Been So Long
Appearance
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Been So Long | |
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Music | Arthur Darvill |
Lyrics | Arthur Darvill |
Book | Ché Walker |
Basis | Ché Walker's play Been So Long |
Productions | 2009 Young Vic London 2009 Traverse Theatre Scotland |
Been So Long is a soul/funk musical with music and lyrics by Arthur Darvill and book by Ché Walker. The musical is based on the 1998 play of the same name.
Been So Long premiered at the Young Vic on July 11, 2009[1] and then transferred to Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh on August 7, 2009 as part of the Edinburgh Festival.[2] A live cast recording was also made of the production.[3]
Cast
Original Cast
- Yvonne - Naana Agyei-Ampadu
- Gil - Harry Hepple
- Raymond - Arinze Kene
- Simone - Cat Simmons
- Barney - Omar Lye-Fook
- Singers - Samantha-Antoinette Smith, Gemma Knight Jones, Jenessa Qua
Film adaptation
In May 2017, Film Constellation confirmed that Tinge Krishnan has finished filming the film with Michaela Coel as Simone.[4]
References
- ^ Young Vic homepage.
- ^ Traverse Theatre homepage Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Young Vic Theatre - information page about Been So Long (Live)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ Mitchell, Robert (7 May 2017). "Cannes: First Look at British Musical 'Been So Long' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.