Reviews
★★★★★ The Upcoming
★★★★ Times
★★★★ Evening Standard
★★★★ WhatsonStage.com
★★★★ Broadwayworld
★★★★ All That Dazzles
★★★★ London Theatre 1
★★★★ Pocket Size Theatre
★★★★ LondonTheatreReviews
★★★★ Ham & High
★★★★ The Spy In The Stalls
★★★★ London Living Large
“Gabrielle Brooks is SUPERB“ Times
“An array of belting anthems, insistent rhythms and sly wit.” Evening Standard
“Soars and sizzles as it reinvents a familiar folk tale and salutes the power of collective storytelling.” WhatsonStage.com
“The sung-through score is HEARTSTOPPINGLY LUSH, a joyous musical tide that runs through the night like a river of glowing sound.” Timeout
Description
A musical story of love, grief, faith and hope, Once On This Island tells of peasant girl Ti Moune, a boy called Daniel, and a union that prejudice forbids. Against the heat of the Caribbean sun and destruction of tropical storms, can Ti Moune settle the wager of the Gods, and prove that love is more powerful than death?
Venue
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
Creative Team & Cast
Team
Set Designer: Georgia Lowe
Costume Designer: Melissa Simon-Hartman
Lighting Designer: Jessica Hung Han Yun
Music Director: Chris Poon
Musical Supervisor- Philip Bateman
Choreographer: Kenrick ‘H2o’ Sandy
Voice & text : Annemette Verspeak
Dialect Coach: Aundrea Fudge
Sound Designer: Nick Lidster for Autograph
Fight Director: Philip d’Orleans
Associate Director: Lindsay McAllister
Casting Director: Jacob Sparrow
Photographers: www.iwantthatpic.com
Cast
Gabrielle Brooks, Stephenson Arden-Sodje, Bernadette Bangura, Courtney- Mae Briggs, Jonathon Grant, Emilie Louise Israel, Chris Jarman, Anelisa Lamola, Cassandra Lee, Natasha Hagigi, Newtion Matthews, Antoine Murray, Cherece Richards, Ashley Samuels, Lejaun Sheppherd, Hanna Dimtsu, Marco Titis, Nay-Nay
Young Company
Janai Bartlett, Lexi Kowlessar, Kirsten Muzvuru, Nesisa Mhindu, Nielle Springer and Olivia St Louis
Band
Dan Ellis, Jessamy Holder, Wayne Matthews, Rachel Murphy, Chris Poon, Benedict Wood,