Mrs Henderson Presents

Nominated for four Olivier Awards, Mrs Henderson Presents is a hilarious five star musical based on the 2005 film starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins.

Mrs Henderson Presents takes us to a dreary London in 1937. We meet Laura Henderson, a recently widowed Londoner, hopelessly searching for a way to spend her time and money. Circumstances lead her to the renovation of a theatre, and she recruits a feisty impresario, Vivian Van Damm, to present a bill of show-stopping acts. As war looms and box office sales struggle, Mrs Henderson has an idea… The Windmill Girls! She gathers a glamorous group of nude females to pose as statues and before long the audience flocks!

With book and direction by the Tony Award-winning Terry Johnson (La Cage Aux Folles), choreography by Andrew Wright (Singin’ in the Rain, Guys and Dolls), lyrics by the multi-award-winning Don Black (Sunset Boulevard) and music by George Fenton and Simon Chamberlain, this extraordinary and heartwarming new production stars Olivier-winner Tracie Bennett (Les Misérables, End of the Rainbow, ITV’s Coronation Street), Olivier-nominated Ian Bartholomew (Into the Woods) and Olivier-nominated Emma Williams (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).

“Bruno Wang Productions have hugely enjoyed co-producing such an energetic, heart-warming and high-spirited British musical,’’ says Mr Wang. ‘’The show portrays a group of courageous individuals celebrating life in the face of adversity.

The war affected their day to day lives but never their spirits, there are poignant parallels to our lives under today’s current climate.”