GUY TOUR : SPRING 2020
A gay rom-com for every body
Bridget Jones meets Queer As Folk with a catfishing electronic musical twist
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See below for more information about the show.
Ticket links: NORTH WEST Manchester (Centre) | Manchester (Sale) | Ormskirk | Keswick YORKSHIRE (S/E) Halifax | Huddersfield | Sheffield | NORTH EAST Alnwick | Barnard Castle | Hartlepool | Hexham | Saltburn | Sunderland MIDLANDS Birmingham (Old Rep) | Mansfield LONDON Wimbledon | Turbine Theatre |
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ABOUT GUY
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Winner, Best New Writing, Buxton Fringe
Winner, Best Show, Birmingham Fest Guy is a gay millennial looking for love... Guy is fat, nerdy and shy... Guy feels like he doesn’t fit in to the gay community. But when a rejection on Grindr pushes Guy to make terrible life choices, he is forced to confront his inner demons, all the while pushing away everyone close to him. With 12 heart-pounding electronic-pop anthems, this millennial odyssey through bingeing, gyming, prejudice, hook ups, beauty standards, and stolen identity is a much-needed reminder that the only person you can be is yourself. CAST 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT SOON |
Marvellous songs, choreography and acting... GUY is another hit for leo&hyde. |
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THE REVIEWS
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✭✭✭✭✭ Theatre Box
✭✭✭✭✭ Boyz Magazine ✭✭✭✭✭ Fairy Powered ✭✭✭✭½ The Reviews Hub ✭✭✭✭½ Manchester Theatre Award ✭✭✭✭ British Theatre ✭✭✭✭ London Theatre 1 ✭✭✭✭ Theatre Weekly UK ✭✭✭✭ Actdrop ✭✭✭✭ The Review Chap ✭✭✭✭ West End Wilma ✭✭✭✭ Jack The Lad ✭✭✭✭ Matthew Cleverly’s Blog ✭✭✭✭ Theatre Twittic ✭✭✭✭ Blackstar |
Hyde's idiosyncratic techno-pop score is excellent... haunting ballads are effortlessly fused with original pop anthems to create a genuinely contemporary score that's rich in detail and intricate in its rhythms. |
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2018 CAST
AZIZ | Seann Miley Moore
Seann was an X-Factor finalist and fan-favourite in 2015. Since then, he's killing at as a 'Slayzian Popstar in Platforms' with his own stunning EP, and performances of the international Pride circuit. Now he's returning to his roots in musical theatre for his UK theatre debut, years after studying at WAAPA. He calls GUY "euphoric"; high praise indeed.
DOM | Adam Braidley
After graduating from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Adam has had a string of roles in productions around the UK. We asked him if he has any awkward online dating experiences, and he said no - so we'll definitely be asking him for some tips!
GUY | Brendan Matthew
Brendan is not only an actor and singer, but also a director and choreographer. He went to Brit School with Leona Lewis and Blake Harrison Keenan, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He says "It's my aim to make everyone identify and fall in love with Guy by the end of the show" - so get ready!
TYLER | Steve Banks
Fortunately for the world, Steve Banks left Criminal Psychology behind to pursue a career in acting. He's performed internationally, and is now back to perform in London. Steve has shown the script to his mother - and had a lot of explaining to do...
Seann was an X-Factor finalist and fan-favourite in 2015. Since then, he's killing at as a 'Slayzian Popstar in Platforms' with his own stunning EP, and performances of the international Pride circuit. Now he's returning to his roots in musical theatre for his UK theatre debut, years after studying at WAAPA. He calls GUY "euphoric"; high praise indeed.
DOM | Adam Braidley
After graduating from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Adam has had a string of roles in productions around the UK. We asked him if he has any awkward online dating experiences, and he said no - so we'll definitely be asking him for some tips!
GUY | Brendan Matthew
Brendan is not only an actor and singer, but also a director and choreographer. He went to Brit School with Leona Lewis and Blake Harrison Keenan, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He says "It's my aim to make everyone identify and fall in love with Guy by the end of the show" - so get ready!
TYLER | Steve Banks
Fortunately for the world, Steve Banks left Criminal Psychology behind to pursue a career in acting. He's performed internationally, and is now back to perform in London. Steve has shown the script to his mother - and had a lot of explaining to do...
The Team
DIRECTOR: Sam Ward
Sam Ward is a director and theatremaker based in Manchester. He is the lead artist in award-winning company YESYESNONO, having created and performed in Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist and [insert slogan here], both of which are currently on a national tour. Sam has directed productions by writers such as David Greig, Sarah Kane, Dawn King and Steven Berkoff. He was resident assistant director at HOME, where he directed a staged reading of The Archimedes' Principle and where he assisted Polly Findlay on Ghosts and Richard Beecham on Rose. Sam's first piece, Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist, has been published by Oberon Books.
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: LAUREN RONAN
Lauren is an Ireland/London based musical director & vocal coach and holds a BMus from University College Cork and a Postgraduate Diploma in Musical Direction from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Recent shows as MD include Urinetown (CPA Studios) Great Again the Musical (Vaults) and deputy MD on He Shoots! He Scores! (Above the Stag) among various cabarets and showcases. Credits while training include Dogfight (Karamel Club) & Fanatical (Karamel Club). Lauren is a regular teacher and coach at various training colleges in London.
choreographer: yukiko masui
Yukiko Masui is an award winning choreographer who is originally from Tokyo, Japan. Her dance journey started with Hip-hop and Ballroom Latin Dance where she competed in both styles and won various prizes in Japan. In 2008, she moved to London to train in Contemporary Dance and since then has been working internationally as a performer with Art of Spectra(SE), Cathy Waller, Company Decalage, and more. As a choreographer, she has choreographed and co-directed a dance theatre adaptation of Titus Andronicus, and most recently, she has choreographed Urine Town at London College of Music and A Little Night Music at Story House. She can also be seen on music videos (Coldplay, DJ Fresh & Sam Harper). For more info, check out her website.
lighting designer: rajiv pattani
Rajiv is one of the Technicians at the Bush, in the Theatre and the Studio. He is also a lighting designer. Rajiv graduated from LAMDA in 2014 with qualifications in Stage Management and Technical Theatre, specialising in Lighting, Sound and AV. Recent design work includes the Bush Theatre’s reopening event Black Lives, Black Words. NASSIM Edinburgh Fringe First winner 2017 (Traverse 2 & Bush Theatre & Studio) Ramona Tells Jim Directed by Mel Hillyard (Bush Studio) Hijabi Monologues London (Bush Theatre) STUD (Network Theatre as part of Vaults Festival 2018), Screaming Secrets & Glass Roots (Alexander Matthews season at Tristan Bates).