Shucked begins performances in London

The Shucked UK premiere company will take to the stage for the first time this evening, 10 May!

With a book by 2023 Tony Award nominee and Tony Award winner Robert Horn, music and lyrics by 2023 Tony Award nominees and Drama Desk Award winners Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and direction by 2023 Tony Award nominee and three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien, the piece opened on Broadway in March 2023 to audience acclaim. The show received rave reviews in New York, being described by our sibling site as “a shucking good time.”

Set in a rural community isolated from the world by a wall of economy-driving corn stalks, Shucked follows what happens when the crop begins to fail, and a young woman leaves behind Cob County to try and find someone who can save her town.

It will receive its UK, and outdoor premiere, as part of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s 2025 season – the first for new artistic director Drew McOnie, running until 14 June 2025.

Set to star are Monique Ashe-Palmer (Storyteller 1), Ben Joyce (Beau), Sophie McShera (Maizy), Georgina Onuorah (Lulu), Keith Ramsay (Peanut), Matthew Seadon-Young (Gordy) and Steven Webb (Storyteller 2).

They’re joined by Jed Berry (swing), Taila Halford (ensemble), Ross Harmon (ensemble), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Grandpa), Claudia Kariuki (ensemble), Ying Ue Li (ensemble), Tom Oliver (ensemble), Gleanne Purcell-Brown (ensemble), Nathaniel Purnell (swing), Rachel Rawlinson (swing / dance captain), Mia Shelbourne (swing) and Toyan Thomas-Browne (ensemble).

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Jack O’Brien will direct, alongside Sarah O’Gleby (choreographer), Scott Pask (set designer), Katy Richardson (musical director), Jason Howland (music supervisor, orchestrations and arrangements), John Shivers (sound designer), Tilly Grimes (costume designer), and Japhy Weideman (lighting designer).

Creatives also include Lucy Adams (associate lighting designer), Myles Brown (associate choreographer), Nathanael Campbell (associate director), Ben Davies (associate set designer), Aundrea Fudge (voice and dialect coach), Jill Green (casting director), Carol Hancock (UK wigs, hair and makeup designer and supervisor), Michael J Passaro (US production supervisor), Greg Pink (associate sound designer), Tom Shiels (casting associate), Olivia Laydon (casting associate), Ingrid Mackinnon (intimacy support), Caity Mulkearn (associate costume designer), and Mia M Neal (original US hair and wig designer).

Tickets are on sale below.