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THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
OPEN 08/04/2023 - 27/05/2023
Venue Name: Almeida Theatre. Almeida Street, London N1 1TA
Venue Postcode: N11TA
Website: https://almeida.co.uk/whats-on/the-secret-life-of-bees/
Credits: Book by Lynn Nottage. Music by Duncan Sheik. Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Directed by Whitney White. Produced in association with Sonia Friedman Productions, Lauren Shuler Donner, Marianne Mills, Bob Cohen, Hugo Six and Atlantic Theater Company.
Box Office phone number: 020 7359 4404
Societies: London (professional shows)
Included in The Guardian’s and The i’s Best Theatre To Book for 2023
“Me and my sisters
We hold this house together
Hurt just one, you hurt us all”
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of Sweat, the Tony Award-winning composer of Spring Awakening, and Tony Award-nominated lyricist of Jelly’s Last Jam, comes a captivating new musical about a group of women ignited by rebellion and longing for acceptance.
1964, South Carolina. Rosaleen is fighting for her right to vote, and Lily is escaping her violent father. When this unlikely pair flee their small town, they seek salvation at a remote honey bee farm run by the remarkable Boatwright sisters. But will their past catch up with them?
