Staged West End concert of new musical 42 BALLOONS announced

A series of staged concert performances of new musical 42 Balloons have been announced at the Vaudeville Theatre on 14, 21 and 28 November.

42 Balloons has been in development with Perfect Pitch for the last three years and a number of music and choreography workshops have taken place during that time along with the recordings of a few of the songs, one of which - 42 Balloons and a Lawnchair - was released in 2021 on Perfect Pitch’s Rise:Up YouTube channel.

The staged performances are the culmination of this development and a chance for an audience to see the full show for the first time.

42 Balloons has been written by Jack Godfrey, with the concert directed by Ellie Coote and choreographed by Alexzandra Sarmiento, with orchestrations and musical supervision by Joe Beighton, sound by Paul Gatehouse, set and costume design by Libby Todd, musical direction by Flynn Sturgeon, and casting by Pearson Casting.

The cast will include Jordan Broatch, Madeline Charlemagne, Eloise Davies, Evelyn Hoskins, Melissa Jacques, Lemuel Knights, Garry Lee, Charlie McCullagh, Laura Dawn Pyatt, Travis Ross, Dillon Scott-Lewis, and Amelia Walker.

The 2nd of July 1982. Larry Walters, a truck driver, flies sixteen thousand feet above Los Angeles, using a lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons.

No, seriously.

42 BALLOONS tells the story of how Larry, with the help of his girlfriend Carol, defied gravity and FAA airspace regulations to make his lifelong dream a reality.

Inspired by a highly improbable true story, and featuring an original 80s-pop-inspired score, 42 BALLOONS is an exhilarating new musical about stupid dreams and doing whatever it takes to achieve them.

Producers Andy and Wendy Barnes of Global Musicals said: “It is always a nerve-wracking moment when you put a brand-new musical in front of an audience for the first time, but 42 Balloons is one of the most exciting new musicals we have ever add the pleasure to develop and produce. It’s an inspiring story about real people that offers an insight into how far someone will go to achieve their ambitions and what happens if it’s not what you expected it to be, and Jack’s original music takes you right back to the 80’s when the show is set.”

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