NEWS: Cast announced for The Last Five Years at Cornwall's iconic Minack Theatre.

EMMA KINGSTON & WAYLON JACOBS STAR IN JASON ROBERT BROWN’S

THE LAST FIVE YEARS AT THE MINACK

 

Casting been announced for the production which will play outdoors at the outstanding Minack Theatre in Cornwall from 15^th – 19^th September.

Emma Kingston (Evita, In The Heights, Les Miserables) will play the role of aspiring actress Cathy and Waylon Jacobs (Hamilton, Memphis, Ragtime) will play Jamie, an enthusiastic writer with success just around the corner.

The productions Set and Lighting Designer, Andrew Exeter, was recently announced as one of the nominees for The Stage Debut Awards for Best Designer (Lighting) for his work on High Fidelity at The Turbine Theatre.

This new production is produced by David Jenkins for Brilliant Theatre in association with

Chris Passey and Ben MacSkimming and will be staged at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall from the 15^th – 19^th September 2020.

David Jenkins said “We’re delighted to be able to bring the West End to Cornwall during such a difficult time for our industry. We are incredibly lucky to have been able to assemble an incredible creative and production team to bring this emotional and complex musical to life in one of most stunning venues in the world. It has been a dream of mine for 8 years to produce a professional production on that iconic granite stage.”

The creative team is lead with direction from Omar F. Okai (Ruthless, Purlie, Five Guys Named Moe Frankfurt,  Set and Lighting Designs by Andrew Exeter (High Fidelity, Once On This Island) Musical Direction by Leo Munby (Gypsy, Dogfight with Associate Designer Natalia Alvarez (Debut Festival, Paperboy) and Assistant Director Rebecca Wicking (Hair, A Tale of Two Cities and Rent).

The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically.

The Last Five Years was originally produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell, originally produced by Northlight Theatre, Chicago, USA. This professional production is performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Limited

15 – 19 August 2020
Minack Theatre
Porthcurno
Penzance
Cornwall

TR19 6JU
Box Office: www.minack.com / 01736 810181
Performances: Tuesday to Saturday at 7pm, Wednesday Thursday & Saturday & at 3pm