The original cast included John Sheehy, Aidan Banyard, Mark Loveday, Tom Brandon, Jami Reid-Quarrell, Ben Norris, Freddie Huddleston, Peter Lawrence and Andrew Carter. The premiere season of The Choir of Man, at the Assembly Music Hall in August 2017. Production history Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2017)

These segments became a defining part of the show's tone and character, and were gradually woven throughout the production. During development workshops for the show, Doodson asked Norris to write some poetic monologues to help transition between songs. The original cast included actor and poetry slam champion Ben Norris. The show's premiere season was at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in the Assembly Rooms Music Hall on Princes Street. Soon afterwards Freddie Huddleston, who had previously worked with Blume on a workshop project, joined the creative team as the choreographer and movement director. Having co-created Gobsmacked! with Doodson, Jack Blume was brought on board as the show's musical arranger. Īfter working together since 2014 on the production of A Cappella music stage show Gobsmacked!, in 2016 Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay came up with the idea for a show about 'normal men', who sing in their local pub's choir. Since 2018, The Choir of Man has been a resident show on board the Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Encore cruise ships. After receiving a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play in 2022, the show announced it would be returning to the Arts Theatre in October 2022. The Choir of Man made its West End debut at the Arts Theatre on 29 October 2021, with the run later extended due to popular demand. The show was first presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017, and has since had seasons at venues around the world, including the Sydney Opera House and the John F. The movement direction and choreography is by tap dancer Freddie Huddleston. Throughout the show, the cast of nine multi-instrumentalist singers perform arrangements of well-known Pop and Rock music arranged and orchestrated by the show's Musical Supervisor Jack Blume, while dialogue takes the form of spoken word monologues written by performance poet Ben Norris. Set in a traditional British or Irish pub, the show features a working on-stage bar from which pints of beer are poured for the audience during the performance. The Choir of Man is a British musical created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay. Musical Supervisor, Vocal Arranger and Orchestrator

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