Hope Mill Theatre to present UK premiere of classic German musical IT’S IN THE AIR!

Design: Claudia Vanacloig

The UK premiere of the hit German musical ‘Es Liegt in der Luft’ or It’s In The Air! will play at the Hope Mill Theatre on 22 & 23 June, it has been announced. 

The musical was originally written by composer Mischa Spoliansky and lyricist Marcellus Schiffer, with this production being a never-seen-before English translation by West End composer and librettist Steven Edis, featuring original orchestrations by up and coming composer Celia Denore-Lopez.

It’s In The Air! first premiered in 1928, with Marlene Dietrich in the lead role. This popular musical encapsulates the alienation within society and mindless extravagance of the Weimar Republic’s interwar years.

A big sale is on and brings with it the exuberant and diverse personalities of the Weimar Republic. Follow these characters as they scrabble mindlessly for any deal they can get their hands on. We see parents forgetting about their children, mad kleptomaniacs (because why not?) and even a store wedding! All in the name of godless consumerism… there must be something in the air!

Tickets are on sale now here.