Due to cast illness, please note that this weekend’s performances (Fri 29 & Sat 30 Oct) will now be performed as a concert version of the production. The company adapted the production in light of this last minute change of cast into this special concert version of Tokyo Rose.
Audiences will enjoy all the songs and dialogue planned from the full production performed by an extraordinary cast of emerging talent, but with reduced choreography and technical effects to tell the true story of Iva Toguri.
Turn back the dial to 1949 with this brand-new musical first performed at Edinburgh Fringe in 2019.
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?
Winner of The Edinburgh Untapped Award and the Les Enfants Terribles Stepladder Award, this electrifying new musical tells the true story of how one strong, American-born woman battled through a journey of self acceptance, only to return home to a dangerously divided nation.
Award-winning Burnt Lemon Theatre, who are new Hippodrome Associates, spit piercing verse in an electric new musical broadcast going live in 5, 4, 3…
Listen to the cast recording here.
Presented by Burnt Lemon Theatre in association with Birmingham Hippodrome and MAST Mayflower Southampton.
Price
Prices and discounts subject to changeRunning Time
Approximately 2 hours 20 minutes including one interval
Age guidance
12+ Contains adult themes
Performances
CONCESSIONS
We offer a range of discounts and concessions to enable everyone to enjoy an affordable visit to Birmingham Hippodrome.
FRIENDS
2-for-1, Thu & Fri performances
Limited availability
GROUPS
Parties of 8+
£15 tickets, Thu & Fri performances
Email groupsales@birminghamhippodrome.com for more information and to book now!
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FIRST NIGHT 16-24 YEAR OLDS’ MEMBERSHIP
£10 tickets, Thu performance only
Limited availability
GENERAL CONCESSIONS – UNWAGED, UNDER 18s and SENIORS
£3 off, Thu & Fri performances
Limited availability
CONCESSIONS FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES
£5 off each ticket in all seating areas.
2-for-1 for disabled patrons who require the service/support of a companion.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Discounts and Concessions are offered subject to availability at the discretion of the Information and Sales Manager. Top three price bands only, unless otherwise stated. Restrictions may apply. Only one discount per ticket may apply, unless otherwise stated. Offers are non retrospective and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Valid ID must be presented where applicable. Additional discounts may be offered from time to time.
DIRECTOR – Hannah Benson
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – Amelia Kinu Muus
BOOK AND LYRICS – Maryhee Yoon & Cara Baldwin
ADDITIONAL BOOK – William Patrick Harrison, Hannah Benson and Jonathan Man
DRAMATURGY – Haruka Ueda, Hannah Benson and Jonathan Man
CULTURAL CONSULTANT- Haruka Ueda
TRANSLATOR – Yuki Sutton
COMPOSER – William Patrick Harrison
MUSIC ADVISOR – Nicola T. Chang
VOCAL ARRANGEMENT AND MUSICAL DIRECTION – Hannah Benson
DIRECTOR – Hannah Benson
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – Amelia Kinu Muus
BOOK AND LYRICS – Maryhee Yoon & Cara Baldwin
ADDITIONAL BOOK – William Patrick Harrison, Hannah Benson and Jonathan Man
DRAMATURGY – Haruka Ueda, Hannah Benson and Jonathan Man
CULTURAL CONSULTANT- Haruka Ueda
TRANSLATOR – Yuki Sutton
COMPOSER – William Patrick Harrison
MUSIC ADVISOR – Nicola T. Chang
VOCAL ARRANGEMENT AND MUSICAL DIRECTION – Hannah Benson
PRODUCER – Tanya Agarwal
ASSISTANT PRODUCER – Marie-Elena Nash
CHOREOGRAPHY – Hannah Benson and Amelia Kinu Muus
PRODUCTION MANAGER – LBRDR (Oran Doyle, Anthony Hollis, Daniel Hemming)
SET DESIGNER – Luke W. Robson
LIGHTING DESIGNER – Holly Ellis
SOUND DESIGNER – Jamie Lu
COSTUME DESIGNER – Erin Chouying Guan
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANTS – Scotty Rankin & Lu Herbert
COSTUME ASSISTANT – Ella Bernard
STAGE MANAGER – Phoebe Eldekvist
RELIGHTER – Jonny Ellis
SOUND OPERATOR – Rachel O’Hanlon
PUBLICITY DESIGNER – Rebecca Pitt
PR – Chloe Nelkin Consulting
PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEOGRAPHER – Steve Gregson
"Book as soon as you can. A must-see.”
Musical Theatre Review
"Tokyo Rose will be the next breakout
musical hit of the Edinburgh Fringe."
Broadway Baby
The Scotsman