This production began performances on 4th April 2023.
★★★★
Astonishingly powerful music
The Guardian
1964, South Carolina. Rosaleen is fighting for her right to vote, and Lily is escaping her violent father. When this unlikely pair flee their small town, they seek salvation at a remote honey bee farm run by the remarkable Boatwright sisters. But will their past catch up with them?
★★★★
A joyful, inclusive crowd-pleaser
The Independent
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of Sweat, the Tony Award-winning composer of Spring Awakening, and Tony Award-nominated lyricist of Jelly's Last Jam, comes a captivating new musical about a group of women ignited by rebellion and longing for acceptance.
Written by playwright Lynn Nottage, composer Duncan Sheik and lyricist Susan Birkenhead, The Secret Life of Bees is directed by Whitney White (What to Send Up When It Goes Down) and based on the bestselling novel by Sue Monk Kidd.
★★★★
The vocals soar time and time again.
The Times
CAST
AVA BRENNAN
TARINN CALLENDER
MADELINE CHARLEMAGNE
DANIELLE FIAMANYA
ELEANOR HOUSE
RICHARD JAMES-NEALE
RACHEL JOHN
DANIEL KRIKLER
SHEKINAH MCFARLANE
MARK MEADOWS
ABIONA OMONUA
CHRYSTINE SYMONE
NOAH THOMAS
MARCELLUS WHYTE
ELEANOR WORTHINGTON-COX
CREATIVES
LYNN NOTTAGE – Playwright
DUNCAN SHEIK – Composer
SUSAN BIRKENHEAD – Lyrics
WHITNEY WHITE – Director