London: Cable Street: A New Musical

One of my goals with going to London was to see a show that was headed for New York. I'd ask people "what should we see on the West End" and invariably they would list shows I had already seen on Broadway, or did not want to see. I wanted to see something new. Something up and coming. This proved to be a tough concept.

I subscribed to an email list What's On Stage that lists shows taking place on the London Stage. Through that I learned about Cable Street: a new musical. I was not familiar with the history of Cable Street going into the show, but the premise caught my attention given these times. It is about the October 1936 uprising against fascists. They have already had two sold out runs, have reworked the show and are presenting it in its latest iteration. 

The musical is brilliantly done. The covered the stories of the 100,000 Jews, Irish, and Communists who united against Oswald Mosley and the Fascists. When I told a theater friend about the show he asked didn't I want to see something happy? I feel this show is uplifting. I was excited to read in the program book that the show is coming to Off-Broadway. A quick chat with the producer when he overheard me say I live near New York and want to know more said the show is coming to 59E as part of their British theater festival at the end of April/beginning of May. I am hoping to see it here, too.

UPDATE: We ordered tickets for its US opening on April 26.

Trigger warning includes Fascist imagery