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Showing at:Gielgud Theatre
Download (pdf format): Seating plan
Age:General
Genre:Musical
Sub Genre:Musical-Drama
James Rado and Gerome Ragni’s 1967 tribal rock musical Hair centres on a group of long-haired hippies who champion peace, love and freedom against the backdrop of the Vietnam war draft during the 1960s.
Galt MacDermot’s score features the famous songs Aquarius, Good Morning Starshine, Let The Sunshine In and, of course, Hair.
Hair premiered off-Broadway in 1967 before transferring to the Great White Way the following year where it was a huge success, capturing the spirit of the anti-war movement and winning the 1969 Tony Award for Best Musical. The show opened in London in 1968 - the first musical to open after the abolition of the censor - with a cast including Elaine Paige, Richard O’Brien, Tim Curry and Paul Nicholas. It ran until 1973, only coming to an end because the roof of the Shaftesbury theatre fell in.
This new production of Hair, by the Public Theater, opened on Broadway in March this year and won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. In transferring with the show to London, the cast make history in becoming the first entire original Broadway cast to open a show in the West End.
For more about Hair at the Gielgud theatre read the First Night Feature.
show times: Mon-Sat 20:00, Thu & Sat 15:00
ticket prices: £17.50-£65
duration: 2h40
cast: Sasha Allen, Ato Blankson-Wood, Steel Burkhardt, Jackie Burns, Allison Case, Gavin Creel, Lauren Elder, Allison Guinn, Anthony Hollock, Kaitlin Kiyan, Andrew Kober, Megan Lawrence, Caissie Levy, Nicole Lewis, John Moauro, Darius Nichols, Brandon Pearson, Megan Reinking, Paris Remillard, Bryce Ryness, Saycon Sengbloh, Maya Sharpe, Kacie Sheik, Theo Stockman, Will Swenson, Tommar Wilson
director: Diane Paulus
sound: Acme Sound Partners
lighting designer: Michael Chybowski
costume: Michael McDonald
choreographer: Karole Armitage
designer: Scott Pask
producer: Public Theater, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, John Gore, Thomas B McGrath in association with Cameron Mackintosh
Access Enabled Map (pdf format):
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Gielgud Theatre Access Enabled Map
address: Shaftesbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom, W1D 6AR
nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus (approx. 250m)
nearest bus: 14, 19, 38
parking: 2 spaces for blue badge holders in Archer Street. Westminter City Council car park at Poland Street and China Town. NCP at Wardour Street, Newport Place, Denman Street, Lexington Street.
air conditioned: No
Access Booking:Tel: 0844 482 5137
discounts: Discounts available for all disabled people and their companions.
limited mobility: Please ask when booking if you require extra leg room – rows J and K in the Stalls and aisle seats have the most leg room.
access description: One 10cm step up into the foyer, through swing doors. Box Office on the right. There is a sofa in the foyer. Handrails on both sides of staircases. All steps are highlighted. Dress Circle up 3 steps (2 steep steps between rows). Ramp available to give level access to front of Dress Circle. 20 steps down to the Stalls and 30 up to the Upper Circle from an entrance on Shaftesbury Avenue to the right of the main foyer entrance. The upper circle also has two steep steps between each row.
hearing impaired: Sennheiser infra-red system with 15 headsets + 2 which attach tp haring aides – collect your headsets from the cloakroom: name and address required. The best reception is in the front area of all levels of the auditorium. Induction loop at the Box Office.
guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are permitted inside the auditorium. Alternatively, staff are happy to dog-sit for 2 guide dogs per performance.
wheelchairs: Entrance to the auditorium is through the third side EXIT door on Rupert Street. Ask a member of staff to open this for you. One 12cm step up to the front of the Dress Circle. Venue suitable for scooters. B5 + B30 are wheelchair spaces. Companions to be seated in B6 + B29. Seats on the end of row B also act as transfer seats.
toilets: 16 steps up to the women's and men's from the foyer. There are toilets situated on all levels of the auditorium.
disabled toilets: Adapted toilet in foyer near the bar.
food: Bar snacks only
Hair