Sting to perform at special outdoor performance of his musical The Last Ship in Newcastle this month

THE LAST SHIP

 

• STING TO PERFORM WITH CAST AT SPECIAL
  ONE-OFF OUTDOOR FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE OF HIS DEBUT MUSICAL

 

• SHOW RETURNS TO NEWCASTLE FOLLOWING SELL-OUT, SMASH-HIT RUN AT NORTHERN STAGE EARLIER THIS YEAR

 

• AT SPILLERS WHARF, NEWCASTLE ON MONDAY 28 MAY 2018

 

• TICKETS ON SALE NOW

 

A unique one-off outdoor performance of The Last Ship, that will include its creator Sting who will be performing live alongside the cast, is to be held in Newcastle later this month, alongside the very river that helped inspire and shape the show.

A performance of The Last Ship – which has music and lyrics by Sting – will play at Spillers Wharf, Newcastle Quayside on the banks of the Tyne on Monday 28 May 2018.

Sting is to appear alongside the cast of The Last Ship at the huge event, and will perform previously unreleased music from the production.

This landmark outdoor performance follows a sell-out, critically-acclaimed UK premiere run at Northern Stage in Newcastle earlier this year.

The UK and Ireland tour is running until July, where it will finish at The Lowry, Salford.

Tickets for the Spillers Wharf performance are on sale now and to book tickets visit https://bit.ly/2J4a1YT

 

When a sailor named Gideon Fletcher returns home after seventeen years at sea, tensions between past and future flare in both his family and his town. The local shipyard, around which the community has always revolved, is closing and no-one knows what will come next, only that a half-built ship towers over the terraces. With the engine fired and pistons in motion, picket lines are drawn as foreman Jackie White and his wife Peggy fight to hold their community together in the face of the gathering storm.

 

The Last Ship features an original score with music and lyrics by Sting as well as a few of his best-loved songs; Island of Souls, All This Time and When We Dance.

This personal musical inspired by Sting’s own childhood experiences, shows the collective defiance of a community facing the demise of the shipbuilding industry alongside a poignant and moving romantic tale of childhood sweethearts and the adults they grew up to become.

Featuring an awe-inspiring and impressive set by Olivier Award-winning 59 Productions, this is the UK and Ireland premiere of The Last Ship, Sting’s heartfelt and empowering new musical.

The cast includes Joe McGann (Jackie White), Charlie Hardwick (Peggy White), Richard Fleeshman (Gideon Fletcher) and Frances McNamee (Meg Dawson) and is competed by Michael Blair (Yard Worker), Joe Caffrey(Billy Thompson), Matt Corner (Young Gideon & Yard Worker), Susan Fay (On Stage Swing) Marvin Ford (Ferryman & Yard Worker), Orla Gormley (Cathleen & Yard Worker), Annie Grace (Mrs Dees), Sean Kearns(Freddy Newland & Old Joe), Katie Moore (Ellen Dawson), Charlie Richmond (Adrian Sanderson), Parisa Shahmir (Young Meg), Kevin Wathen (Davey Harrison), James William-Pattison (Yard Worker/On Stage Swing) and Penelope Woodman (Baroness Tynedale).

The show is directed by Lorne Campbell, the artistic director of Northern Stage and has set design by 59 Productions – team behind the video design for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

 

The Last Ship has a new book by Lorne Campbell, original book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey, orchestrations by Rob Mathes, musical direction by Richard John, costume design by Molly Einchcomb, movement direction by Lucy Hind, lighting design by Matt Daw and sound design by Seb Frost. Other members of the creative team are dramaturg Selma Dimitrijevic, associate director Jake Smith, casting director Jenkins McShane Casting and associate musical director Sam Sommerfeld.

 

The Last Ship is produced by Karl Sydow and Kathryn Schenker with Northern Stage.