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A new British musical from writers Jim Barne and Kit Buchan.

Born in Crawley in 1998, Sam Tutty is currently starring in Jim Barne and Kit Buchan’s musical *[Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/38626-two-strangers-carry-a-cake-across-new-york)* at the Criterion Theatre in the West End.

He is best known for his West End debut as Evan in *[Dear Evan Hansen](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/15595-dear-evan-hansen)*. He originated the role in London, following in the footsteps of Ben Platt who originated the character of Evan Hansen on Broadway.

Tutty spent the first decade of his life in West Sussex, before moving north to Hull. He later returned down south and attended Imberhorne Secondary School, whose alumni include 9 to 5 star Louise Redknapp. During his school years, he appeared in a number of productions including The Wizard of Oz.

After compulsory schooling, Tutty trained at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, later making his off-West End debut as Daniel in Once on this Island. His performance at Southwark Playhouse was widely praised, and a career in the West End looked promising. Tutty was originally cast as the alternate Evan for Dear Evan Hansen, however he was later promoted to the titular character.

His first performance as Evan was on 9 October 2019, ahead of an official opening night on 19 November 2019. In a review for LondonTheatre.co.uk, Mark Shenton said: “Tutty is another discovery, who pulls off the rare trick of projecting adolescent angst and insecurity with paradoxically confident ease. With his strawberry blonde hair and slight physical bearing, he embodies a nerdy character… There's a truthfulness to his acting - and a robust singing voice - that makes him feel utterly authentic and intensely moving.” In 2020, Tutty won an Olivier for Best Actor in a Musical.

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Recommended for ages 12+; This production contains some adult themes, including discussions of suicide. Children under the age of four will not be permitted in the theatre.

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<a href="/show/everybodys-talking-about-jamie">Everybody's Talking About Jamie</a> has just celebrated its 2nd birthday in the West End, a joyous musical about a British teenager embracing and asserting his gay drag identity at a Sheffield school at which he defiantly and unapologetically decides to go to his end of year prom in a dress. But now everybody will also be talking about <a href="/show/dear-evan-hansen">Evan Hansen</a>, another teenager at the centre of a musical, but this one's American and far more emotionally insecure.If <a href="/show/everybodys-talking-about-jamie">Jamie</a>, as both a show and a character, has a refreshing openness of spirit and blissfully defiant lack of apology, <a href="/show/dear-evan-hansen">Dear Evan Hansen</a> has a more earnest sincerity that may be initially cloying to British appetites, as it follows its title character who finds himself, unwittingly at first but then in a scheme that rapidly accelerates out of control, heralded as the best friend of a passing acquaintance at school who has committed suicide. He finds himself trapped in a lie, told initially with the good intention of comforting the boy's bereaved parents, but which soon takes on a life of its own as he needs to produce evidence of their relationship and a memorial campaign in honour of the lost schoolmate is launched.But if it feels a bit manipulative in more ways than one, that may be entirely intentional: it also dares to tackle the subject of teenage suicide head-on, and how the victim's classmates both manipulate and are manipulated by social media to their own ends. What is apparently healing becomes unwittingly sinister.It's not just a musical for the social media age but also puts its alternately productive and pernicious effects on full display.&nbsp; As such, it could not be more welcome.&nbsp; #YouWillBeFound is the hashtag behind the promotion of mental health awareness in the show, and the show itself is now finally to be found in the West End, three years after its 2016 Broadway premiere that saw the show win the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical (along with five other wins) and where it is still running.In the stunningly slick and sleek production that has arrived at the <a href="/theatres/noel-coward-theatre">Noel Coward Theatre</a>, the show has also found and will make a new star of recent Italia Conti graduate Sam Tutty in the title role. Just as Jac Yarrow last summer graduated from ArtsEd to take the title role in <a href="/show/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</a> at the London Palladium (and who has now been announced will reprise it next summer), Tutty is another discovery, who pulls off the rare trick of projecting adolescent angst and insecurity with paradoxically confident ease. With his strawberry blonde hair and slight physical bearing, he embodies a nerdy character (far more successfully, in fact, that Ben Platt who originated the role on Broadway). There's a truthfulness to his acting - and a robust singing voice - that makes him feel utterly authentic and intensely moving.There's lovely complementary work from Rebecca McKinnis as his struggling single mother, with Lauren Ward, Rupert Young and Lucy Anderson as the parents and sister of Connor Murphy, the boy who has committed suicide. As in Next to Normal (also coincidentally directed by Michael Greif), the 2009 Broadway musical still unseen over here, that deceased son has a continuing dominant presence here; as played by Doug Colling, he has a haunting effect in every sense. There are also suitably obnoxious contributions from Jack Loxton and Nicole Raquel Dennis as Evan's classmates who play key roles in assisting him and promoting the campaign.Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's beautiful score may be a little ballad-heavy, but has integrity and depth that matches the story they have to tell, whose book is written by Steven Levenson. An onstage band, on the upper level of the set stage right, under the musical direction of Matt Smith, provides sumptuous accompaniment; there's particularly fine guitar playing from Tom Coppin and Mark Wraith.Just recently Florian Zeller's <a href="/show/the-son">The Son</a> played just down the street at the <a href="/theatres/duke-of-yorks-theatre">Duke of York's</a> that offered another shattering account of a teen suicide; <a href="/show/dear-evan-hansen">Dear Evan Hansen</a> will reach an even bigger audience, and its impact will resonate, hopefully far beyond the theatre's walls.<a href="/show/dear-evan-hansen">Dear Evan Hansen</a>&nbsp;is booking at the&nbsp;<a href="/theatres/noel-coward-theatre">Noel Coward Theatre</a>&nbsp;until 2nd May.&nbsp;<a href="/show/dear-evan-hansen">Dear Evan Hansen tickets</a>&nbsp;are available now.&nbsp;

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INCLUDING BEST NEW MUSICALDEAR EVAN HANSEN is “the most vital and important musical of a generation” (Daily Mail, Baz Bamigboye) with “a raw, relevant and exhilarating score” (BBC Radio London, Jonathan Phang) from the songwriters of The Greatest Showman and La La Land.

The Noël Coward Theatre opened as the New Theatre on 12 Mar. 1903. In 1973, the theatre’s name was changed from the New Theatre to the Albery Theatre, as a tribute to the theatre’s long-serving manager Sir Bronson Albery. Sir Cameron Mackintosh acquired the theatre through his company, Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, in 2005 and renamed the theatre in memory of the famous playwright, Noel Coward.

The theatre famously played host to two theatre companies whose theatres were destroyed during the Blitz – the [Old Vic](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/old-vic-theatre) and [Sadler’s Wells](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/sadlers-wells) both performed at the theatre until their new theatres were built in the 1950s. 

The theatre also played host to the premiere of Lionel Bart’s world famous musical *Oliver!* The show was a huge success, running for 2,618 performances.

Several notable actors have appeared in productions at the theatre, including [Judi Dench](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/actor-profile/judi-dench), [Helen Mirren](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/actor-profile/helen-mirren) and [Patrick Stewart](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/actor-profile/patrick-stewart). 

## Noël Coward Theatre Seating Information

The auditorium has four levels - Stalls, Royal Circle, Grand Circle and Balcony.

The Stalls offers excellent views throughout. The high setting of the stage allows for good views.

The view from the Royal Circle is completely unobstructed and the seating is well raked.

The Grand Circle is set fairly high, but again offers unobstructed views of the stage. 

Whilst the Balcony is high, the seats are well raked and comfortable with a good amount of legroom.

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When the Criterion Theatre first opened in 1873, the space was designed as a concert hall. The Criterion Theatre is the only West End theatre to be situated almost entirely underground — even the Upper Circle is not at street level. 

The Criterion Theatre housed comic opera in its early years, including works by W. S. Gilbert and George Grossmith. A decade after opening, the theatre had to be renovated to meet the Metropolitan Board of Works standards for ventilation. This work also saw the installation of electricity to the theatre. The building surrounding the theatre was extensively rebuilt between 1989 and 1992, but the Victorian auditorium was well-preserved and still stands today. 

Notable shows at the Criterion Theatre include *The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)* by the Reduced Shakespeare Company, the long-running play *The 39 Steps* and Mischief Theatre's *The Comedy About A Bank Robbery*.

## Criterion Theatre Seating Information

The auditorium has three levels – Stalls, Dress Circle and Upper Circle.

The front rows of the Stalls offers good views of the stage, though the seating is not raked steeply. 

The Dress Circle has specifically designated ‘restricted view’ seats due to the number of pillars supporting the Upper Circle in Row C.

The Upper Circle offers unrestricted theatre views.

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Born in Crawley in 1998, Sam Tutty is best known for his West End debut as Evan in Dear Evan Hansen. He originated the role in London, following in the footsteps of Ben Platt who originated the character of Evan Hansen on Broadway.

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Dujonna Gift is currently starring as New Yorker Robin in Jim Barne and Kit Buchan’s new British musical *[Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/38626-two-strangers-carry-a-cake-across-new-york)* at the Criterion Theatre in the West End.

Gift has starred in a number of hit West End musicals, including *Dear Evan Hansen, Caroline, Or Change, Motown: The Musical*, and *Hamilton*. 

She is set to appear as Maple in the live-action remake of Disney’s *Snow White* in 2025, alongside Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot.

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Ages 10+. Children under 16 MUST be accompanied and sat next to a ticketholder who is at least 18. Children under the age of 3 won't be admitted. Everyone must have their own ticket to enter.

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What's left to be said about <a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton</a>&nbsp;that's not already been said? One of the central questions the show asks is precisely who the storytellers are of our personal and collective histories: "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story", as the final number asks of the life story the show has just relayed and replayed of Alexander Hamilton, one of the key players in defining and refining the American constitution. By the same token, who is now telling the stories about the show it comes from? And can and should you believe them, as it has become probably the most hyped Broadway import of the century so far?<a href="https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/ben-brantley-chief-theatre-critic-of-the-new-york-times">Ben Brantley</a>, chief theatre critic of the New York Times, declared in the opening sentence <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/theater/review-hamilton-young-rebels-changing-history-and-theater.html" target="_blank">of his review when the show transferred to Broadway</a> from Off-Broadway's Public Theatre in the summer of 2015, "Yes, it really is that good." He added, "I am loath to tell people to mortgage their houses and lease their children to acquire tickets to a hit Broadway show. But <a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton</a>&nbsp;might just about be worth it — at least to anyone who wants proof that the American musical is not only surviving but also evolving in ways that should allow it to thrive and transmogrify in years to come."And now the show has arrived in London - its first appearance on non-US territory - and it's even more thrilling than I - already an avid fan who has seen it four times in New York - could hope for. Just as <a href="/show/les-miserables">Les Miserables</a> has proved to be a universal story, stretching far beyond its deeply etched story of revenge, retribution and revolution to speak to a human need for healing and forgiveness, so <a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton</a>&nbsp;captures the heartbeat and heartbreak of a nation trying to find itself - and relates it directly to a pursuit it is still engaged in trying to define anew today, maybe especially today, in the age of the 45th President Donald Trump. "Immigrants, we get the job done" is a line that gets the biggest cheer of the night - and it's just as relevant in Brexit England as it is in Trump's America right now.<img alt="Hamilton" height="242" src="https://images.ctfassets.net/6pezt69ih962/2U7dHaF9bQVbP4LPUzkUFC/50132f06eb581a00608e97cd39438dba/Jason_Pennycooke__Thomas_Jefferson__with_West_End_cast_of_Hamilton_-_Photo_Credit_Matthew_Murphy_preview.jpg" style="float:right" width="362" />"I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I am not throwing away my shot," sings <a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton</a>, and the show - composed and written by <a href="/theatre-news/interviews/interview-with-hamiltons-lin-manuel-miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a>, who also originally played the title role - is equally young, scrappy and hungry, and determined not to throw away its shot.There's absolutely no chance of that happening in the dynamic, propulsive staging of director Thomas Kail and choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, or the extraordinarily talented British cast assembled to perform it here.This show may be about history, but it also makes history itself: not just in the freshness and vivacity of its rap-based score that could come from the charts today, but also in the colour-blind diversity of its cast. Recent RADA graduate Jamael Westman is a riveting presence in the title role, with Rachelle Ann Go (most recently as star of Miss Saigon in the West End and on Broadway) vocally thrilling as Hamilton's wife Eliza. There are also scene-stealing, hilarious performances from Michael Jibson as King George and Jason Pennycooke as the Marquis de Lafayette, with robust performances, too, from Giles Terera as Aaron Burr, Tarinn Calendar as James Madison and Obioma Ugoala as George Washington.But it's also impossible to take your eyes off the amazing dance ensemble who move with utter fluidity.And if it's not enough to give the show a rave review, a separate one is also due to the <a href="/theatres/victoria-palace-theatre">Victoria Palace</a> - the theatre has been given a stunning make-over for <a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton</a>'s arrival that has seen it almost entirely gutted and remodelled, with new box seating at the rear of the stalls and dress circles and extensive new public areas in a new extension that has added bars and toilets at every level.Both the show and the theatre are here to stay.<hr /><a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton</a> is booking at the <a href="/theatres/victoria-palace-theatre">Victoria Palace Theatre</a>.<a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton tickets</a> are available now.&nbsp;&nbsp;<hr /><h3>What the popular press said...</h3>"In the end, however, the power of Hamilton lies in its ability to make the past seem vividly present. It suggests its subject was an Icarus who flew too close to the sun. But it also shows that he was an outsider who believed in strong central government and an enlightened capitalism. Above all, Miranda has created an invigorating and original musical that, at a time of national crisis, celebrates America's overwhelming debt to the immigrant." Michael Billington, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/dec/21/hamilton-review-musical-london-victoria-palace-lin-manuel-miranda?CMP=twt_gu">The Guardian</a>&nbsp;(five stars)"This musical is history in the re-making and I mean that quite literally." Ann&nbsp;Treneman, <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/theatre-review-hamilton-at-victoria-palace-sw1-xdshn0nhs">The Times</a> (five stars)"Whether or not Hamilton&nbsp;is the best musical of our generation - it clearly is, but whatever - it's been a hit for the only reason anything is a hit: because it is a great work of entertainment." Andrzej Łukowski, <a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/hamilton">Time Out</a> (five stars)"Reviewing it feels like sizing up the Mona Lisa or Beethoven's Fifth and, in truth, Hamilton&nbsp;lands on the London stage looking every inch the classic." Matt Trueman, <a href="http://variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/hamilton-review-london-west-end-1202647480/">Variety</a>&nbsp;""The Greatest Show on Earth", one paper declared the other day. C'mon! But seriously folks, there's going to be more where that came from, because - lock up your doubters: I have to report that it really is as good as we've been told." Dominic Cavendish, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/hamilton-west-end-review-believe-every-single-word-hype/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw">The Telegraph</a> (five stars)"Hamilton is a touchstone. It's zeitgeist, youthquake, Momentum, it's woke, it's post-musical. From masculinity, power struggles and the small things on earth, it metastasises into a crying epic about legacy, principle, nations, all the incredible mongrel people within those nations, and how all those people - every single one - can change the world." Tim Bano, <a href="https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2017/hamilton-review-victoria-palace-lin-manuel-miranda-theatre-london/">The Stage</a> (five stars)"Hamilton is a knockout, and its British cast is superb, with two star-making performances from Giles Terera and, in the title role, magnetic newcomer Jamael Westman." Henry Hitchings, <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/hamilton-review-believe-the-hype-linmanuel-mirandas-musical-is-a-knockout-a3725301.html">Evening Standard</a> (five stars)"This has been the most frenziedly anticipated musical in London since The Book of Mormon and the implacable publicity blitz might lead even the most mildly rebellious soul to wonder if anything could possibly live up to this degree of hype. I'm delighted to report that, for the most part, Hamilton manages to do so - quite exhilaratingly..." Paul Taylor, <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/hamilton-victoria-palace-theatre-london-review-a-magnificent-achievement-thomas-kail-the-book-of-a8122091.html">the Independent</a> (five stars)

Review - Hamilton is 'here to stay' at the Victoria Palace Theatre

Read our five-star review of *Hamilton* at the Victoria Palace Theatre. This review refers to the original cast, including Jamael Westman and Giles Terera.

The multi award-winning West End production of HAMILTON is now playing at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre.

HAMILTON is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and helped shape the very foundations of the America we know today. The score blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway – the story of America then, as told by America now.

HAMILTON is the winner of 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, 7 Olivier Awards, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.

The Victoria Palace Theatre opened on 6 Nov. 1911. In 1934, a production of Rev. Walter Reynolds’ *Young England* played here and was so badly reviewed that it enjoyed a cult success, playing 278 performances to full houses. 

Lupino Lane starred in a production of *Me and My Girl* in 1937 which enjoyed success and led to Lane managing the theatre through the end of World War II, starting in early 1945 with a series of variety acts.

In the 1980s, the theatre began its association with musical theatre. Proving to be a long-runner for the venue, *Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story* opened in 1989 and later transferred to the [Novello Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/novello-theatre) in 1995. 

Successful productions of *Jolson*, starring Brian Conley, *Annie* and *Kiss Me, Kate* have resided in the theatre since, but it was the 2005 arrival of a very British musical that saw the theatre packed for 11 years – *[Billy Elliot The Musical](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/billy-elliot)*. The show opened to rave reviews in May 2005, winning four Olivier Awards, and went on to win 10 Tony Awards in its Broadway transfer in 2009.

It was announced in May 2014 that Sir Cameron Mackintosh would buy the theatre through his company Delfont Mackintosh Theatres. Mackintosh closed the theatre in 2016 for an extensive renovation, and the theatre re-opened a year later with [*Hamilton*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/hamilton).

## Where is *Hamilton* in London?

*Hamilton* is at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London. The Victoria Palace Theatre is located in Victoria. It's close to the Apollo Victoria Theatre and The Other Palace.

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Dujonna Gift is currently starring as New Yorker Robin in Jim Barne and Kit Buchan’s new British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Criterion Theatre in the West End.

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