Next To Normal
Next To Normal - 2024 West End History , Info & More
Wyndham's Theatre
(Leicester Square) Charing Cross Road London
Next To Normal is an intimate exploration of family and loss. At its heart is Diana Goodman, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past. Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst directs this powerful rock musical about a far‑from‑average family.
Next To Normal - 2024 - West End Cast
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Next to Normal review
8 / 10
This harrowing, tough-minded musical about mental illness, trauma, love and family is a genuinely courageous attempt to expand the form. Written by Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics), it was a multi-award-winning Broadway hit in 2009; now Michael Longhurst’s British premiere production, first seen at the Donmar last summer, triumphantly transfers to the West End. Maybe some details of the staging don’t register with quite the same impact in a less intimate venue. But the show still rips out your heart and hands it back to you, bruised but overflowing. The cast of six is superlative, and Caissie Levy, returning in the lead role of Diana Goodman, is phenomenal, her every moment meticulously calibrated and freighted with delicately observed emotion, and her vocals frankly jaw-dropping.
Next to Normal review: A nuanced take on mental health with a powerful rock soundtrack
10 / 10
In short, no matter your own backgrounds or experiences with mental health or grief, this story of an emotionally fraught family on the precipice of danger and longing for something normal (or even just Next to Normal) is sure to deliver an emotional gut punch.
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by Stephi Wild - September 6, 2024
The West End production of Next to Normal, now playing in London, seems to be getting filmed for an eventual release. According to a teaser photo on Instagram, it appears that the musical will film performances from 9-11 September at Wyndham's Theatre.
by Stephi Wild - July 2, 2024
The Donmar Warehouse production of the Tony-winning musical Next to Normal is now open on London's West End. Watch an all new trailer in the video here!
by A.A. Cristi - June 26, 2024
The Donmar Warehouse production of the Tony-winning musical Next to Normal celebrated its official opening night on London's West End this week. Read the reviews!
by Abbie Grundy - June 26, 2024
Following a sold-out run at the Donmar Warehouse, Next to Normal arrives at Wyndham's Theatre.
by Kat Mokrynski - June 13, 2024
Recently, we had the chance to speak with Wolfe about bringing Next to Normal to the West End. We discussed what it has been like to join the show as a fan of Next to Normal, the importance of mental health both on stage and off and what he hopes audiences take away from this production.
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2024
The Donmar Warehouse production of the Broadway musical Next To Normal has announce its full company ahead of its transfer to the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre this summer. Learn more about the cast here!
by Lauren Hilton - May 16, 2024
Get a sneak peek of the West End production of Next to Normal with Caissie Levy & Eleanor Worthington-Cox performing 'Maybe' from the show. Watch the full video here!
by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2024
Ahead of Next To Normal’s West End Transfer to the Wyndham’s Theatre on Tuesday 18 June 2024, an all new video has been released of ‘Superboy and the Invisible Girl’ performed by the company’s celebrated returning cast Caissie Levy, Jack Wolfe, and Eleanor Worthington-Cox.
by Stephi Wild - March 18, 2024
All new artwork has been revealed for the upcoming West End transfer of the sold-out and critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Next to Normal. Check it out here!
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 18, 2024
The critically acclaimed cast of the smash hit Donmar Warehouse production of the Broadway musical Next to Normal – which sold every seat at every performance across its season at Donmar Warehouse, where the production made its long-awaited UK Premiere –are to return as the show prepares to transfer to London’s West End.
Next To Normal FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Just Another Day
Everything Else
Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I
Perfect for You
I Miss the Mountains
It's Gonna Be Good
He's Not Here
You Don't Know
I Am the One
Superboy and the Invisible Girl
I'm Alive
Make Up Your Mind/ Catch Me I'm Falling
I Dreamed a Dance
There's a World
I've Been
A Light in the Dark
Wish I Were Here
Song of Forgetting
Hey #1
Seconds and Years
Better Than Before
Aftershocks
Hey #2
You Don't Know (Reprise)
How Could I Ever Forget?
It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise)
Why Stay?/A Promise
I'm Alive (Reprise)
The Break
Make Up Your Mind/ Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise)
Maybe (Next to Normal)
Hey #3/Perfect for You (Reprise)
So Anyway
I Am the One (Reprise)
Light
Next To Normal History
Other Productions of Next To Normal
| 2008 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2009 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2010 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
| 2010 | US Tour |
2nd National Tour US Tour |
| 2013 |
Weston Playhouse Production |
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| 2020 | Washington, DC (Regional) |
Kennedy Center Broadway Center Stage Production Washington, DC (Regional) |
| 2024 | West End |
West End |
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