Pacific Overtures
Menier Chocolate Factory
- Booking until: To be announced
- Running time: 1h 45m (no interval)
Pacific Overtures photos
Pacific Overtures description
"Entertaining and thought-provoking" - The Times
"A blast" - The Week
One of Stephen Sondheim’s most ambitious creations comes to the Chocolate Factory in a co-production with Umeda Arts Theater in Japan, where it has already been a huge success in Tokyo and Osaka. The story of the arrival of the West in 1853 in isolated Japan is seen from a western perspective but played in an eastern style. The score is filled with some of Sondheim’s most ravishing music, including ‘Someone in a Tree’, ‘Pretty Lady’ and ‘A Bowler Hat’.
Pacific Overtures completes the Menier’s trilogy of Weidman/Sondheim musicals following their productions of Assassins and Road Show.
Playing at Menier Chocolate Factory
Important information
Contains some loud noises and some smoke affects. Strictly no latecomers or readmission.