Avenue Q returns to London in April 2014

Dom O'Hanlon
Dom O'Hanlon

The Tony Award Winning musical comedy Avenue Q, will return to London's Greenwich Theatre for a limited run ahead of a UK National Tour.

This brand new production is produced by David Hutchinson and Philip Rowntree for Sell a Door Theatre Company Ltd and Richard Darbourne.

At the Greenwich Theatre from 23 April 2014, Sell a Door return to their resident venue for a strictly limited London run. Directed by Cressida Carré, this new production will feature original puppet designs by Paul Jomain, along with set design by Richard Evans. 'Avenue Q' runs at the Greenwich Theatre until 11 May 2014, before embarking on an extensive UK tour which will take on 19 venues including Manchester Palace Theatre, Sunderland Empire Theatre, and G Live! Guildford.

'Puppets, Porn and the Purpose of Life' can only mean the return of the Tony Award winning musical comedy 'Avenue Q'. Combining human actors and puppets 'Avenue Q' tells the story of graduate Princeton who moves to the unlikely neighbourhood in order to find some purpose in his life. He is welcomed to the street by a cast of fuzzy characters, including the porn obsessed Trekkie Monster; closeted homosexual republican Rod and his roommate Nicky and girl-next-door Kate Monster. As Princeton begins to get his life on track, he succumbs to temptation from Lucy the Slut which puts his relationship with Kate Monster, and the rest of the street, on the line.

Avenue Q originally opened on Broadway in 2003, where it went on to win the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. Featuring music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx along with book by Jeff Whitty, the original London production was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and opened at the Noel Coward Theatre in 2006.

Sell a Door's previous shows include 'Dracula', 'A Taste of Honey', 'Seussical' and 'Spring Awakening'.

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