Imagine This

Tuesday, 4 November 2008 - Saturday, 20 December 2008
Times : 14:30 - 17:00 19:30 - 22:00

New London Theatre, Parker Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 5PW

How Much: £60.00 (Highest Price) , £18.00 (Lowest Price)

Read Joe's review of Imagine This at the New London

A brand new musical about love blossoming in the Warsaw Ghetto under the shadow of the final solution. Yes, you read that right, this is a holocaust love story about a group of actors trying to inspire hope and optimism in their community and each other in the face of Nazi oppression and extermination.

It's a difficult premise, and this is a bold production in many ways: not based on a popular movie, not a revival of an old favourite, and in fact, a leap into the unknown, this is a seriously unlikely hit - but it may become just that. They certainly have a talented team, with an all-new score by Shuki Levy, lyrics by David Goldsmith and a book by Glenn Berenbeim, all directed by Timothy Sheader. However they're not even insuring big opening nights with an all-star cast: this is an authentically new musical.

The holocaust is an unlikely setting for an inspiring love story, but it wouldn't be the first time this grim backdrop has been sensitively and successfully used. Imagine This is certainly the riskiest venture in the West End this autumn: and it may yet turn out to be an unusual hit in the mould of Les Miserables.