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Michel Legrand's hit Broadway musical Amour receives its long-awaited UK premiere at London's Charing Cross Theatre this summer.

Performance dates

02 May - 8 June 2019.

Run time To be confirmed.

Includes interval

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Tickets to the UK premiere of Amour now on sale!

The London premiere of Broadway's Amour at the Charing Cross Theatre feels like a long time coming with Londoners having to wait a cold hard 17 years. Be among the first to get your hands on Amour London musical tickets by booking your seats early!

Michel Legrand's Amour receives a well-deserved London transfer

Tony Award-nominated musical Amour was written by legendary French musician and composer Michel Legrand and it is based on the hit short story, Le Passe-Muraille, by best-selling French novelist Marcel Aymé. Featuring an original French libretto by Didier Van Cauwelaert that was translated into English by renowned theatre director Jeremy SamsArmour is undoubtedly a world-class production that would be criminal to miss!

Unfortunately, the show's writer, Michel Legrand, will be missing the long-awaited London premiere. The late musician passed away last month at the age of 86. The Broadway production of Amour marked his Broadway debut and the upcoming Charing Cross Theatre production will mark an unofficial homage to the legend, who had long since dreamed of being able to see his masterwork Amour play out live on the London theatre stage.

What is Michel Legrand’s Amour musical about?

Amour is a fantasy that takes place in Paris in 1950. It follows a timid and modest civil servant named Dusoleil, who lives by himself and works long and hard in a gloomy office. In order to make time go by quicker at his mundate job, he writes his mother letters and dreams of a fantasy world in which a gorgeous woman named Isabelle is kept locked up by her egocentric husband. Soon, Dusoleil unsuspectingly gains the superpower of walking through walls and begins to live a double life as a 'French Robin Hood.' In order to bring justice to the war-impoverished Parisians, he begins stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Throughout it all, he gets a boost of self-confidence to win over the amour of Isabelle and live the life he's always wanted.

Amour received its world premiere in Paris in 1997 before transferring to Broadway’s Music Box Theatre in 2002. The brief Broadway run was directed by James Lapine and closed after just 48 performances. Despite being whisked away from the stage so quickly, the musical enjoyed phenomenal success with its numerous major award nominations. IT received an astonishing five Tony Award nominations in 2003, including for Best Musical, and was additionally nominated for a whopping nine Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical, Acotr, Featured Actor and Director.

Cast and creatives of Amour at the Charing Cross Theatre

The Charing Cross Theatre production of Amour will be directed by Hannah Chissick (Aladdin at Theatr Clwyd, Mother Courage, Flashdance, Rent at the Pleasance Theatre) and features choreography by Matt Cole (Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella), production design by Adrian Gee (Urinetown), lighting design by Rob Halliday, (Equus, Les Miserables, Mary Poppins) sound design by Andrew Johnson, (Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Play That Goes Wrong, A Comedy About A Bank Robbery) musical direction by Jordan Li-Smith (Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Amour at the Royal Academy of Music, Sir Jack Lyons Theatre) and production and casting by Danielle Tarento (Fame The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Canterbury Tales).

Casting for the upcoming Charing Cross Theatre production of Amour will be announced in due course.

Tickets to Amour at the Charing Cross Theatre are among the hottest London theatre tickets of the summer. Don't miss out on the long-awaited premiere of Amour and book your London Amour tickets now while stocks last!

Special notes

Latecomers may not be admitted, and there is no readmittance once the performance has started.

Recent Reviews

4.5
55 reviews
Madeleine Sisk

My husband, daughter and I really enjoyed AMOUR. It was intimate, well acted and sung, not yelled! Loved the use of props. Beautifully orchestrated! The musicians were also great. Magnifique!

Cristina Hernandez

Fantastic!

Paul van Ewijk

Good show. Inventive staging. Loved it.

Mary Kotsalos

I had a hard time paying attention due to it being so warm in the theatre. 5is is why I kept getting lost in the storyline. But the performers did awesome.

Heather

The cast were excellent. The show was beautifully directed, choreographed and designed. The band were also excellent. It is a very quirky show with lovely music but it is not a hit. The cast and creatives did the very best job possible with the material they had.

Terence Braddock

It was a tour de force. The entire company gave a great vocal and acting performance. There was much drama, humour and sadness. The whole piece was delivered with tremendous energy. The band played superbly. Good songs.

JUDY KOART

It was fun to go to a show in an unexpected funky little theatre. The play was fun and the actors did a great job.

Jack Kennerley

Thought it was a great, at times touching, but mostly zany musical with wonderfully funny songs and a super cast! I do think it should maybe be called The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls though as “Amour” lends itself to a more chiche sounding show.

customer

Interesting, all cast gave everything to their performance.

Soheel Bhandari

Really enjoyed the show and the performances. Music excellent and atmospheric.

sandra peake

Both my friend and I loved this show, so funny in parts and sad in others. The actors were utterly convincing in their roles.

Mr Robert Gooda

Brilliant show, great preparation & execution, superb lyrics with top music. Well done!

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Michel Legrand's Amour to end its Off-West End run early at the Charing Cross Theatre

The London premiere of Amour The Musical, which opened in early May at the Charing Cross Theatre to rave reviews, will be closing a month earlier than anticipated, it has been confirmed. Amour is directed by Hannah Chissick, who is behind the Theatr Clwyd production of Aladdin.

28 May, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels

Alasdair Harvey, Anna O’Byrne, and Gary Tushaw to star in UK premiere of Amour at the Charing Cross Theatre

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Alasdair Harvey, Anna O’Byrne, and Gary Tushaw to star in UK premiere of Amour at the Charing Cross Theatre

Love is in the air this summer...

Following an initial announcement made around Valentine's Day, casting has now been announced for the hit Broadway musical, Amour, which is set to transfer to London's Charing Cross Theatre following overwhelming success on Broadway. The show opens on 2 May 2019 for a limited run and is booking until 20 July 2019.

1 Apr, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels

Michel Legrand’s musical Amour to receive its UK premiere at London’s Charing Cross Theatre

News / Broadway / New Shows + Transfers

Michel Legrand’s musical Amour to receive its UK premiere at London’s Charing Cross Theatre

Michel Legrand’s Tony Award-nominated fantasy musical Amour is set to make its highly anticipated UK premiere at the Charing Cross Theatre come May. The show’s original French libretto was penned by Didier Van Cauwelaert and was translated into English by British theatre director Jeremy Sams for the original 2002 Broadway production.

7 Feb, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels

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