Fiery New Production, Barista The Musical, Choreographed By Strictly Star Pasha Kovalev

On The Table Read Magazine, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, new production, Barista The Musical, is being choreographed by Strictly Star Pasha Kovalev, and directed by West End star Sarah Redmond.

Barista The Musical

Tickets are now on sale for the hotly anticipated new production ‘Barista The Musical,’ choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing champion pro Pasha Kovalev, and directed by celebrated West End star Sarah Redmond. Combining a dramatic and gripping story with an outstanding original score, ‘Barista The Musical’ is packed with beautiful melodies, show-stopping numbers and incredible Latin and contemporary dance.

With script and score written by Sussex-based husband and wife team Nigel and Anna Newman the musical will debut at Horsham’s historic Capitol Theatre from 12th to the 21st September 2024.

We’re thrilled and hugely excited! ‘Barista The Musical’ is a show that we have been writing and workshopping for over ten years now. With all the love and hard work that has gone into the show, it’s absolutely wonderful to see it coming to life, and to know it will soon be on stage is more than a dream come true.

We are extremely lucky to have such a fantastic team of creatives working with us and also to have our great producers, EJP, who have been supporting us on this journey since 2018.

-Nigel Newman, Co-Creator of ‘Barista The Musical’

Synopsis

Isabella Sanchez leaves her home in Colombia to study in England, with ambitions to make her mark on the world. She meets Andy Scott, a small struggling cafe owner, facing the emergence of coffee shop multiples on every street corner. Working part time for Andy during her studies she helps him make some positive changes to his business and their friendship flourishes and becomes closer.

Isabella is increasingly haunted by nightmares about her family and her past. Could it be the stress of her final year of university or is there something more and real that she needs to uncover?

Despite the improvements being made in the cafe, Andy is in financial trouble, and he goes to the bank to get help and buy more time to get the business back on its feet. When they turn him down Andy is devastated but believes his fortunes are changing when shortly after, Vanessa, a businesswoman and regular in the café, offers to make an investment. Isabella is suspicious of Vanessa and her motives, and her relationship with Andy becomes increasingly strained as he is blinded by everything Vanessa is offering.

Things reach a head for Isabella as both the situation with Andy, and her nightmares about her past and her family continue to get worse. Her studies are over and there is nothing to keep her in England anymore. Determined to find the truth about the past and what is affecting her family she leaves for her beautiful homeland.

Find more from Barista The Musical now:

For more information and tickets, please visit www.baristathemusical.com

Show Dates: Thursday 12th to Saturday 21st September 2024

Venue: Capitol Theatre, Horsham North Street
Horsham
RH121RG

Social media: Instagram: @barista_musical Facebook: /BaristaTheMusical

Tickets: Available at https://thecapitolhorsham.com/whats-on/all-shows/barista-the-musical/21556 or call the box office one 01403750220

Tickets from £35.
VIP Package – An exclusive VIP area as well as one of the best seats in the house. You will also receive a goodie bag containing a signed programme and chocolate coated coffee beans, an espresso martini*, a meet and greet with cast/creatives.
*soft drink or coffee/tea alternative available.

Creative Team:

Director – Sarah Redmond
Choreographer – Pasha Kovalev, Strictly Come Dancing Champion
Musical Director – Nigel Newman
‘Barista The Musical’ is a new and original musical with Book, Lyrics and Music by: Nigel & Anna Newman
Produced by: Evelyn James Productions
Age Guidance: 12+

Pasha Kovalev

Pasha was born and raised in the Far East of Siberia, Russia and started to dance at the age of 8. Following his passion for dance he eventually moved to the USA at the age of 20.

After a very successful professional competitive career in Latin Dancing with his dance partner Anya Garnis, Pasha auditioned for a 3rd season of a very popular TV show – So You Think You Can Dance that made him a popular and recognisable dancer across the US. After the TV show was over Pasha was invited to be a part of the Ballroom sensation show playing on Broadway – Burn The Floor . After the Broadway run Pasha joined Burn The Floor’s World Tour and eventually performed on West End.

In 2011 Pasha joined the professional cast of Strictly Come Dancing. 8 seasons on the show, 4 finals and 1 Glitter ball Trophy later Pasha finished his career on Strictly to focus on producing his own shows. In 2021, Pasha came back to West End as one of the lead performers in ‘Here Come The Boys’. This year, Pasha has choreographed feature film ‘Paris Christmas Waltz’ and is currently touring the UK in ‘La Bamba: The Musical.’

Sarah Redmond

Directing credits include- Deep Harvest BBC Radio Suffolk/Ink new writing – From Drugs To Drag-The Stag Theatre London, Bromance-The Other Palace-London, The Worst Little Warehouse In London- Arts Theatre London/ Edinburgh Festival/Assembly (nominated Best New Musical Edinburgh 2018), Cleo, Camping , Emmanuelle And Dick and The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband – INK Festival Live Stream – for Theatre On The Coast Southwold Summer Season, She Said The F Word- London Tete A Tete Opera Festival RADA Studios, The Importance Of Being Earnest- Brockley Jack-London (3 Offie Nominations) Oliver!- Frinton  Summer Theatre (Theatre Tent), The Homosexual Necrophiliac Duck Opera!-Kings Place London for Tete a Tete Opera Festival and The Natural History Museum-London, The Tempest-Waterloo East Theatre,Out Of The Lens and So What If I Dance (Edinburgh Festival) Pinkalicious (listed in top 8 Christmas shows Evening Standard Xmas 2010-Waterloo East Theatre, Red Hot and Cole and Z Bed-The Landor, Sweeney Todd- NYMT Rose Theatre, Kingston. Songs For A New World- NYMT The Bridewell, Matt Lucus and Friends-Vaudeville Theatre NYMT, Just Friends- Alice Label Foundation/Southwark Cathedral, The Kondos- Jermyn St Theatre, Vocalarity- UK Tour.

Pantomimes include -Aladdin and The New Adventures Of Peter Pan -Fairfield Halls
Croydon Sleeping Beauty,Cinderella & Snow White-Mansfield Theatre, Jack And The Beanstalk, Cinderella, Peter Pan-Bournemouth Pavilions, Jack And The Beanstalk-Assembly Theatre Tunbridge Wells,Peter Pan-Sunderland Empire, Snow White- Malvern theatre all for UK Productions.

Conservatoire shows include- London Road Chichester University – Waitress Mountview –

Crazy For You/Our House /City Of Angels/Lucky Stiff/Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Trinity Conservatoire-Stratford Circus, Curtains, Merrily We Roll Along, A Little Night Music, Just So, Betty Blue Eyes- Chichester University Graduation Showcase- Millennium. Sarah is a guest teacher at Arts Ed London.

As writer/director Sarah has written Cinderella Rock-TIE Tour, Monty And Mirabella- Waterloo East Theatre (Time Out pick of the fringe currently performing at Away Resorts and live on demand on their channel ) and The Christmas Sisters- Emporium Theatre Brighton/The Bedford Balham/schools tour. Her play ‘From Drugs To Drag’ which ran at The Stag Theatre is currently in development for radio for B7 Media.

As Movement Director; Chorus Of Disapproval, Stepping Out, It’s Never Too Late- Mill At Sonning, Sondheim Gala- West Yorkshire Playhouse, Midsummer Nights Dream-Propeller UK tour, Sweeney Todd- Village Underground, Spaghetti Opera- Opera On The Run.

Sarah has directed and choreographed numerous corporate events, clients ranging from Disney to Guinness.  Before turning to the dark side Sarah worked consistently as an actress performing leads in the West End, in opera, on TV , as both day player and multi eps, and was often heard on radio. She is a regular face on the London cabaret scene currently causing a small flurry with her floristry cabaret act ‘Sarah’s Bush’ . Sarah is the founder of children’s drama classes Top and Tiny Turns.

Nigel & Anna Newman – Co-Creators of ‘Barista The Musical’.

A songwriter, composer and musical director Nigel has written scores for a number of musicals including ‘Jamaica Inn’, an adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel and ‘Rough Music, Rough Justice’, a large scale community-based project. A musical director, with over thirty years experience, he has also been commissioned to create new works including ‘Aspects of Life’, to support students in GCSE and A level music. As a singer, he studied privately with Soo Bee Lee, gold medalist at the Royal Academy of Music.

He has also worked as musical director for Conservatoire shows: London Road – Chichester University.

Anna, who studied English Literature, has a keen interest in storytelling and narrative creation, coupled with bringing realism to character development through insight and observation. This is her first collaboration on a musical and she has thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of writing and developing this original story and bringing it to life through the script and musical score.

Evelyn James Productions Ltd

Evelyn James Productions Ltd is an independent producer and investment company, specialising in the support and development of new, innovative and challenging theatre. As well as developing and producing the new musical, ‘Barista The Musical’, the company is currently supporting some of the biggest West End and touring shows across the UK and internationally, including Room (Canada), Dear Evan Hansen (West End) and new musicals in both Hong Kong and Australia.

Previous productions include All in a Row (Southwark Playhouse), Silk Road (Trafalgar Studios) and two national tours of a new musical version of A Christmas Carol. 

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