The Menier Chocolate factory has succeeded in producing another hit London show. The revival of ‘A Little Night Music’ by Stephen Sondheim will now be running for an additional six weeks in the West End. It runs at the Garrick Theatre until the 5th of September. There is even talk that this show, which first hit Broadway in 1973, will be transferring there after its West End run.

This particular production started its life at the 150 seat Menier where it sold out. It then transferred to the Garrick where it officially opened on the 7th of April.

The show is based on Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film and includes numbers such as ‘Send in the Clowns’ which won a Grammy.

The cast includes Alexander Hanson, Hannah Waddingham, Jessie Buckley, Maureen Lipman, Gabriel Vick, Charlotte Page and Kelly Price.

Another hit musical production which started life at the Menier Chocolate Factory is Terry Johnson’s ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ which is playing at the Playhouse Theatre and currently stars Roger Allam and Philip Quast.

The Menier has built a remarkable reputation in a short time. Previous transfers have included ‘Little Shop of Horrors’, ‘Dealer’s Choice’, ‘Fully Committed’ and ‘Sunday in the Park with George’.

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