The Olivier and What’s On Stage award-winning and Tony Award-nominated musical, & JULIET, takes to the stage at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 November 2024.
There is life after Romeo!
Be whisked away on a fabulous journey as Juliet ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love – her way.
Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, including Britney Spears Baby One More Time, Katy Perry’s Roar, and chart toppers Since U Been Gone, It’s My Life, I Want It That Way, and Can’t Stop the Feeling!
Created by the Emmy-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told and asks, what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo?
The only thing tragic would be missing it.
Multi-platinum selling recording artist and award-winning West End actor, Matt Cardle, will play the role of Shakespeare, joining Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Sandra Marvin as Angélique, and Lara Denning as Anne.
Sandra and Gerardine explains how the show shakes things up for people who think they know Romeo and Juliet.
“Our version starts off where the other Romeo and Juliet story finishes,” says Sandra. “Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway isn’t too keen on the ending, especially when it comes to how things end for Juliet, and she wonders: ‘Why does Juliet have to follow the same fate as Romeo? Why can’t this be the start of a new adventure for her, where this tragedy forces her to find herself?’
“So that’s where our story begins, as Juliet goes on a real adventure with a new group of friends – although she does keep her nurse Angélique.”
Gerardine continues: “It gives a familiar story a more modern, fresher feel, with a very clever twist. As Sandra says, it asks ‘What if Juliet didn’t kill herself?’ as it sort of rewrites her life and gives her an opportunity to explore the world around her without Romeo, at least at the beginning.
“Juliet is a heroine for young people in the audience and a heroine for me as well.
“She definitely sets an example that I really want to live by. She finds herself as she navigates her life throughout the musical and I can relate to that because I’m also trying to find my way through life. She’s a little bit like a guardian angel for me really.
“I find that with jukebox musicals that sometimes there are moments where the song does not directly correlate to the narrative at that chosen time. But the way Max’s songs are used is incredibly effective in highlighting the story and the emotion and they are so smartly used that the narrative and the song go hand in hand.
“His songs add that extra sprinkle of glitter to this already sparkling musical.
“They are the cherry on top!”
Tickets for & Juliet (Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 November 2024) are on sale at mayflower.org.uk or 02380 711811.
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