Here’s rehearsal images featuring the cast of Ride The Cyclone The Musical, which will have its UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse Elephant this November.
Written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, Edward Wu will star as The Amazing Karnak, with Baylie Carson as Ocean, Grace Galloway as Jane Doe, Robyn Gilbertson as Constance, Damon Gould as Noel, Bartek Kraszewski as Mischa and Jack Maverick as Ricky.
The cast is completed by Nathaniel Purnell and Rebecca D’Lacey.
Buckle up for the ride of a lifetime.
Darkly funny, wildly imaginative, and surprisingly heartfelt — Ride the Cyclone is the international musical phenomenon crashing into London. When a freak rollercoaster accident claims the lives of six teens, they find themselves trapped in limbo — and offered one last shot at life. One by one, they step into the spotlight to prove why they deserve a second chance at life.
Ride the Cyclone is a genre-defying journey through big dreams, dark secrets, and the search for what makes a life well-lived.
Ride The Cyclone The Musical will be directed and choreographed by Lizzi Gee with musical direction by Ben McQuigg, set and costume design by Ryan Dawson Laight, lighting design by Tim Deiling, video design by Nina Dunn for PixelLux, sound design by Tom Marshall, illusion design by Richard Pinner and casting by Harry Blumenau. Production management is by Toby P Darvill for Production Solutions Group, with general management by Jack Maple Productions.
It is produced by Kevin McCollum, Morris Berchard and Jack Maple. The show is licensed by Broadway Licensing.
The show had its world premiere at the Atomic Vaudeville in British Columbia, Canada, in 2008. The American premiere took place at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in September 2015 and went on to open Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in November 2016. Since then it has had runs in Seattle, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Sydney and Buenos Aires.
The musical will preview at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from Friday, November 14, 2025, running for a limited time until Saturday, January 10, 2026. Tickets here.
Top image: Lizzi Gee (director) & the cast in rehearsals for Ride The Cyclone, credit Danny Kaan (image supplied)