The World Premiere of a new musical about a Father fighting for the custody of his daughter
Book | Michael Conley
Music | Joseph Finlay
Lyrics | Richy Hughes
CREATIVE TEAM
Director | Adam Lenson
Set and Costume Design | Georgia de Grey
Musical Director | Joe Bunker
Lighting | Sam Waddington
Sound | Andy Hinton
Associate Director | Grace Taylor
CAST
Colin Bradley | Michael Rouse
VENUE
Southwark Playhouse, London
DATES
28th June - 22nd July 2017
SYNOPSIS
‘Good afternoon, your honour. I’m Colin Bradley. I’m here today to ask you, your honour, not to let Christine Davis, my ex-wife, move out of the country with Emily Bradley, my daughter.’
Colin is a loving husband and stay-at-home dad who adores his daughter. But mistakes are made, and he finds himself in the fight of his life climbing Big Ben dressed as a superhero. How did he get here? And why couldn’t he get a bigger cape?
SUPERHERO is a world premiere one-man musical that shows how you can ignore your fears when the stakes get high – really, really high. Featuring the Stiles and Drewe award-winning song ‘Don’t Look Down’, SUPERHERO is a heartwarming story that looks at what it means to be a parent in the twenty-first century – with or without the cape.
“An immaculately crafted, engaging and emotive piece of contemporary musical theatre”
“A slick, rousing production/ A massively endearing, genuinely funny and touching musical”
“Superhero is a bittersweet, funny and genuinely moving musica”
“This show is a winner. A bittersweet and brisk production, and as tight as the pants of the superhero costume Colin puts on.”
“In the sure hands of director Adam Lenson, Superhero is perhaps the best solution to the insoluble problem of the one-person-musical we have yet seen in this 90-minute, uninterrupted white-knuckle-ride of a show.”
“An ambitious one-man musical delivered with raw emotion and powerful energy by Michael Rouse. Clever, moving and captivating”