Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular
Empress Museum
- Booking until: Monday, 31 March 2025
- Running time: 1hr 40min. Incl. 1 interval.
Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular photos
Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular description
Experience the new circus show, Come Alive - The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, on stage in the capital, a brand new thrill-a-second spectacular premiering at Earls Court at the Empress Museum. Expect all the fun of the circus cmplete with fabulous costumes and brilliant show tunes.
So what’s the score? Come Alive delivers oodles of amazing circus artistry blended with the best in musical theatre to create sheer live-on-stage magic for the whole family. If you adored the 2017 movie, you’ll love this show.
The story of P.T Barnum with a difference
The story follows the legendary circus man P.T. Barnum, whose vision of the perfect entertainment and desire to provide for his family delivered him from humble beginnings to create the world’s first ever circus. Barnum celebrated uniqueness, collecting together a diverse group of performers to showcase their brilliance despite the social prejudice they experienced.
Inspired by the film but telling a fresh new story, the show delves into the nature of acceptance, the power of self-discovery and the pursuit of dreams, revealing how we can only be happy when we embrace our individuality, however unusual it might be, and feel like we belong.
The music might be familiar, including plenty of songs from the beloved movie, classics like This Is Me, Rewrite the Stars, A Million Dreams, Tightrope, and The Greatest Show.
The cast and creative team
Simon Bailey plays The Showman himself, with Aaliya Mai as Max. The singers are Jason Brock, Jaz Ellington, Charlotte-Hannah Jones, Whitney Martins and Fallon Mondlane. The dancers are Maisie Axton, Genie Gledhill, Mia Jayne, Konnie Karachaliou, Ebby Sama, Emma-Louise Stansall and Ross Wilkins. The circus performers are Juan Anyosa, Korri Aulach, Klodi Dabkiewicz, Bella Diosa, Yann Leblanc, David Locke, Rachel Locks, Daniel Luengo Quintero, Shona Morgan, Dean Murrell, Theddy Nardin, Manases Palacios Molano, Antino Pansa, Joel Roxendal, Itzel Salvatierra and Josephine Urry.
This team of international circus talent includes Cirque de Demain Medal winners and Cirque du Soleil performers, critically acclaimed artists from West End shows and a production led by Drama Desk Award-winning Creative Director Simon Hammerstein (My Way Las Vegas residency, Queen of the Night).
The creative team includes Music Producer and Olivier Award nominee Matthew Brind (Paddington 2, Legally Blonde), Lead Choreographer Jerry Reeve (Taylor Swift), and Emmy-nominated Lighting Designer Adam Bassett (London 2012 Olympics). The music comes from Pasek and Paul (Dear Evan Hansen, ‘City of Stars’ from La La Land).
Playing at Empress Museum
Age restrictions
Ages 6+. Please note under 5's, inc babes in arms, will not be permitted. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.