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Home » London Theatre News » Dogfight at the Bridewell Theatre in central London

Dogfight at the Bridewell Theatre in central London

January 23, 2018 Last updated: May 9, 2018 5:27 pm By Admin

Sedos - Dogfight the Musical March 2018Sedos presents a new production of the award-winning musical Dogfight at the Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, from 6th – 10th March 2018. The musical, which has Book by Peter Duchan and Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is based on the 1991 movie of the same name starring River Phoenix.

Before creating the Tony-winning sensation Dear Evan Hansen, Pasek and Paul delivered the heartbreaking and beautiful musical Dogfight, which premièred Off-Broadway in 2012, and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical and was nominated for five Outer Critics Circle and one Drama Desk Awards in 2013.

Dogfight is set in San Francisco on November 21, 1963, on the eve of the Kennedy assassination. The majority of the show takes place in the final hours of an age of American innocence that will quickly dissipate. This innocence is depicted by a group of young Marines who set out for one final boys’ night of debauchery: booze, tattoos and the dogfight.

The rules of the dogfight are simple and cruel: each marine pays in $50, and the marine with the ugliest date wins. But, when one of these Marines, Eddie Birdlace, meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress whom he invites to join him that night, she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of love and kindness.

Co-Directors Zoë Dobell and Peter Shimmin said: “The story of Dogfight is touching, shining a light on US Marines sent to fight the Vietnam War. They are young men, taught that they are invincible, that they will fight for American freedom, and return as heros. They leave America cocky as ever after arranging a cruel, objectifying game, hurting girls who would later become their only friends in the world. In this post-Weinstein world, it is crucial to highlight the dangers of a misogynistic mindset and the aura of toxic masculinity that affect so many people today.” This emotional journey depicts the blissful ignorance of youth, compassion in the face of cruelty and the ability to find true inner strength and acceptance despite the brutality of life and war.

Since 2012 Sedos has been the resident theatre company at the Bridewell Theatre.

LISTINGS DETAILS
Dogfight The Musical
Music and lyrics | BENJ PASEK and JUSTIN PAUL
Book | PETER DUCHAN
Based on the Warner Bros. film and screenplay by BOB COMFORT
Tuesday 6 March to Saturday 10 March 2018
Evenings at 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm

Bridewell Theatre
Bride Lane, off Fleet Street
London EC4Y 8EQ
Box office: www.sedos.co.uk

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