It was announced this morning that Thom Southerland has been appointed as artistic director of Charing Cross Theatre. He has announced his first season of four musicals which will be kicked off by an encore season of his award winning production of Titanic which was originally produced at Southwark Playhouse in 2013 by Danielle Tarento.

Tarento will now join with Steven M Levy, Sean Sweeney and Vaughan Williams to co-produce the entire Charing Cross Season.

The rest of the Charing Cross season will comprise productions of Radio Times, Ragtime and Death Takes A Holiday.

Thom Southerland will direct all the shows apart from Radio TImes, which will be directed by Ben Woolf.

Steven M. Levy said: “Thom Southerland’s appoinment marks the start of an exciting, fabulous new chapter in the history of our theatre. As we turn into a full-time producing house we are thrilled to announce the appointment of Thom as Artistic Director and to welcome Danielle Tarento as our season co-producer.” Southerland, speaking from Japan, where he’s directing a new version of his London hit, Grand Hotel, said: “Having directed The Mikado at Charing Cross Theatre, I am thrilled to have been appointed Artistic Director. It’s doubly exciting to be able to premiere Titanic composer Maury Yeston’s Death Takes a Holiday to round off this first season.”

The season at a glance:-

Titanic (Saturday 28 May - Saturday 6 August) - Book Now Radio Times (Saturday 20 August - Saturday 1 October) - Book Now Ragtime (Saturday 8 October - Saturday 26 November) - Book Now Death Takes a Holiday (Saturday 3 December - Saturday 21 January, 2017) - Book Now