Following a hugely successful run at the London Coliseum in the summer of 2017, Jim Steinman's epic rock and roll theatrical fantasy Bat Out of Hell The Musical made its hugely anticipated return to London at the Dominion Theatre in April 2018.
Probably the biggest rock musical in London since We Will Rock You ran at the Dominion Theatre, the musical is based on one of the most iconic and successful albums in history with an estimated total worldwide sales of over 43 million, Bat Out of Hell. It features hit songs recorded by rock legend Meat Loaf including "I’d Do Anything for Love", "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)", "Dead Ringer For Love" and "Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad" and, of course, the title track “Bat Out of Hell”.
Steinman originally wrote much of the score as part of his new musical Neverland, a sci-fi update of Peter Pan, which had a workshop at the Kennedy Centre in 1977. No stranger to the world of musical theatre, Steinman has provided the score for the internationally successful hit musical Dance of the Vampires (Tanz der Vampire) which continues to play in Europe and was seen on Broadway in 2002, as well as the lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock musical Whistle Down the Wind.
Bat Out of Hell The Musical is described as a high octane musical adventure about rebellious youth and passionate love, set against the backdrop of a post-cataclysmic city adrift from the mainland. Strat, the forever young leader of The Lost, has fallen for Raven, daughter of Falco, the tyrannical, ruler of Obsidian. Will their love be allowed to blossom?
The show originally ran in London at the Coliseum from 5th June to 22nd August 2017, and starred Andrew Polec as Strat and Christina Bennington as Raven. Polec went on to win The Stage Debut Award for Best West End Debut for his role, and the pair have returned for the show's latest revival in London.
With a book by Jim Steinman and Stuart Beattie and music and lyrics by Jim Steinman, Bat Out of Hell the Musical is directed by Jay Scheib and features choreography by Emma Portner, with musical arrangements and supervision by Michael Reed, set design by Jon Bausor and costume design by Meentje Nielsen. The production opened at the Manchester Opera House in 2017, and transferred to the London Coliseum in June.
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32 images Join the eternally young Strat and his wild gang, The Lost, as they roam the streets of Obsidian, a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, ruled by the wicked and tyrannical Falco. When Strat first sets eyes on Falco's daughter, Raven, who has been locked away in the palace towers, he sets out to rescue her from her evil father's clutches in a full throttle tale of teenage love, youthful rebellion and living the rock and roll dream.
The Jim Steinman musical, chock full of Meat Loaf's greatest hits, returns to London's West End
The grand old London Coliseum on St Martin's Lane -- usually the home of London's second opera company, the English National Opera -- is undergoing a management crisis and severe cuts in funding.
The West End production of Meat Loaf musical Bat Out of Hell is set to close at the Dominion Theatre early next year. Featuring songs from Jim Steinman’s classic Bat Out of Hell albums, the musical was set in the dystopian city of Obsidian where Strat – a mutant who is unable to age beyond 18 – falls in love with Raven, the daughter of the tyrannical Falco. Bat Out of Hell will play its final performance at the Dominion Theatre on 5th January.
It has been announced that Bat Out of Hell will return to London following the show’s last performance at the London Coliseum. At the curtain call of the final show, it was announced the show would be returning to London next year. A venue has not been announced. The musical previewed at the Manchester Opera House in March before transferring to the Coliseum for its world premiere and officially opening in June. The musical features Jim Steinman’s songs from Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell albums, as well as a book by Steinman.
Producers of the West End production of Bat Out of Hell - the Musical have announced that the show has extended its booking at the London Coliseum ahead of its official opening. The long-awaited Jim Steinman musical will begin previews on 5 June 2017 ahead of an official opening on 20 June and will now run to 5 August 2017.
It's easy to be cynical about jukebox musicals. For the past two decades modern musical theatre in both the UK and USA has been dominated by shows that mine the work of pop music artists and aim to tell the story of the singer or group or use the material to tell a more fragmented story that utilises their most popular billboard titles.
First production images have been released of the upcoming West End show Bat Out of Hell the Musical which lands at the London Coliseum in June 2017, following its run at the Manchester Opera House.
