MITCH SEBASTIAN RETURNS TO BRIDEWELL FOR Q&A AT
SEDOS’ PRODUCTION OF PIPPIN
Director, choreographer, writer and performer Mitch Sebastian returns to the Bridewell Theatre this Thursday (17 May 2018), 20 years after he directed Pippin at the venue, to see a new production of the show and answer the audience’s questions.
Mitch will join members of the Sedos Pippin company for a post-show Q&A discussing his role in the recent history of the now-popular show, from directing a seminal production at the Bridewell 20 years ago — the first to use the “Theo ending” — and the Menier Chocolate Factory production in 2011, to working with Pippin’s music and lyric writer Stephen Schwartz to develop the recent Broadway revival.
Mitch Sebastian is an Olivier and WhatsOnStage Award-nominated British theatre director, choreographer and performer. He created and directed The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas which ran for four years in the West End and was artistic director of Kilworth House Theatre for several years. As a performer, he appeared in the European premieres of the Sondheim shows Follies and Pacific Overturesas well as the original cast of Stephen Schwartz’s Children of Eden. As a choreographer and director, he has worked on numerous West End shows, as well as with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic.
The Q&A is free for ticket holders and there are fewer than 30 tickets left for this performance. Wednesday night’s performance is sold out, with tickets still available for Tuesday, Friday and both Saturday shows.
Sedos’ Pippin opened last Wednesday (9 May) and has been receiving excellent reviews:
• “If ever a show was crying out for a large scale return to the West End, then Pippin is
the one and, my advice is to all the members of Sedos, give up the day jobs and take it there” — London Theatre 1 (*****)
• “For my money the show is good enough to transfer West, half a mile up the road. Certainly, many of the cast could have a second string to their bows in the commercial theatre any time they wanted” — Sardines (*****)
• “Pippin is a triumph… highly recommended” — The 730 Review (****)
• “A genuinely moving piece of drama” — Remote Goat (****)
• “It was not good. It was very good… Go to the Bridewell and give some support to these guys. They deserve it!” — London Theatre Reviews (****)
• “The whole production is more polished and entertaining than many professional shows… In the hands of Sedos, Pippin is a gem of a musical” — Fairy Powered Productions (****)
• Joe Thompson-Oubari and Corin Miller “are a tour de force excelling in their vocals, their acting and their dance” — Musical Theatre Musings
LISTINGS DETAILS
Pippin
Book by ROGER O.HIRSON
Music and lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Box office: sedos.co.uk
Until 19 May
7.30pm Tuesday-Saturday, plus Saturday matinee at 2.30pm
Bridewell Theatre, Bride Lane, London, EC4Y 8EQ
Tickets: £14.50-21