The production will run at the Charing Cross Theatre from the 1st June until the 28th July.
It has been confirmed that a new musical based on the life of Marie Curie, will make its English Language premiere at the Charing Cross Theatre this summer.
Directed by Sarah Meadows, the musical features book & lyrics by Seeun Choun, music by Jongyoon Choi, English book adaptation by Tom Ramsay and English lyrics adaptation by Emma Fraser.
Marie Curie. Physicist. Pioneer. Parent.
Marie Curie is certain that she can make a name for herself and change the course of science in the progress as she arrives from her native Poland to study at Sorbonne University in Paris. When she discovers Radium, a new chemical element, she’s lauded with the Nobel Prize but is faced with an overwhelming moral dilemma. Whilst Marie is discovering the lifesaving potential of Radium to cure cancer, factory workers handing Radium are succumbing to the insidious grip of radium poisoning.
Casting for the English language has yet to be announced.
The musical originally premiered in South Korea in 2020 at the Chungmu Art Center and recorded a rating of 9.8 (out of 10). A live performance was then broadcast, watched by 790,000 people. The show returned to Hongik Art Center Grand Theater, winning the Grand Prize, Best Book, Best Music, Best Director, and Best Producer at the 5th Korea Musical Awards. In 2023/24 Marie Curie opened its third season touring to six cities across South Korea. In Korea it was acclaimed for its cinematic quality and proved incredibly popular – watched in theatres by a cumulative total of 100,000 people.
This production will feature choreography by Joanna Goodwin, sound design by Andrew Johnson, casting director Jane Deitch and production manager James Anderton.
To book tickets visit: https://charingcrosstheatre.co.uk/theatre/marie-curie