Meet Anna. A 21 year old with a passion for baking… and change making.
When Anna sees #activism trending on Instagram, she recognises an opportunity to share her story. But before she expresses her pre-heated passion online, she lays out steps she can take on and off screen, and thinks of boundaries she can set to safely call out injustice.
Presented by Burnt Lemon Theatre in association with
MAST Mayflower Southampton and Birmingham Hippodrome
TOKYO ROSE
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A YOUNGER THEATRE
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THE SCOTSMAN
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MUSICAL THEATRE REVIEW
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BROADWAY BABY
★★★★
THE LIST
Turn back the dial to 1949.
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Iva Toguri is charged with treason in one of the most controversial trials in American history. Iva stands accused of being the notorious 'Tokyo Rose', a Japanese wartime disc jockey who broadcast Axis propaganda to the Allied forces in the Pacific. But was Iva the villain she was made out to be?
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Award-winning Burnt Lemon Theatre spit piercing verse in an electric new musical broadcast going live in 5, 4, 3...
WINNER: UNTAPPED AWARD 2019
WINNER: Les Enfants Terribles Stepladder Award 2019
SHORTLIST: Best Musical Production 2019, Broadway World
SHORTLIST: Best Musical 2019, Musical Theatre Review
What's that? A Tokyo Rose Cast Album?!
DATES:
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2019
3rd August - 27th August | Underbelly Cowgate | Edinburgh
8th October - 12th October | New Diorama | London
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2021
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16th Sep– 18th Sep | MAST Mayflower Studios | Southampton
23rd Sep – 16th Oct | Southwark Playhouse | London
18th Oct - 20th Oct | Curve | Leicester
21st Oct - 23rd Oct | North Wall Arts Centre | Oxford
26th Oct - 27th Oct | Corn Exchange | Newbury
28th Oct - 30th Oct | Birmingham Hippodrome | Birmingham
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For programming or development enquiries, please contact tanya@burntlemontheatre.com.
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CAST (2021)
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Maya Britto
Lucy Park
Yuki Sutton
Kanako Nakano
Cara Baldwin
Amy Parker
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CREATIVE TEAM (2021)
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Director - Hannah Benson
Book and Lyrics - Maryhee Yoon & Cara Baldwin
Composer - William Patrick Harrison
Vocal Arranger - Hannah Benson
Associate Director - Amelia Kinu Muus
Dramaturgs - Haruka Ueda, Hannah Benson, Jonathan Man
Additional Book - Jonathan Man, Hannah Benson and William Patrick Harrison
Producer - Tanya Agarwal
Assistant Producer - Marie-Elena Nash
Production Manager - LBRDR
Set Designer - Luke W. Robson
Light Designer - Holly Ellis
Sound Designer - Jamie Lu
Stage Manager - Phoebe Eldekvist
Costume Designer - Erin Guan
Publicity Designer - Rebecca Pitt
PR - Chloe Nelkin Consulting
Tokyo Rose is supported by MAST Mayflower Southampton, Birmingham Hippodrome, Stage One, Royal Victoria Hall Foundation, London Sake, Arts Council England , Greenback Alan LLP, Allan Wilson and Bill Emmott.
William Patrick Harrison is supported by PRS Foundation's The Open Fund:
Originally supported by New Diorama Theatre, Underbelly and Allan Wilson.
With special thanks to:
Uri Roodner, Les Enfant Terribles, HOUSE, The Other Richard, Derby Theatre, Allan Wilson, Catherine Davies, Rianna Deardon, Stephanie Vanden Driesen, Xingbo Feng, Ellie Harris, Molly Harris, The Harrisons, Tika Mu'tamir, Robert Myson, Guy J. Sanders, The Yoons, The Baldwins, The Bensons and Barbara Trembley.
For programming enquires, please contact Tanya Agarwal at info@burntlemontheatre.com