The Arts at Marble Arch is set to host the London transfer of Million Dollar Quartet, which will debut this autumn for a strictly limited season.
Currently playing at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, the show will see Darren Day reprise the role of Sam Phillips, the visionary producer who discovered the sound of rock ’n’ roll, with full casting for the London season to be announced shortly.
On the night of December 4th 1956, four men walked into a recording studio in Memphis and made musical history. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley were brought together by pure chance for a jam session which would go on to shape the trajectory of rock ‘n’ roll music across the world.
In the studio egos collide, promises are broken and dreams take shape. As the men navigate ambition, rivalry and fame they create the soundtrack that will define an era. Experience the classic songs – “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Fever”, “Walk The Line”, “Hound Dog” (and many more) – in the thrilling atmosphere of that once-in-a-lifetime event.
With book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux, the production is directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, with choreography by Joanna Goodwin, set and costume design by Libby Watson, lighting design by Alex Musgrave, sound design by Nick Lodge and musical supervision by Lee Freeman.
The London transfer follows the production’s extended summer season at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester and continues the theatre’s growing record of developing work in the Cotswolds for wider audiences, under its Built By Barn brand, following the recent West End run and UK tour of its 2023 production of I’m Sorry Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember, as well as the forthcoming UK tour of The King’s Speech.
Million Dollar Quartet opened on Broadway in 2010. The musical made its West End premiere at the Noël Coward Theatre in 2011, before returning to London as part of an extensive UK tour in 2016 and 2017. It has since been produced across the United States and internationally.
From Built by Barn and Steve Spiegel for TRW Production, Million Dollar Quartet will play at The Arts at Marble Arch from Friday, September 4 to Sunday, December 6, 2026. Tickets here.
Top image: Million Dollar Quartet ensemble (image supplied)