The world premiere of Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical – explodes onto the stage this week, following two weeks of previews, with Belfast’s Christina Bennington in the leading role!
The world premiere of the long-awaited Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, will take place in London’s West End at the London Coliseum, opening on Tuesday 20 June 2017 for a limited season until the recently extended date of 5th August 2017.
Directed by award-winning theatre and opera director Jay Scheib, the cast includes, Belfast-born actress Christina Bennington (25), who plays the central character – Raven. A former pupil and head girl of Methodist College, Christina left Northern Ireland in 2010 to study at the Guildford School of Acting in Surrey.
Raven in Bat Out Of Hell is the latest part for Christina, following a string of other roles, including, most recently, Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Derby/Colchester production) and Kim/Cover Magnolia in Show Boat in the West End last year.
Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical is a romantic adventure about rebellious youth and passionate love, set against the backdrop of a post-cataclysmic city adrift from the mainland. Strat, the forever young leader of The Lost (played by Pennsylvania-born Andrew Polec) has fallen for Christina’s character, Raven, daughter of Falco, the tyrannical ruler of Obsidian.
Bat Out Of Hell, which was released in 1977, became one of the best-selling albums in history, selling over 50 million copies worldwide. 16 years later, Steinman scored again with Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell, which contained the massive hit I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That).
For the stage musical, the legendary and award-winning Jim Steinman has incorporated iconic songs from the Bat Out Of Hell albums, including You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, Bat Out Of Hell, I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) and Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad.
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