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Fun Home lettering with a silhouette of Alison looking up at her father.
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Fun Home

Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Direction Sam Gold

Monday - Saturday: 7.30pm

(except 27 June, 27 Aug)

Wednesday & Saturday Matinees: 2.30pm

(except 20, 23, 27 June)

Approx running time: 1hr 40min with no interval

Tickets for Fun Home are now sold out. Limited tickets are available through a TodayTix Lottery and we are operating a returns queue before every performance.

£10, £20, £30, £40

Previews: (18 - 26 June) £10, £20, £25

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This production is generously supported by Mr Bruno Wang & Pure Land Foundation.

 

★★★★★ 'A groundbreaking masterpiece' The Independent

★★★★★ 'Quirky, haunting, heartbreaking' The Telegraph

★★★★★ 'Sam Gold's production is remarkable' The Observer

★★★★★ 'Tremendous. A dazzling musical' FT

★★★★★ 'A jaw-dropping, tear-jerking musical' Time Out

★★★★ 'Beautifully performed - takes musicals in new directions' The Guardian

★★★★ 'A finely woven blend of yearning and euphoric fantasy' Evening Standard

★★★★ 'A milestone in musical theatre' Sunday Express

 

Winner of 5 Tony Awards, this electrifying Broadway version of Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel took America by storm.

Meet Alison at three stages of her life.  

Memories of her 1970s childhood in a funeral home merge with her college love life and her coming out.  

Looking back on her complex relationship with her father, Alison finds they had more in common than she ever knew...

 

★★★★★ 'An incredibly radical show - quietly revolutionises the musical form' The Stage

★★★★★ 'It reaches a level of emotional honesty that other musicals just don't begin to touch' What’s On Stage

Alison Bechdel in conversation with Sofie Hagen

Direction Sam Gold

Choreography Danny Mefford

Set and Costume David Zinn

Light Ben Stanton

Sound Kai Harada

Orchestrations John Clancy

Music Supervisor Chris Fenwick

Musical Director Nigel Lilley

Casting Julia Horan CDG

Associate Director Portia Krieger

With Kaisa Hammarlund, Eleanor Kane, Jenna Russell, Ashley Samuels, Cherrelle SkeeteZubin Varla and Brooke Haynes, Eddie Martin, Charlie McLellan, Ramsay Robertson, Archie Smith, Harriet Turnbull

Alison Bechdel discusses what to expect from the hit musical based on her graphic novel with The Sunday Times

Fun Home playwright Lisa Kron explains why time has been on Fun Home's side with the BBC

Hear Alison Bechdel reflect on the creation of Fun Home on Radio 4's Woman's Hour

Cast member Cherrelle Skeete talks to Afridiziak about playing Joan in Fun Home.

Jenna Russell on why we need more lesbian characters on stage and the power of musicals as an art form. Read her interview with The Independent here

Composer Jeanine Tesori spoke to The Stage about her career and influences, and adapting Fun Home for the stage - check it out here

Production photos are here! Take a peek on What's On Stage

'Let’s hope proper lesbian representation continues for long enough to stop being a “moment”' - read about how Fun Home is putting lesbian narratives centre stage in The Telegraph

Time Out says Fun Home is one of the top ten shows to look out for this month here

Fun Home makes the Evening Standard's top ten shows in June - read more here

Rehearsal photos for Fun Home are here! Have a peek on Broadway World

'Why do lesbians remain largely invisible in theatre?' Fun Home mentioned in this Evening Standard piece on queer representation - read more here 

Fun Home is one of the Evening Standard's top musicals for 2018 - read more here

Fun Home creator Alison Bechdel on turning a tragic childhood into a hit musical. Read her interview with The Observer here

Fun Home to have UK premiere as part of Young Vic’s new season. Read more on The Stage

Fun Home dates confirmed for new Young Vic season. Read more on What's On Stage

 

 

 

Captioned performance 19 July, 7.30pm

Audio described performance 27 July, 7.30pm

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