RENT

RENT returns to Hope Mill Theatre LIVE in 2021 following a smash-hit online run in 2020!

Directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, Spring Awakening) 

Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson and is loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème.

It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan’s East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

Returning to Hope Mill Theatre – 6th August – 19th September 2021

Please note we have 2 socially distanced performances of RENT - 29th August & 8th September.

As you check out, you can add your RENT programme to your basket as you check-out for just £5!

RENT is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson and is loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème.

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Musical Arrangements Steve Skinner
Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements by Tim Weil
Original Concept/Additional Lyrics: Billy Aronson
Dramaturg: Lynn Thomson

RENT was originally produced in New York by New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon and New York Theatre Workshop.

Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Limited 

Creatives:

Directed by Luke Sheppard
Choreographer: Tom Jackson Greaves
Musical Supervisor: Katy Richardson
Set & Costume Designer: David Woodhead
Lighting Designer: Howard Hudson
Sound Designer: Paul Gatehouse
Projection Designer: George Reeve
Musical Director: Chris Poon
Casting: Pearson Casting