RIDE returns in 2024 and this time - Annie Londonderry is back on home turf!
The globe-trotting musical premiered March 30th - April 28th 2024 at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. Keep your eyes peeled, more news coming soon!
Sheet music for 'Ride' available HERE.
Instrumental version of 'Ride' available HERE.
Sheet music for 'Stranger' available HERE.
Instrumental version of 'Stranger' available HERE.
WINNER at the Offies 2023
Best Leading Performance in a Musical
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Nominated at the WhatsOnStage Awards for Best New Production
ABOUT
The extraordinary story of the first woman to cycle around the world.
Multi-award-winning new musical RIDE launches at Leicester Curve in a “sublime, pitch-perfect production” (WhatsOnStage) with a “stunning original score” (EverythingTheatre) following its critically acclaimed, sell out run in London last year.
It’s 1894 and as the bicycle is sweeping change across America, Annie Londonderry finds herself with a wager to settle: can a woman cycle across the world? With only 15 months to make the trek across four continents, she quickly finds herself involved in more than she bargained for. From moneymaking masquerades as a Harvard professor to hunting tigers with German royalty, Annie spins the media into a frenzy with tales of her thrilling escapades. But with time running out and press coverage spiralling, she soon discovers that no matter how far she rides, the secrets of her past will always catch up with her.
Join Annie on the journey of a lifetime in the smash hit musical about adventure, determination, and rewriting your narrative. Liv Andrusier, Off West End Award winner for her “barnstorming performance” (The Stage) as Annie Londonderry, returns to the saddle in this five-star production that “ticks literally all of the boxes” (Musical Theatre Musings).
REVIEWS FROM THE 2022 PRODUCTION
★★★★★ Theatre Weekly
★★★★★ Everything Theatre
★★★★★ The Recs
★★★★★ Box Office Radio
★★★★ The Stage
★★★★ WhatsOnStage
★★★★ Arts Desk
★★★★ Lost in Theatreland
★★★★ All That Dazzles
★★★★ Watch That Scene
★★★★ The Reviews Hub
★★★★★ London Theatre Reviews
★★★★★ Musical Theatre Review
★★★★★ The Spy in the Stalls
★★★★★ Aline Waites Reviews
★★★★ London Box Office
★★★★ Theatre News
★★★★ Musical Theatre Musings
★★★★ North West End
★★★★ Love London Love Culture
★★★★ LondonTheatre1
★★★★ Theatre Reviews Design
"a sublime pitch-perfect production" WhatsOnStage
"a new musical to cherish" Watch That Scene
"a gem of a show" The Recs
"Unmissable... truly a privilege to embark on the ride of a lifetime with Annie" Everything Theatre
"the cast are really sensational" Love London Love Culture
"A glittering new musical star has surely been launched" The Guardian
“It is hard to imagine we’re going to get another new musical as heart-soaringly good as Ride this year. There’s a real thrill in feeling like you’re in the presence of theatrical magic and with Freya Catrin Smith and Jack Williams’ new musical Ride, it really feels like the start of something special” Ought To Be Clowns
“Magically profound and stunningly creative this might just be one of the best musicals this year... a work of fresh energy, and unbelievable fun” The Spy in the Stalls
"see it now so that you can boast about it later" Once A Week Theatre
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
⭐ Nominated for Best Off West End Production at the What'sOnStage Awards
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ SIX Offie Nominations
Musical Production
Leading Performance in a Musical
Supporting Performance in a Musical
Director (Musicals)
Musical Direction
Set Design
⭐ Nominated for Best Musical Theatre Book Writing in the 2022 Writers Guild Awards
⭐ Winner of VAULT Festival Show of the Week
Offie’s OFFCOM Award
⭐ Title song nominated for the 2020 Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize
CREATIVE TEAM
Music, Book & Lyrics
Freya Catrin Smith
Music & Lyrics
Jack Williams
Director
Sarah Meadows
Set & Costume Designer
Amy Jane Cook
Orchestrator
Macy Schmidt
Musical Director/Supervisor
& Additional Arrangements
Sam Young
Movement Director
& Choreographer
Natasha Harrison
Lighting Designer
Jamie Platt
Sound Designer
Andrew Johnson
Projection Designer
Matt Powell
Illusion Designer
John Bulleid
Associate Director
Olivia Munk
Associate Lighting Designer
Jodie Underwood
Associate Sound Designer
Chris Murray
Associate Projection Designer
Michael Fox
Press Representative
Kevin Wilson PR
Artwork
Steph Pyne
Rehearsal & Production
Photography
Danny Kaan