A play about family, art and the making of music
Josh Radnor (‘Ted Mosby’ on the Emmy-nominated TV series How I Met Your Mother) and Noah Galvin (Evan in Dear Evan Hansen) are to make their London stage debut in the world premiere of the play Hit Machine by Jonathan Caren at Soho Theatre.
Hit Machine is a darkly comic sibling drama about two estranged brothers – one a record mogul, the other an aspiring musician – whose reunion ignites a volatile battle over family history, buried resentments, and who gets to tell the truth about the life that shaped them. Driven by the same childhood wounds, the brothers are forced into a final collaboration in which the ultimate truth can only expressed through a song Featuring original music by three-time Grammy Award-winning musician Ben Harper, Hit Machine is an intimate, explosive story about brotherhood, male violence and the price of turning pain into art…
Jonathan Caren said:
“I’m interested in the way pop music can be manufactured and yet still hit something raw in us. While the play is about songwriting, it is also about the ways men handle shame, or even build entire identities around it.”
Directed by Daniel Bailey.
Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London, W1D 3NE.
Wednesday 8 July – Saturday 15 August.
Booking and full details: https://sohotheatre.com/events/hit-machine/
