An indie musical by Siân Owen set on New Year's Eve 1997 inside a smoke-filled Manchester nightclub, with a live soundtrack of 90s classics.
How Soon Is Now? runs at Tobacco Factory Theatres from Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 October, a new indie musical from the Manchester company Box of Tricks. It's written by award-winning playwright Siân Owen and set on New Year's Eve 1997 inside a smoke-filled Manchester nightclub. The story follows Jean, a Welsh outsider, who meets the outgoing Angie and the warm, compassionate Polly, while DJ Spin Jim shapes the night with a live soundtrack of nineties anthems by The Stone Roses, Radiohead and The Smiths.
Director Adam Quayle has highlighted the show's multi-instrumentalist, all-singing and all-dancing cast, and Owen describes it as a love song to music, friendship and courage, designed to make audiences feel they've stepped straight into the middle of a bustling nightclub. It's a production that celebrates Northern voices, and the Bristol run is audio described, with a BSL-interpreted performance on the Friday night.
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The cast features Bethan McLean as Jean, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi as Angie, Laura Robinson as Polly, Darragh Cowley as DJ Spin Jim and Theo Woolford as Carl, with LJ Willow on the live band. Each performance starts at 7.30pm and runs for one hour and 40 minutes. Tickets are £18 standard and £16 concession.
