Ben Richards to star in premiere of Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater‘s SOME LOVERS

Ben Richards returns to musical theatre in the premiere of Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater‘s SOME LOVERS - the headline show for Aria Entertainment’s From Page To Stage  Summer Festival at The Other Palace for  just 12 performances from Thursday 24 August – 2 September 2017

SOME LOVERS is the new musical from Tony and Grammy Award winning writer Steven Sater (Spring Awakening), and Academy Award, Grammy Award winning pop legend Burt Bacharach - his first score for the theatre since 1968’s Promises Promises. A valentine to New York SOME LOVERS is a contemporary parable about the gifts we give one another -a love story, set over twenty years. Four actors play two characters, Ben and Molly, caught between the present and past. Ben will be played by Ben Richards (The Bodyguard, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert – West End, Footballers’ Wives, Hollyoaks); Molly by Gemma Wardle (Betty Blue Eyes – West End, Eponine in Les Miserables – West End); Young Molly is Jenna Innes (Charlotte Donne in Animus - The Bridewell Theatre); and making his professional debut as Young Ben is Aaron Kavanagh who graduates from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this month (July 2017.)

The creative team for SOME LOVERS: Director – Katherine Hare (Co-founder of Triptic, Resident Dir Sunny Afternoon – West End); MD - Jordan Li-Smith (Ragtime – Charing Cross Theatre); Choreographer – Philip Thomas (Tick Tick Boom! - Park Theatre); Designer – Nik Corrall (Tick Tick Boom! - Park Theatre, Ass Designer Marlowe Theatre); Lighting Designer - James Smith (Ass LD Wind In The Willows - London Palladium); Sound Designer – Chris Bogg (Yank! The Musical - Charing Cross Theatre.) SOME LOVERS is produced in association with SENBLA.

Tickets for Some Lovers