We have to wait until November for the U.K. premiere of Ride the Cyclone at Southwark Playhouse Elephant in London, but the cast dropped by West End Live 2025 to give a special sneak preview of the upcoming production. Watch above.
The cult favorite musical begins at the London venue November 14 ahead of a November 19 opening night. Directed and choreographed by Lizzi Gee, the run will continue through January 10, 2026.
Ride the Cyclone centers on six teenagers from a Canadian choir who die in a freak accident on a roller coaster. In limbo, a mechanical fortune teller offers one lucky teen the chance to return to life鈥攊f they can prove why they should be the one to go back. Ride the Cyclone features a book by Jacob Richmond, who co-wrote the music and lyrics with Brooke Maxwell.
The show was first produced at Atomic Vaudeville in Canada in 2008 before making its American premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in 2015. An Off-Broadway run came in 2016, and the show has been produced at various theatres and colleges nationwide in the years since. A cast album was released in 2021. The show saw renewed interest thanks to numerous viral video clips on social media: the #RideTheCyclone hashtag is responsible for more than 325 million videos on TikTok alone.
The cast and creative team for the U.K. premiere will be announced at a later date. Ride the Cyclone is produced by Kevin McCollum, Morris Berchard, and Jack Maple. The show is licensed by Broadway Licensing.
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