The full creative team has been announced for the UK premiere of Play On!, the jazz-fuelled, Twelfth Night-inspired musical that will arrive at Salisbury Playhouse this October.

From Talawa, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company, this joyous, musical retelling of Shakespeare’s beloved play brings to life the 1940s New York jazz scene, set to a timeless, toe-tapping Duke Ellington score.

Previously announced are director Michael Buffong (A Kind of People, Royal Court; Guys and Dolls, Talawa; Artistic Director, Talawa Theatre Company); choreographer Kenrick H20 Sandy (Artistic Associate, Barbican; Boy Blue; Free Your Mind, Aviva Studios) and musical supervisor Liam Godwin (The Big Life, Theatre Royal Stratford East; West End Musical Christmas, Adelphi Theatre; Bat Boy, London Palladium).

Joining them are associate director Rachael Nanyonjo (Recognition, Talawa; Newsies, Troubadour Theatre; Next Please, Almeida Theatre); musical director Ashton Moore (Get Up Stand Up!, West End; The Last Five Years, Buxton Opera House; Rent, Shaw Theatre) and associate musical director Luke Bacchus (Mandela, Young Vic; Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, Get Up Stand Up!, West End); associate choreographer Nicey Belgrave (Lil’ Simz, Glastonbury; Dua Lipa; Free Your Mind, Danny Boyle); Ivor Novello Award nominated (Three Little Birds, ITV) orchestrator and arranger Benjamin Kwasi Burrell (Blues for An Alabama Sky, The Motive & The Cue, Small Island, National Theatre); Olivier Award-winning (Jerusalem, Royal Court) set and costume designer Ultz (The Death of England, The Corn is Green, National Theatre; Skeleton Crew, Donmar Warehouse) with associate costumer designer Maybelle Laye (The Great, Starz; Silo, Apple TV; A Strange Loop, Barbican); lighting designer Johanna Town (Brassed Off, UK tour, Uncle Vanya, Orange Tree; Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, West End/UK tour); Olivier Award-winning (My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican) sound designer Tony Gayle (Two Strangers(Carry A Cake Across New York), Next to Normal, Shifters, West End); and voice coach Joel Trill.

Wiltshire Creative are so thrilled to welcome the world-class cast, creative and production team to Salisbury Playhouse for this UK premiere.