Free As Air
Music by Julian Slade Book and Lyrics by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Music by Julian Slade Book and Lyrics by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Free As Air is a charming British musical set on the tiny island of Terhou, where the inhabitants search for a May Queen, leading to delightful surprises with the arrival of a beautiful stranger.
About The Play
About The Play
Free As Air is now completely sold out for the entire run, INCLUDING the extra performances by popular demand on Mondays, 13 and 20 October 2014.
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the world premiere of Salad Days, and as part of the Finborough Theatre acclaimed Celebrating British Music Theatre series, Stewart Nicholls directs the first professional UK revival in over 50 years of Julian Slade’s musical Free As Air.
Among the Channel Islands, tucked away out of sight, lies the tiny island of Terhou, a treasure as yet undiscovered by the tourist trade. In this remote paradise, the happy population sings all day long, arising early to prepare for their annual Independence Day Celebration. They soon discover there is no young lady to be crowned May Queen in their Coronation Ceremony, as all the young women have played the part before.
As luck would have it, along with the boat returning from the monthly trip to gather supplies arrives a beautiful stranger – Geraldine. Yet close behind follows the love-struck Jack Amersham and the mischievous Ivy Crush, the press reporter charged with shadowing her…
Will the islanders find their May Queen, or will the peace of Terhou be disrupted forever? A charming classic British musical, Free as Air enjoyed a run of over 400 performances at the Savoy Theatre in 1957, starring Gerald Harper, Gillian Lewis and Patricia Bredin. It now receives its first professional UK revival in more than fifty years.
The Original Finborough Theatre 2014 London Cast will be released on 31st July 2020. All pre-orders of the new recording of the Original Finborough Theatre 2014 London Cast of FREE AS AIR taken before July 10 2020 will receive the 2 CD set containing the DigiMIX of the Original London Cast and the Original 2014 London Cast recordings for the price of £13.99.
From July 11th 2020, the prices for the single CD of the Original 2014 London Cast CD will be £13.99 and the 2CDs set will be £19.99. Order your copy now and receive both CD’s for this special price by clicking here.
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