New Musical from South Park creators coming to the UK

Book of Mormon: New Musical from the Creators of South Park to Come to the UK

One of the top 5 best-selling shows on Broadway, the Book of Mormon is now bringing its shockingly hilarious humour to the UK. From the winning team of South Park creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Avenue Q writer, Robert Lopez, the Book of Mormon sheds a different light on Mormonism, taking the audience on a laughter filled adventure along the way. With larger-than-life characters and award winning musical numbers, Book of Mormon tickets look set to be in huge demand in the UK in 2013 and beyond.

Expected to carry on the success of the Broadway production, the talented and entertaining cast promise a show-stopping performance that jestingly questions the role of religion. Coming to London’s West End all the way from the Big Apple, the Book of Mormon previews will be opening on the 25 February 2013.

The Humourless Need Not Apply

The Book of Mormon takes a light-hearted look at the importance of organised religion in our lives. Debuted on Broadway in March 2011, the musical follows handsome, star missionary-to-be Elder Kevin Price and his less popular partner, Elder Arnold Cunningham on their two year mission in Uganda. Met by a robbery and a group of unsuccessful missionaries, the two are shocked to find that the dictator-led village turn to blasphemy to make light of their situation.

Price sees the heathen-populated village as an opportunity to improve his station and attempts to convert the villagers by regaling tales of the religion’s founder, Joseph Smith. Price’s narcissistic nature shines through as he confuses Smith’s story with his own, drawing the Ugandans to form the opinion that he is annoying. Price and Cunningham find their mettle tested as they are pressured to prove the success of their work and need to find a way to liberate the village from its paranoid General at the same time.

Grammy Award Winning Musical from South Park

The Book of Mormon was first conceived on a 2003 trip to New York during which Stone and Parker met Avenue Q creator Lopez. Discovering that all three shared a love of musicals and Mormonism, the trio began working on their new musical performance that would take around 8 years of planning to finally realise on stage.

Its success on Broadway made moving the musical to the UK an easy decision for its creators, who could see its over-the-top, witty humour appealing to a British audience. Opened on 24th March 2011 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York, the musical went on to win a multitude of Tony, Drama Desk and Grammy awards, and is now expected to repeat the same success in the UK.

The Book of Mormon opens on 25th February 2013 for previews and publicly on 21st March the Prince of Wales Theatre. You can find Book of Mormon tickets listings for these dates on your go-to marketplace, StubHub UK. Don’t miss out on this critically acclaimed piece of theatre – buy tickets for the Book of Mormon today to ensure you don’t miss out on this acclaimed new theatre sensation.

Here is a taster for you of a show you may have to take a trip to London to see unless it becomes so successful it comes to Edinburgh!:-

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