Goodbye Barcelona Plays Arcola Theatre

Marking the 75th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, and inspired by first hand accounts, Goodbye Barcelona focuses on Sammy, a young man driven to leave his home in London and join the International Brigades to fight against the fascists.

Goodbye Barcelona, a passionate new musical with Book by Judith Johnson, Music &?Lyrics by KS?Lewkowicz, is to have its world premiere in a five-week season at Arcola Theatre from Thursday 24 November - Friday 23 December.

Press night Monday 28 November at 7.30pm

Cast: Lucy Bradshaw, Tom Gill, Katie Bernstein, John Killoran, Mark Meadows, Jack Shalloo, Laura Tebbutt.

Judith Johnson's (Book) plays include Uganda for the Royal National Studio/Royal Court, (winner of the Thames Best Play Award), and Somewhere for the Royal National Theatre /Liverpool Playhouse (winner of a Liverpool Arts Award). TV work includes First Sex (which was nominated for a children's BAFTA). Her musical Release The Beat, written with composer KS Lewkowicz, a musical adapted from A Midsummer Night's Dream, was directed by Mehmet Ergen for Arcola Theatre in 2004.

KS?Lewkowicz (Music &?Lyrics) also wrote Music and Lyrics for Release The Beat; Vocal and Incidental Music for a children's adaptation of Jabberwocky at Arcola Theatre in 2002; and a musical adaptation of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock.

Karen Rabinowitz (Director & Choreographer) is Course Leader for the Musical Theatre Course at the Royal Academy of Music, where her productions have included Follies, Sweet Charity, Nine, Happy End, City of Angels, A Little Night Music, The Wiz, A Chorus Line, Little Me, and A... My Name is Alice. Other productions include Hansel & Gretel (Stratford East), Ain't We Got Fun? (Lyric Studio), Safety in Numbers and It's All in the Stars (Molecule Theatre), Alice Through the Looking Glass (Dundee Rep), Twelfth Night (Waterville, Maine)

Other creatives:
Designer Nigel Hook
Sound Design Mike Walker
Lighting Design Rob Halliday
Producer Flavia Fraser-Cannon

Produced by Goodbar Productions in association with Arcola Theatre

Goodbye Barcelona began as a commission from Arcola Theatre funded by Arts Council England, it was subsequently developed for Arcola's Grimeborn Opera Festival.

Goodbye Barcelona

Arcola Theatre
24 Ashwin Street
Dalston
LONDON E8 3DL

Box Office:
020 7503 1646
or www.arcolatheatre.com

Nearest Trains:
Dalston Junction/Dalston Kingsland

Thursday 24 November - Friday 23 December

Tuesday - Saturday at 7.30pm
Saturday matinees at 2.30pm
(no matinee Saturday 26 November)
extra matinee Friday 23 December at 2.30pm

Press Night: Monday 28 November at 7.30pm

Tickets: £17.00 (£11.00 concessions)
Pay What You Can Tuesdays

TEN10 - 10 performances for £10 (not available online) - 24, 26, 30 November, 1, 2, 3 (mat), 3 (eve), 7, 8 December