New musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to be streamed online

The upcoming run of new musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice at Southwark Playhouse will now be streamed online, due to current lockdown restrictions.

Written by Richard Hough and Ben Morales Frost, the show is a gender-swapped twist of Johann Wolfgang van Goethe’s famous poem, which inspired the Dukas symphony that went on to feature in Disney’s Fantasia.

The gripping story is directed by Charlotte Westenra and features Nicola Blackman (Destry Rides Again), Dawn Hope (Follies), Mary Moore (2020 LSMT graduate), Marc Pickering (Cat in the Hat), Yazdan Qafouri (The Band) and David Thaxton (Passion). Also appearing are Tom Bales, Ryan Pidgen, Vicki Lee Taylor and Kayleigh Thadani.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice sees choreography by Steven Harris, design by Anna Kelsey, lighting by Clancy Flynn, sound by Ella Wahlstrom and puppetry design by Maia Kirman-Richards.

Producer James Seabright said: "We are sorry not to be able to present this wonderful new show to audiences as planned at Southwark Playhouse, but we are going to film it in the venue next week with broadcast quality cameras and then premiere it online. I commissioned it five years ago, and have loved developing it since then through a series of workshops and a West End concert presentation of an earlier version in 2017, which led to the invitation from Southwark Playhouse to premiere the show at their venue this month.

The show will be streamed online via stream.theatre from 26 January – 14 February.