Moulin Rouge! The Musical
An effervescent fever dream of euphoric excess!
Metro
Why see Moulin Rouge! The Musical?
You Can Can Can!
Olivier Award 2022 Winner for Best Costume Design!
Spectacular, specular! The Broadway and West End smash hit Moulin Rouge! The Musical is now setting out on a UK Tour, starting the party in Edinburgh with an extended run from April 2025!
A thrilling experience for audiences, this marvellous production is based on the iconic Baz Lurhmann film of the same name (in turn based on Puccini's La Boheme) and is directed by Alex Timbers, with gorgeous set design by Derek McLane and Olivier winning costume design from Catherine Zuber. Evoking the film's Demi-Monde flavour, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a sumptuous experience, from the moment you take your seat.
Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! is cemented into the worldwide canon of iconic movies. With a glittering cast featuring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, and a set that would astound the most cynical viewer it's no wonder that Moulin Rouge! went on to be one of the most award-nominated movies of all time. When released in the early 2000s it was nominated for an outstanding 129 awards, winning two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, and one BAFTA. A feat the musical adaptation has already began to match - in 2020, it won an eye-watering 10 Tony Awards!
What Is The Story?
The year is 1900 and Christian, a young poet and talented writer has come to Paris to pursue a career and become a member of the Bohemian movement there. Christian ends up falling hopelessly in love with Satine, the star of the infamous Moulin Rouge, however, Satine has already been promised to the unscrupulous Duke. A love triangle ensues, as Christian and Satine try to stay together against all odds they are led down a dark and dangerous path but Satine is holding a terrible secret of her own...
Key Information
Audience
Age 12+
Run Time
Two hours and 25 minutes with interval
Dates
Showing until 8 Aug
Upcoming Performances
Cast
- Verity Thompson as Satine
- Nate Landskroner as Christian
- Cameron Blakely as Harold Zidler
- Kurt Kansley as Toulouse-Lautrec
- German Santiago as Santiago
- James Bryers as the Duke
- Kahlia Davis as Nini
- Summer Priest as Arabia
- Scott Sutcliffe as Baby Doll
- Claudia Kariuki as La Chocolat
- Ann Sophie as Alternate Satine
Further cast
Joe Burrell, Gracie Caine, Alisha Capon, Nathalie Chaves, Sol Childs, Kamau Davis, Martin Dickinson, Ike Fallon, Francis Foreman, Tessa Fox, Lucie Horsfall, Sayaka Kato, Jacob Kohli, Nathan Mariniello, Matt Powell, Daisy Quainton, Chloe Radford, James Revell, Phoebe Roberts, Samuel Routley, Nathan Saxon, Fraser Stewart, Sorcha Stephenson, Craig Watson and Frazer Woolcott.
Please note: The producers can't guarantee the appearance of any performers on any specific date.
Creative
- Directed by Alex Timbers
- Book by John Logan
- Choreography by Sonya Tayeh
- Music supervisor by Justin Levine
- Music production by Matt Stine
- Scenic design by Derek McLane
- Costume design by Catherine Zuber
- Lighting design by Justin Townsend
- Sound design by Peter Hylenski
- Wig and hair design by David Brian Brown
- Based on the film by Baz Luhrmann
Awards
2022 Olivier Awards
- Best Costume Design - Catherine Zuber
Nominations
- Best Costume Design - Catherine Zuber
- Best Set Design - Derek McLane
- Best Theatre Choreographer - Sonya Tayeh
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical - Clive Carter
- Best New Musical
2020 Tony Awards
- Best Musical
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Aaron Tveit
- Best Direction of a Musical - Alex Timbers
- Best Choreography - Sonya Tayeh
- Best Sound Design of a Musical - Peter Hylenski
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Justin Townsend
- Best Costume Design of a Musical - Catherine Zuber
- Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Derek McLane
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Danny Berstein
- Best Orchestrations
2020 Grammy Awards
Nominations
- Best Musical Theatre Album
Reviews
Customer reviews
134 reviews, average rating: (3.5 Stars)
Keith
Slighly disappointing
I cannot fault the choreography, the lighting, the music, the spectacle, all superb...but after the show I felt a little deflated and it is difficult to pinpoint exactly why the show didn't sparkle. The tickets cost a lot of money so I expected to be impresssed. Part of the problem may be with the sound. I sat front of circle in the middle, and at times it was difficult to hear the soloists, which considering that the sound technicians have had weeks to perfect this is a little disappointing. The person playing Touloue Lautrec needs to work on his accent - at times his supposed French accent sounded Jamaican, Welsh or South African. The film of course has a cast of maybe 100 for its dance scenes, and perhaps having a handful of ladies doing the can can on stage just couldn't match up to this. I have watched other musicals at the Empire - this time the stage felt small, maybe due to the backdrop taking so much space. Anyway worth seeing but only if you can get cheap seats ... Read more
Britney
Moulin rouge
The best show I have ever seen at the empire theatre the music the lights the actors the singer everything phenomenal 🩷🩷 ... Read more
Ann Brewis
Fantastic Show
We came to see Moulin Rouge yesterday afternoon. Honestly, I can say, this is the best Musical I have seen in many a year (and I’ve seen most). It was fantastic from beginning to end. The performers and music were brilliant. They must have been exhausted as it was non stop all the way through, singing and dancing. We loved the way they intertwined well known great songs into the storyline. A 5 star experience for us. ... Read more
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