Pacific Overtures revival to be staged at Menier Chocolate Factory
A new revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures is to be staged at Menier Chocolate Factory.
In a co-production with Umeda Arts Theater, the musical will run from 25 November 2023 – 24 February 2024.
Matthew White directs the revised version which was worked on by both Sondheim and Weidman in 2017 and makes its UK debut.
Nippon. The Floating Kingdom. One of Stephen Sondheim’s most ambitious creations comes to the Chocolate Factory in a co-production with Umeda Arts Theater in Japan, where it has already been a huge success in Tokyo and Osaka.
The story of the arrival of the West in 1853 in isolated Japan is seen from a western perspective but played in an eastern style. The score is filled with some of Sondheim’s most ravishing music, including Someone in a Tree, Pretty Lady and A Bowler Hat.
The production has set design by Paul Farnsworth, costume design by Ayako Maeda, sound design by Gregory Clarke, choreography by Ashley Nottingham, musical supervision by Catherine Jayes and orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.
For more information and tickets, visit menierchocolatefactory.com
