking to 13 February 2025.
Book tickets to Why Am I So Single? at the Garrick Theatre in London
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