PREVIEW: Come from Away (12A TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Petrina Bromley (The Bread Maker), Jenn Colella (Uncertainty), De’Lon Grant (Surrogates), Joel Hatch (While You Were Sleeping), Tony LePage (A Soldier’s Sweetheart), Caesar Samayoa (Si’ Laraby), Q. Smith (film debut), Astrid Van Wieren (The River You Step In), Emily Walton (5 Doctors), Jim Walton (Mrs. Munck), Sharon Wheatley (Gods Behaving Badly), Paul Whitty (The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Christopher Ashley (Lucky Stiff), director; David Hein (film debut) and Irene Sankoff (film debut), writers, composers; Bill Condon (The Good Liar), Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan), Nick Meyer (Atomic Blonde) and Jennifer Todd (Memento), producers; Tobias A. Schliessler (Dreamgirls), cinematographer; editor TBA

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When the events of 9/11 cause all other airborne flights to be diverted, 38 planes with 7,000 passengers arrive in the small Canadian town of Newfoundland. There, the locals try to accommodate the confused and emotional new arrivals, sparking some new and unexpected friendships in the process…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A filmed version of the acclaimed stage production (made in response to the COVID-19 closure of theatres), this uplifting musical comes as the world prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON APPLE TV+

 

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