Following on from it’s successful previews earlier this month the Your Lie in April – The Musical is now in full swing earlier at Harold Pinter Theatre in London, and to promote show a new trailer has been released online.
The newly released trailer features footage from the show, as well as a sample of two songs from the performance, thus giving potential viewers a peak at what to expect. As a reminder Your Lie in April is a romantic drama manga series written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa, and was later adapted into the anime series by A-1 PIctures and Aniplex, with the story focusing on piano prodigy Kōsei Arima and violinist Kaori Miyazono. This west end musical version of the story has been brought to stage by Frank Wildhorn with with Lyrics by Carly Robyn Green and Tracy Miller, direction and choreographed by Nick Winston with co-direction by Jordan Murphy as well as Music arrangement by Jason Howland.
Cast:
Kōsei Arima – Zheng Xi Yong
Kaori Miyazono – Mia Kobayashi
Tsubaki Sawabe – Rachel Clare Chan
Ryota Watari – Dean John-Wilson
Kosei’s Mother – Lucy Park
Young Kōsei / Little Boy – Timothy Jian Soon, Eion McLoughney, Theo Oh.
Ensemble – Chris Fung, Eu Jin Hwang, Mairi Ikegami, Gracie Lai, Imogen Law Hing Choy, JoJo Meredith, Daniel Nardone, Ericka Posadas, Ernest Stroud, Ria Tanaka, Kevin Tristan.
Band:
Musical Director / Conductor – Chris Poon
Keyboard 2 / Guitar 2 / Assistant Musical Director – Cerys McKenna
Keyboard 1 – Michael Riley
Guitar 1 – Nick Fitch
Bass Guitar / Double Bass – Annie Blake
Drum kit / Percussion – Zach Okonkwo
Violin 1 – Akiko Ishikawa
Viola / Violin – Wei Wei Tan
Cello – Hsiao Ling Huang
Woodwind – Jin Theriault
Your Lie in April – The Musical is currently being performed at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London until 21st September 2024 with tickets starting from £15. Further details, and ticket availability, can be found on the ATG Ticket Website and on the official Your Lie in April – The Musical website.
