News: Bring It On the Musical starring Amber Davies and Louis Smith to play in London this year

Selladoor Worldwide have announced that their long-awaited new production of Bring It On the Musical, starring Amber Davies and Louis Smith, will play at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall from Wednesday 8 December to Saturday 22 January.

The production will play an initial eight performances at the New Theatre, Peterborough from 30 November to 4 December.

Davies (9 to 5, ITV’s Love Island) will star as Campbell, alongside gymnast and Strictly star Smith as Cameron, with full casting to be announced soon.

Inspired by the 2000 film of the same name, Bring It On the Musical features an original score by the multi-award winning Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights) and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal). The book is written by the Tony Award-winning writer of Avenue Q, Jeff Whitty, with lyrics by Miranda and Amanda Green (High Fidelity).

The musical will be directed by Guy Unsworth and choreographed by Fabian Aloise, with set design by Libby Watson, costume design by Susan Kulkarni, lighting design by Matt Daw, sound design by Ross Portway, music supervision by Mark Crossland and musical direction from Sarah Burrell. Danny MacDonald joins as acrobatic director and Aundrea Fudge as dialect coach.

Based on the hit film, the show takes audiences on an energy-fuelled journey that tackles friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness – wrapped up in explosive choreography and tricks.

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