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Come From Away is a Canadian musical that looks at what happened on September 11, when US airspace closed and 38 planes were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland. Come From Away the musical is currently running on Boadway and in London.

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Come From Away the musical has book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankhoff and David Hein. The actors in Come From Away play the residents of Gander and a selection of the passengers of the planes who ended up staying for 54 days doubling the population of the town in a few hours.

The show is a one-act musical running approximately 90 minutes with the text and songs derived from hundreds of interviews undertaken by the writers when Gander celebrated the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and many of the “plane people” returned. Come From Away the musical reminds us of the capacity for human kindness in the darkest of times.

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The West End company of Come From Away. Photo: Craig Sugden

Workshops for the musical started in 2012 at a college in Ontario, before playing the La Jolla Playhouse and the Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2015, in Washington and Ontario in 2016. Come From Away the musical opened on Broadway on 12 March 2017 becoming a smash hit. In 2018 it became the longest-running Canadian musical in Broadway history.

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Come From Away – West End Company. Photo: Craig Sugden

Come From Away opened at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 2018 before transferring to the Phoenix Theatre, London in February 2019.

Come From Away the musical was nominated for seven 2017 Tony Awards winning for Best Director. In 2019, Come From Away was nominated for 9 Laurence Olivier Awards winning 4 including Best Musical. It also won the 2019 Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical.

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The cast of Come From Away. Photo: Matthew Murphy

Productions of Come From Away closed and went into hiatus when the pandemic hit in March 2020. London has now re-opened, Broadway was recently filmed and televised on AppleTV to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

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Cast Announced For Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre

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Casting has been announced for the Tony Award-winning musical Come From Away which has its UK premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in January 2019. Casting has been announced for Come From Away the musical in the West End which opens at the Phoenix Theatre in January 2019. Telling the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them, will be Jenna Boyd (Beulah and others), Nathanael Campbell (Bob and others),Clive Carter (Claude and others), Mary Doherty (Bonnie and others), Robert Hands (Nick, Doug and others), Helen Hobson (Diane and others), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Kevin J, Ali and others), Harry Morrison (Oz and others),Emma Salvo (Janice and others), David Shannon (Kevin T, Garth and others), Cat Simmons (Hannah and others) and Rachel Tucker (Beverley, Annette and others) with Mark Dugdale, Bob Harms, Kiara Jay, Kirsty Malpass,Tania Mathurin, Alexander … Read more

Award-winning Musical Come From Away Comes To London’s Phoenix Theatre

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The Tony Award-winning musical Come From Away will receive its West End premiere at the Phoenix Theatre from 30 January 2019. Come From Away the musical is the remarkable true story of the 7000 stranded passengers that were welcomed by the people of Gander Newfoundland during the wake of 9/11. Cultures clashed, and nerves ran high, but as uneasiness turned into trust music soared into the night and gratitude grew into enduring friendship. Critically acclaimed Come From Away was a surprise hit on Broadway where it continues its sold-out record-breaking run. Come From Away launches a 60-city North America tour in October an Australian production is confirmed for Summer 2019 and a feature film adaptation is in the works. Casting for Come From Away will be announced soon. Book, music and lyric writers, Irene Sankoff and David Hein, said: “The humour, the music, and the infectious generosity of spirit of … Read more