Millennials (musical)

Millennials
Music	Elliot Clay
Lyrics	Elliot Clay
Book	Elliot Clay
Premiere	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03): The Other Palace
Productions	2021 Workshop 2022 Off West-End

Millennials is a musical with book, music and lyrics by Elliot Clay. It is described as a "pop song cycle".^[1]

Productions

Workshop

Millennials was due to hold its first "work in progress" performances in February 2021 as part of MTFestUK.^[2] It was initially scheduled to play to an in-person audience, but was then planned to move online with the rest of the festival due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[3] The performances were postponed to May 2021, before embarking on a digital tour, with in person performances taking place at the Turbine Theatre.^[4] Casting for the work in progress performances featured Luke Bayer, Allie Daniel, Beth Hinton-Lever, Nathan Lorainey-Dineen, Tim Mahendran, Grace Mouat and Jodie Steele.^[5]

Off-West End

An Off-West End run was announced to begin at The Other Palace Studio on 8 July 2022, in a limited run to 7 August, with direction by Hannah Benson.^[6] The cast featured Luke Bayer, Hiba Elchikhe, Luke Latchman, Hannah Lowther, Rob Madge, and Georgina Onuorah, with Latchman replacing the previously announced Ivano Turco.^{[7] [8]}

The production extended to 4 September 2022 with a new cast featuring Georgina Castle, Lucca Chadwick-Patel, Jarnéia Richard-Noel, Cleve September, Rhys Taylor and Becca Wickes.^[9][1]

The production was subsequently nominated for ‘Best Off-West End Production’ at the WhatsOnStage awards.

References

1. Culwell-Block, Logan (25 July 2022). "London Heathers Plans Sing-Along Performance, Cosplay Encouraged". Playbill. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
2. "MTFestUK line-up revealed with new musicals by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Andrew Lippa, Harry Hill, Steve Brown and more | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
3. "New musicals, part of MTFestUK, to be streamed due to new lockdown restrictions | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
4. "New dates and 'digital tour' revealed for MTFest | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
5. "MTFestUK 2021 casting revealed | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
6. Brunner, Raven (10 June 2022). "Elliot Clay's Millennials Sets Run at London's The Other Palace". Playbill.
7. Brunner, Raven (12 July 2022). "See New Photos From Millennials at London's The Other Palace". Playbill. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
8. "Millennials musical unveils cast for world premiere | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
9. Wild, Stephi. "New Cast Announced For MILLENNIALS at The Other Palace Studio". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2022-08-06.