Tinder, Grindr Era London West End Musical ‘Why Am I So Single?’ From ‘Six’ Creators Reveals Cast

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, writers of Tony-winning musical “Six” have set their next production “Why Am I So Single?”

“This big fancy musical follows two besties through the ups, and mostly downs, of their dating lives in the era of Tinder (and Bumble and Grindr and Hinge and Feeld). This musical extravaganza about love, dating, friendship – and bees – explores the weird and wonderful hilariousness of being single,” reads the show description. “A celebration of friendship and love, ‘Why Am I So Single?’ asks how two super interesting, super cool, super fun pals could possibly still be single. This extraordinary and totally
unexplainable situation faced by our fabulous duo is made even more complicated by the fact that, on a completely unrelated note, they also need to find a really great topic for their next musical.”

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The lead cast includes Jo Foster (“& Juliet,” “Just For One Day”), Leesa Tulley (“Six,” “Kin”) and Noah Thomas (“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”). The show features choreography by Ellen Kane (“Dear England”).

The producing team includes Kenny Wax (“The Play That Goes Wrong”), Ameena Hamid (“Woman Life Freedom!”) and George Stiles (“Six”).

The production is directed by Lucy Moss; the orchestrator, vocal arranger and musical supervisor is Joe Beighton; the set designer is Moi Tran; Max Johns is the costume designer; the lighting designer is Jai Morjaria; the sound designer is Paul Gatehouse; and music production is by Future Cut. The production manager is Phoebe Bath with the casting direction from Harry Blumenau and Sarah-Jane Price from Harry Blumenau Casting.

Marlow and Moss said: “This is ultimately a musical about two friends, their desire for love, and how they deal with loneliness. We hope people come away feeling super uplifted. And we hope they text someone the second they leave the theatre saying ‘omigosh just fyi i love you soooo much!!!!’”

“Why Am I So Single?” plays at London’s Garrick Theatre Aug. 27, 2024 – Feb. 13, 2025.

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