Gillian Bevan (Teachers, Holby City), Dean Chisnall (Blood Brothers), Krysten Cummings (Rent), Siubhan Harrison (Guys and Dolls), Peter Polycarpou (Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Oaklahoma) and Liam Tamne Rocky Horror Picture Show) lead the cast of the European Premiere of WORKING, directed by Luke Sheppard, with choreography by Fabian Aloise which opens at Southwark Playhouse on 2 June 2017 for a limited seaon
WORKING is the extraordinary genre-defining musical from Grammy and Academy Award-winner
Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell) based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with
the American workforce: Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel
About What They Do.
The show has been adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, the
creators of Godspell and Rags, with additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg.
This highly original and universal portrait of the American workday is told from the perspective of
those that the world so often overlooks – the schoolteacher, the housewife, the fireman and the
waitress amongst many – whose daily grind and aspirations reflect the truths of the people that
make up a nation.
WORKING employs a range of musical styles and genres from contributing
composers, including five-time Grammy Award-winner James Taylor and Pulitzer Prize-winner Lin-
Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In The Heights) as well as Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers
& Susan Birkenhead.