& Juliet

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22 January 2020 · Follow on Stagedoor

“Max Martin is probably the most prolific song writer who isn't a household name. The only people with more no.1s are John Lennon and Paul McCartney. He's penned songs for the biggest names in pop – from current megastars like Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande, all the way back to The Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and NSYNC. & Juliet is a new Jukebox musical that takes this phenomenal back catalogue and turns it into the soundtrack of a 'what if' story that imagines what Juliet's life might have been like if she’d got over that whole Romeo thing and moved on with the rest of her life.”

Overview

Romeo & Juliet final scene. Juliet picks up the dagger and….gets a life.

This vital new musical sees Juliet getting over Romeo by running off to Paris with Nurse and her best friends on a whirlwind trip of romance and self-discovery. You know, like a normal young woman! Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway may have their own ideas but this is Juliet’s story now. So don’t tell her how it ends.

A timely and timeless tale of one independent young woman writing her own story, & Juliet is a riotous comic blast of fun and glorious pop music that proves when it comes to love, there’s always life after Romeo…

& Juliet includes some of pop music’s most iconic songs, including …Baby One More Time, Everybody, Love Me Like You Do and I Can’t Feel My Face, written over a span of 25 years by internationally renowned song-writer Max Martin along with various collaborators, and all in brilliant new arrangements by the ‘Tony’ and ‘Grammy’ Award-winning orchestrator Bill Sherman.

Brought to life by an award-winning creative team in an explosive fusion of styles, & Juliet will be directed by Luke Sheppard (In the Heights) with a story by David West Read (Schitt’s Creek), electrifying choreography from Jennifer Weber and stunning set design from Soutra Gilmour.

Additional cast and creative team to be announced.