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“We used to live here, Angel. I sold the rink. It’s coming down!”
The Tony award-winning musical The Rink skates into Southwark Playhouse for a strictly limited season from May 2018, for its first London revival in almost 20 years.
With an irresistible score by the legendary Tony and Olivier Award-Winning John Kander and Fred Ebb (Chicago, Cabaret) and exhilarating book by Tony Award-winning Terrence McNally (Ragtime, Kiss of the Spiderwoman), The Rink originally premiered on Broadway in 1984 starring Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli.
Anna, an Italian housewife who runs a roller-skating rink on the Eastern coast of America, is about to sell it to developers until her estranged daughter, Angel, returns after a long absence, hoping to save the rink and patch things up with her mother.
Bursting with showstopping songs, including Colored Lights, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer & Don’t “Ah Ma” Me, The Rink stars Caroline O’Connor (Moulin Rouge, Broadway’s Anastasia and Mack & Mabel) and Gemma Sutton (The Go-Between & Gypsy)
This show contains strong language and scenes of a mature nature. It is recommended for an audience aged 12+.
The Rink is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.
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Creative Team
Director
Adam LensonChoreographer
Fabian AloiseMusical Director
Joe BunkerSet Designer
Bec ChippendaleCostume Designer
Libby ToddLighting Designer
Matt DawSound Designer
Mike Thacker for Orbital SoundOrchestrator
Greg Arrowsmith
Casting Director
Jacob SparrowCast
Caroline O’Connor
Gemma SuttonStewart Clarke
Ross Dawes
Michael Lin
Elander Moore
Ben Redfern
Jason Winter -