Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years receives professional outdoor production at the Minack Theatre

Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years will play at the world famous outdoor Minack Theatre in Cornwall from 15–19 September.

Award-winning director/choreographer and co-founder of The Black British Theatre Awards Omar F Okai (Ruthless, Purlie, Five Guys Named Moe Frankfurt) directs a brand new production of the Drama Desk winning musical.

The show, which ran off-Broadway in 2002 and was turned into a film in 2014 starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan, follows a five-year relationship between New York lovers Jamie and Cathy.

Alongside Okai, the production’s creative team includes musical direction by Leo Munby (Gypsy, Dogfight), set and lighting design by Andrew Exeter (High Fidelity, Once On This Island) with Associate Designer Natalia Alvarez (Debut Festival, Paperboy) and Assistant Director Rebecca Wicking (Hair, A Tale of Two Cities and Rent).

Executive Director of the Minack, Zoë Curnow, said: “I am delighted that David, Chris & Ben have secured the rights to bring The Last Five Years to the Minack in September. We were really keen to have a musical in our amended 2020 programme and really look forward to welcoming them all to the Cornish cliffs!”

Okai added: “We need to start looking to the future of theatre and I am so happy to be directing and working with a brilliant team on creating a fresh new look at The Last Five Years and bringing it to the Minack Theatre. Live theatre will be back and this is the start.”

This new production is produced by David Jenkins for Brilliant Theatre in association with Chris Passey and Ben MacSkimming.

Casting will be announced shortly and tickets are on sale now at www.minack.com.