Selladoor Productions presents Green Day’s explosive rock musical, American Idiot. Returning to mark the show’s 10th anniversary and the 15th anniversary of the Grammy Award winning original album. Starring singer-songwriter Luke Friend (X-Factor), Tom Milner (The Voice and Waterloo Road) and introducing Sam Lavery as Whatsername.
Winner of two Tony Awards® and the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot is the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9/11 world. The show features the music of Green Day with the lyrics of its lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong and book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer. This thrilling musical has had Green Day fans in rapture and introduced a generation of theatregoers to their powerful and moving musical style.
This epic tour comes from Selladoor Productions producers of Flashdance, Fame, Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors.
Please note, this production contains strobe lighting, strong language and drug references.
Cast
Tom Milner
Johnny
Luke Friend
St Jimmy
Sam Lavery
Whatsername
Glenn Adamson
Theo
Laura Marie Benson
Lesley
Jennifer Caldwell
Swing
Joshua Dowen
Tunny
Raquel Jones
Extraordinary Girl
Daniel Law
Swing
Rory Maguire
Gerard
Shekinah McFarlane
Alysha
Siobhan O’Driscoll
Heather
Samuel Pope
Will
Alexandra Robinson
Libby
Christian Tyler-Wood
Declan
Company
Music by Green Day
Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Book by Billie Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer
Director & Choreographer Racky Plews
Musical Supervisor Richard Morris
Designer Sara Perks
Sound Designer Chris Whybrow
Lighting Designer Tim Deiling
Reviews
American Idiot
"Go for the time of your life"
Evening Standard
American Idiot
★★★★
"Throbs with the energy of a rock gig"
The Independent
American Idiot
★★★★
"An Affecting snapshot of our times"
The Times
