Fiddler on the Roof has transferred to the West End's Playhouse Theatre following its revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory, with director Trevor Nunn giving Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's classic musical a new lease of life. The production opened in the West End to the Playhouse Theatre on 27th March 2019, after tickets for Fiddler on the Roof at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London sold out.
Set in Russia at the turn of the 1905 Revolution, Fiddler on the Roof centres around Tevye, a Jewish man who works hard to ensure that he raises his five daughters with traditional Jewish customs. When the village matchmaker brings news that a wealthy butcher wants to marry their eldest child Tzeitel, it’s clear that pairing people together isn’t what Tzeitel wants. Tzeitel wants to marry her childhood friend, Motel the tailor. Eventually, Tzeitel and Motel marry each other, with local Jews joining in with the ceremony, but they are not able to celebrate for too long, with Russians wreaking havoc in their community.
Andy Nyman stars in the London production as Tevye. Nyman's previous work on stage includes productions of Abigail's Party, Assassins and Hangmen. as well as writing the play Ghost Stories, which went on to play the West End and was adapted into a film. Nyman is also known for his work with Derren Brown, having collaborated with the illusionist on TV shows and stage productions.
Four-time Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn played Golde in the London production, having previously played the part in the Broadway revival in November 2016. Her previous stage work includes playing Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Helen Bechdel in the Broadway production of Fun Home, and voicing the titular character in the Disney film Pocahontas.
Fiddler on the Roof tickets are available now.
3 images This is suddenly a golden age for the forever-classics of musical theatre, from London where Sondheim's Company and Follies have both had spellbinding reinventions, to Broadway where there are currently revelatory revivals of My Fair Lady, Oklahoma! and Kiss Me, Kate. And now, hot on the heels of an Off-Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof - performed, for the first time, in Yiddish, the... Read more
Judy Kuhn, a Broadway veteran with a track record of major credits stretching back over 30 years, is no stranger to London, working with Trevor Nunn or Fiddler on the Roof. Now all three are combining in the show that has brought her back to London and reunited her with Nunn: she is reprising the role of Golde, wife of milkman-turned-everyday-philosopher Tevye, that she's previously played in the last Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof in 2016.
New casting has been announced for the West End revival of Fiddler on the Roof, which transferred to the Playhouse Theatre from the Menier Chocolate Factory.
From the Menier Chocolate Factory to its West End transfer at the Playhouse Theatre, Andy Nyman and Judy Kuhn have starred as husband and wife Tevye and Golde in Trevor Nunn's exemplary production of Fiddler on the Roof since last November. But just how well have they got to know each other over the past six months? We headed backstage at the Playhouse to find out by putting Kuhn and Nyman to our Cast Mates challenge, which you can watch below. Fiddler on the Roof is booking at the Playhouse Theatre until 28th September. Fiddler on the Roof tickets are available now.
The complete casting for the Fiddler on the Roof at the Playhouse Theatre has been announced, transferring from the Menier Chocolate Factory to the West End. Andy Nyman will reprise his performance as Tevye, with previous stage credits including Assassins and Abigail’s Party, as well as co-writing Ghost Stories, which will soon be performed at Lyric Hammersmith.
Trevor Nunn has been one of the dominant forces in British theatre for over half a century now. He became the artistic director of the RSC 51 years ago, when he was just 28 years old, a post he held until 1986; he also held a one-term tenure as artistic director at the National, in-between Richard Eyre and Nicholas Hytner, between 1997 and 2003.
Trevor Nunn’s production of Fiddler on the Roof, which is currently running at the Menier Chocolate Factory, will transfer to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre in March, is has been announced. Fiddler on the Roof was revived at the Menier in December last year, starring Andy Nyman as Tevye and Judy Kuhn as wife Golde. The production, which received wide critical acclaim, was tickets sell out at the Menier. It will now run at the Playhouse Theatre, starring Nyman and Kuhn, from 21st March 2019, and tickets for the West End transfer are available now.
Following the announcement that the Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Fiddler on the Roof is transferring to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre, stars Andy Nyman and Judy Kuhn told us why they’re so excited the musical will get an extended run in London. Nyman and Kuhn are transferring with the production following their critically-acclaimed performances in the musical at the Menier, where it is now nigh-on impossible to buy a ticket for.
