NEW YORK’S ‘MUST-SEA’
MULTI AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL
COMEDY
TO DOCK AT THE CRITERION THEATRE IN
LONDON
UK PREMIERE OF SMASH HIT MUSICAL
WHICH HAS TAKEN NEW YORK BY STORM
PERFORMANCES BEGIN ON 9 DECEMBER 2024
Sign up for info and priority booking at
https://london.titaniquemusical.com
Tuesday 3 September 2024 – Producers Eva Price & Michael Harrison today announced that New York’s ‘must-sea’ and highly anticipated musical comedy, Titanique will begin performances at the Criterion Theatre on Piccadilly Circus in London’s West End, on Monday 9 December 2024.
Tickets are on general sale on Thursday 12 September 2024. Sign up for priority booking information on https://london.titaniquemusical.com
When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic, you get Titanique, off Broadway’s most award-winning splash hit that turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia.
Titanique has taken New York by storm – extending multiple times since its premiere in 2022, it has also been recognised with critical acclaim and multiple awards. Now it is coming to the UK.
Want to find out what really happened to Jack and Rose on that fateful night? Just leave it to Céline Dion to enchant the audience with her totally wild take, recharting the course of Titanic’s beloved moments and characters with her iconic song catalogue. Sailing on fierce powerhouse voices in show-stopping performances of such hits as My Heart Will Go On, All by Myself and To Love you More – backed by a full live band – Titanique is a one-of-a-kind theatrical voyage bursting with nostalgia, heart and campy chaos.
Co-written by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli, Titanique celebrated its Off-Broadway premiere in June 2022 at Asylum Theater, starring the musical’s co-authors Mindelle and Rousouli as Céline Dion and Jack Dawson. After several sold-out extensions, the musical transferred to the Daryl Roth Theatre on November 20, 2022.
Producer Eva Price said:
“Producing Titanique has been a thrill of a lifetime. I’m so grateful to have productions now happening all over the world, but I’m beyond ecstatic to be coming to the West End. London has always been the epicenter of quality, show-stopping entertainment and I couldn’t be happier then to be dropping anchor in Piccadilly Circus at the esteemed Criterion Theater. I am thrilled Londoners will soon experience the unhinged delight that Titanique brings night after night to Americans.”
Producer Michael Harrison added:
“When I first saw Titanique in New York, I thought it was the funniest show I had ever seen. Every time I have returned since, I have only loved it more, and I was determined to bring it to London so audiences here could also be thrilled by its irresistible joy. We have found the perfect theatre to set sail, and I can’t wait to open the doors later this year.”
The authors are: Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli & Tye Blue, the set is designed by Gabriel Hainer Evansohn & Grace Laubacher, costumes are designed by Alejo Vietti, the lighting designer is Paige Seber, the sound designer is Lawrence Schober, the casting director is Pearson Casting CDG, musical supervision, orchestration & arrangements are by Nicholas J Connell, choreography is by Ellenore Scott and Titanique is directed by the co-author Tye Blue (RuPaul’s Drag Race).
Titanique won seven major awards during the 2022/23 theatre season, including three Lucille Lortel Awards, the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical, Las Culturistas’ Culture Award for Best Indoor Performance and two Dorian Awards.
The London production of Titanique is co-produced by Eva Price and Michael Harrison.
All further information, including casting, to follow at a later date.
Listings Information
TITANIQUE
Criterion Theatre
218-223 Piccadilly London
London
W1J 9HR
Creative Team
Authors: Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli & Tye Blue
Set Designer: Gabriel Hainer Evansohn & Grace Laubacher
Costume Designer: Alejo Vietti
Lighting Designer: Paige Seber
Sound Designer: Lawrence Schober
Casting Director: Pearson Casting CDG
Musical Supervisor, Orchestrator & Arrangements: Nicholas J Connell
Choreographer: Ellenore Scott
Director & Co-Author: Tye Blue
Cast
To Be Announced
Performances
Performances begin Monday 9 December 2024
From w/c Monday 9 December 2024
Monday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Friday and Saturday matinees at 3:00pm
Christmas schedule 2024
w/c Monday 16 December:
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm
- Friday & Saturday matinees at 3:00pm
- Sunday at 5:00pm
w/c Monday 23 December:
- Monday at 7:00pm, Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday matinees at 3:00pm
- Sunday at 5:00pm
w/c Monday 30 December:
- Monday, Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm
- Tuesday & Sunday at 7:00pm
- Monday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at 3:00pm; Tuesday matinee at 4:00pm
From w/c Monday 6 January as w/c Monday 9 December on-going
Tickets
Sign up at https://london.titaniquemusical.com and receive priority on sale at 10am on Tuesday 10 September 2024.
Public booking opens at 10am Thursday 12 September 2024.
Tickets from £15
Box Office: 033 33 202 895
https://www.criterion-theatre.co.uk/whats-on
REVIEWS IN NEW YORK
“Just when you think it couldn’t get better, Titanique makes you love it more, with a glow-up in a bigger theater that makes the show even more impactful and irresistible! Yet, there’s still a scrappy, endearing “let’s put on a show” energy to it, that gives the musical its Titanic-sized charm. YOU’RE GUARANTEED TO LAUGH YOUR ICEBERG OFF.”
– People Magazine
“VERY FUNNY! The ‘Titanique’ Musical Finds Its Sea Legs…. Near, far, wherever you are, Céline Dion will be there, in this camp reimagining of the maritime blockbuster that revs up into increasing absurdity.”
– New York Times
“TITANIQUE IS F*CKING GREAT. SWIM, DON’T WALK, to see this Céline Dion jukebox fantasia!”
– Vulture
“SENSATIONAL, HILARIOUS AND DERANGED!
Titanique is, by a nautical mile, the funniest musical in town!”
– The New York Post
“The silliest, smartest, gayest, FEVER-DREAM MIRACLE! A sold-out smash created to manifest pure joy”
– The Daily Beast