Book, Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Directed by Adam Lenson
Designed by Bec Chippendale. Lighting by James Smith.
Musical Direction by Richard Healey. Sound by Mike Thacker.
Presented by Chris Hancock in association with Steph Joab for Treasuretrove Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre
Cast: Julie Atherton. Kenneth Avery-Clark. Hayley Gallivan. Lee William-Davis.

The European Premiere of a new fully-staged musical with an outstanding West End cast

Monday 3, Sunday 9, Monday 10, Sunday 16 and Monday 17 November 2008
All performances at 7.30pm
Tickets £18, £14 concessions,
Performance Length: Approximately 90 minutes
Full booking information here
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“This painting reminds me of people like us. Thousands of tiny specks huddled together in random arrangements that nobody expects. Every dot on its own, ordinary and pale but thrown together one by one they make this dazzling, joyous, hopeful sort of fairy tale.“

When Deb loses her most precious possession – the notes to her graduate thesis – she unwittingly starts a chain of events that turns the ordinary days of four New Yorkers into something extraordinary. Told through a series of intricately connected songs and vignettes with an outstanding West End cast, Ordinary Days is an original musical about growing up and enjoying the view.

This European premiere of a vibrant new musical introduces London to American composer and lyricist Adam Gwon, one of the most startlingly talented young musical dramatists working today. Recently named one of "50 to Watch" by The Dramatist magazine, his talents have been recognised with a much coveted $25,000 composer’s grant from Signature Theatre to develop a new full-length musical as part of the American Musical Voices Project: The Next Generation. His other musicals include the forthcoming Bernice Bobs Her Hair with librettist Julia Jordan, Ethan Frome with bookwriter Michael Ruby, and Lulu. In anticipation of the European premiere of Ordinary Days, Adam Gwon will be appearing in an exclusive concert featuring extracts from Ordinary Days and selected material from his other works, all performed by stars from the West End and Broadway. The concert will take place on Saturday 1 November 2008 at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge.

Julie Atherton’s credits include Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q (Noël Coward Theatre), Serena in Fame (Aldwych Theatre and National Tour), Kolokolo Bird in Just So (Chichester Festival Theatre), and, most recently, The Last Five Years (Theatre Royal Haymarket).
Kenneth Avery-Clark appeared in the original London cast of both The Producers (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Novello Theatre) and, most recently, appeared in The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Hayley Gallivan’s credits include playing Fruma Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof (National Tour), The Boy Friend and Lady Be Good (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park) and Follies in Concert (London Palladium).
Lee William-Davis’ theatre credits include Eddie in Mamma Mia! and Valentine in Mary Poppins (both at the Prince Edward Theatre), Love’s Labour’s Lost (National Theatre) and Aladdin (Old Vic).

Director Adam Lenson has assisted Nikolai Foster on the National Tour of Aspects of Love, Terry Johnson on La Cage Aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Rachel Kavanaugh on The Music Man at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

The Press on Composer and Lyricist Adam Gwon
“An extremely talented composer and lyricist.” Marin Ireland, The New York Sun
“Adam's sense of storytelling, his fresh point of view and his insight into the human condition are astounding for such a young writer.” Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, writers of Ragtime and Lucky Stiff