It has been announced that brand new musical Falling Stars will play at Southwark’s Union Theatre next month for two nights only.

The song cycle has been conceived and written by Peter Polycarpou (Man of La Mancha, City of Angels), who will also star in the show alongside Sally Ann Triplett (Finding Neverland, Viva Forever). Michael Strassen (Godspell 50th Anniversary concert; Billy; Assassins) will direct.

The musical revue pays homage to composers, collaborators and publishers of the 1920’s, who created some of the greatest music of all time, including Charlie Chaplin, Irving Berlin, Buddy De-Silva, Ray Henderson, Vincent Youmans, Carl Schraubstader, Arthur Freed, and Meredith Wilson.

Falling Stars is the charming story of a lost songbook; hidden away in an antique shop on the East Finchley High Road, its discovery unlocks the beautiful refrains of a bygone era. The entrancing production includes the earliest songs and forgotten melodies of composers who went on to become the most famous songwriters of the century, who changed entertainment forever.

Polycarpou said: “Falling Stars is a collection of songs written just after another pandemic - the influenza pandemic of 1918, which killed at least 30 million people worldwide. And why did the 1920s roar like they did? Because the music of The Charleston, The Tango and The Foxtrot were an escape from the awful social nightmare of the modern world. These songs are a reminder of a time when song writing was both a craft and a blessed escape.”

Falling Stars will be performed on 22 & 29 November 2020.

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