The World Premiere of a new musical about a Father fighting for the custody of his daughter

Book | Michael Conley
Music | Joseph Finlay
Lyrics | Richy Hughes

CREATIVE TEAM

Director | Adam Lenson
Set and Costume Design | Georgia de Grey
Musical Director | Joe Bunker
Lighting | Sam Waddington
Sound | Andy Hinton
Associate Director | Grace Taylor

CAST

Colin Bradley | Michael Rouse

VENUE

Southwark Playhouse, London

DATES

28th June - 22nd July 2017

SYNOPSIS

‘Good afternoon, your honour. I’m Colin Bradley. I’m here today to ask you, your honour, not to let Christine Davis, my ex-wife, move out of the country with Emily Bradley, my daughter.’

Colin is a loving husband and stay-at-home dad who adores his daughter. But mistakes are made, and he finds himself in the fight of his life climbing Big Ben dressed as a superhero. How did he get here? And why couldn’t he get a bigger cape?

SUPERHERO is a world premiere one-man musical that shows how you can ignore your fears when the stakes get high – really, really high. Featuring the Stiles and Drewe award-winning song ‘Don’t Look Down’, SUPERHERO is a heartwarming story that looks at what it means to be a parent in the twenty-first century – with or without the cape.

 

An immaculately crafted, engaging and emotive piece of contemporary musical theatre
— THE STAGE
A slick, rousing production/ A massively endearing, genuinely funny and touching musical
— TIME OUT
Superhero is a bittersweet, funny and genuinely moving musica
— BROADWAY WORLD
This show is a winner. A bittersweet and brisk production, and as tight as the pants of the superhero costume Colin puts on.
— LONDON THEATRE 1
In the sure hands of director Adam Lenson, Superhero is perhaps the best solution to the insoluble problem of the one-person-musical we have yet seen in this 90-minute, uninterrupted white-knuckle-ride of a show.
— BRITISH THEATRE
An ambitious one-man musical delivered with raw emotion and powerful energy by Michael Rouse. Clever, moving and captivating
— THE UPCOMING