Groundhog Day musical returns to London with new run at the Old Vic in 2023

Groundhog Day musical is confirmed to return for a limited run in London in 2023.

The show, with songs by Matilda The Musical’s Tim Minchin, will return to the Old Vic from 20 May to 12 August 2023 with tickets on sale now here.

The production will see Andy Karl (Pretty Woman) reprise his leading role of Phil Connors while Matthew Warchus is back to direct.

Based on the movie that starred Bill Murray, the Groundhog Day musical tells the story of a TV weatherman who finds himself in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over again.

With a book by Danny Rubin, who co-wrote the original film’s screenplay, the musical first ran in London in 2016 before a short run on Broadway a year later. The London production was nominated for 8 Laurence Olivier Awards, winning two including Best Musical.

Minchin said today: “Creating this musical was hugely challenging and enormously fun. Working with the wondrous Danny Rubin and the brilliant Matthew Warchus, alongside Chris Nightingale – music supervisor and orchestrator extraordinaire – we wrestled this iconic existential comedy drama into a completely new work; something that not only found critical acclaim, but also seemed to affect its audiences in a way I’ve not witnessed.

“It was dense with laughs, crowded with big ideas, wildly ambitious and profoundly emotional. Seeing it come back to the Old Vic, perhaps my favourite theatre on the planet, is a huge thrill.”

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Warchus added: “Groundhog Day is one of my all-time favourite films and making the musical stage adaptation with Danny Rubin and Tim Minchin was one of the happiest creative experiences of my life. With echoes of classics such as The Music Man and It’s A Wonderful Life, the Groundhog Day film manages to be both a great screwball comedy-romance and also a profound life-lesson combined… adding up to, in my view, the perfect entertainment.

“Our musical adaptation aims to build on those dual attributes and unlock – in comic, theatrical form – a potent and uplifting message for us all: ‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in having new eyes’.”

For more information, visit oldvictheatre.com

An original cast recording is available here.