British Invasion musical set for London workshop

The sounds of the swinging sixties are heading to the rehearsal room as British Invasion, a brand-new musical packed with Beatles, Stones, Kinks and Dusty Springfield hits, gears up for a London workshop on 18 and 19 September.

Directed and choreographed by Broadway powerhouse Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, La Cage Aux Folles), with a book by Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) and musical supervision by Tom Deering (Standing at the Sky’s Edge), the show promises a feel-good story of young love and rock ’n’ roll.

The cast includes Jonny Amies (The Little Big Things) as Peter Noone, Stevie Doc (Moulin Rouge!) as Marianne, and Jordan Luke Gage (Bonnie & Clyde) as Mick, alongside Melissa Jacques, George Maguire, Kyle Taylor Parker and Ashley Samuels.

Originally conceived by Herman’s Hermits frontman Peter Noone, British Invasion will feature more than two dozen chart-topping songs and aims to capture the cultural explosion of the 1960s.

Director Jerry Mitchell said: “With British Invasion, we get to re-live that explosion of possibility — the sound, the style, the spirit of a generation discovering itself through music. Developing this show in London, the birthplace of so much of that energy, feels exactly right.”