roll Up And Ride!

Highly inventive, blackly comic and brimming with 13 original songs, Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell's critically acclaimed musical is finally making its UK premiere this year! Spanning a huge range of emotions, Ride The Cyclone has been lauded by critics for its bold approach to talking about death, and its ability to turn the tone of the show on the head of a pin, between satirical, macabre, tragic, campy and hilarious. Following runs across North America as well as in Australia and Argentina, the musical rolls into the Southwark Playhouse from November - January.

Life interrupted, the story of Ride the Cyclone

When the front axle of a rollercoaster breaks mid-ride, the lives of six teenagers are cut short tragically and seemingly senselessly. Shepherded to an eerie and disjointed carnival-like purgatory, each teen is invited to share their life story, right up until it ended, by a mechanical fortune-teller. As each teen recounts their individual journeys that took them to the Cyclone coaster, they are faced with the promise of a wonderful prize... but only if they can come to terms with their untimely demise. What is this mysterious gift; a chance to go back to Earth, or a happy ever after in heaven?