This production will begin performances on 24 May and close on 29 June 2025.
★★★★★
'A wonderful, exceptionally touching new musical'
The Times
2nd of July 1982. Using a lawn chair and approximately 42 helium-filled weather balloons, truck driver Larry Walters defied all the odds (and FAA airspace regulations!) to make his lifelong dream a reality and fly sixteen thousand feet above Los Angeles.
No, seriously. In a chair.
★★★★
This show soars
WhatsOnStage
42 Balloons is an uplifting musical inspired by the highly improbable true story of how Larry, and his partner Carol Van Deusen, convinced their friends and family to help Larry achieve his dream of flying.
Featuring an irresistible, 80s-style pop score, 42 Balloons questions how far you would go to make your dreams come true. Is the sky actually the limit, and what happens if it doesn’t all go to plan?
CAST
EVELYN HOSKINS – Carol
CHARLIE McCULLAGH – Larry
GILLIAN HARDIE – Carol's Mom
LEJAUN SHEPPARD – Ron
SIMON ANTHONY – Letterman & Cover Ron
JORDAN BROATCH – Ensemble & Cover Letterman
MADDISON BULLEYMENT – The Kid
ATHENA COLLINS – Ensemble & Cover Carol's Mom
MORGAN GREGORY – Ensemble
MATT JONES – Swing
LUKE LATCHMAN – Ensemble
REBEKAH LOWINGS – Cover Carol
JAMIE PRITCHARD – Cover Larry
LAURA DAWN PYATT – Ensemble & Dance Captain
TINOVIMBANASHE SIBANDA – Ensemble & Assistant Dance Captain
NATASHA WILDE – Swing
CREATIVES
JACK GODFREY – Book, Music & Lyrics
ELLIE COOTE – Director & Dramaturg
JOE BEIGHTON – Orchestrator/Arranger & Musical Supervisor
ALEXZANDRA SARMIENTO – Choreographer
MILLA CLARKE – Scenic Designer
NATALIE PRYCE – Costume Designer
ANDRZEJ GOULDING – Video Designer & Animator
BRUNO POET – Lighting Designer
PAUL GATEHOUSE – Sound Designer
FLYNN STURGEON – Music Director
PEARSON CASTING CDG – Casting Directors