Stratford East announces full cast and creative team for LOVESTUCK: A NEW COMEDY MUSICAL
Stratford East has announced the full cast and creative team for Lovestuck, the unmissable new comedy musical inspired by true events, which plays at the venue from 6 June-12 July.
Lovestuck is conceived and written by James Cooper, with direction by Jamie Morton (co-creators of the hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno) and music by triple-platinum singer-songwriter Bryn Christopher with Martin Batchelar.
The cast includes Bridgette Amofah (A Streetcar Named Desire, Sheffield Crucible) as Cassandra/Miseraie, Marcus Ayton (The Drifter’s Girl, West End) as Reece, Jessica Boshier (Educating Rita, Menier Chocolate Factory/UK tour) as Lucy, Johan Munir (Othello, RSC) as David, and Shane O’Riordan (Miss Saigon, Sheffield Crucible) as Peter, with Ambra Caserotti (Mamma Mia!, UK tour), Callum Connolly (Heathers, UK tour), and Holly Liburd (Mean Girls, West End) as Ensemble.
James Cooper (Writer), Bryn Christopher (Music & Lyrics) and Martin Batchelar (Music) said today: “This project has been years in the making and a real labour of love. We wanted to make a musical that felt modern whilst staying true to the traditional form so to be premiering at Stratford East, a theatre with such rich history and a contemporary spirit, feels like the ideal fit. Add to that, our incredibly talented cast and creative team and it’s the perfect match. We’re so excited to finally share this funny, feel-good show with audiences.”
The creative team is completed by set and costume designer Tom Rogers, choreographer Chi-San Howard, lighting designer Adam King, sound designer Beth Duke, casting director Will Burton CDG for Grindrod Burton Casting, and dramaturg Kate Golledge.
When we first meet thirty-somethings Lucy and Peter, we find her stuck upside-down in his bathroom window at the end of their first date. How on earth did they get themselves into this awkward situation? And what happens next?
All will be revealed in this riotous romantic comedy with a catchy score as big as its heart. Tackling themes of online dating, toxic social media and crippling self-doubt, Lovestuck charts the hilarious, humiliating and all too relatable quest for our happy ever after...
