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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!

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Sheet music for 'Ride' available HERE.
Instrumental version of 'Ride' available HERE.
Sheet music for 'Stranger' available HERE.
Instrumental version of 'Stranger' available
HERE.
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WINNER at the Offies 2023

Best Leading Performance in a Musical
Best Supporting Performance in a Mu
sical
Nominated at the WhatsOnStage Awards for Best New Production

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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

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