★★★★★

Quite simply, unmissable

Stop reading this and go and book some tickets, now!

Heat Magazine

Perhaps the greatest sequel ever told, COOL RIDER, the cult musical sequel played at the Duchess Theatre for one week in April 2014, after the rapturous reception from the one night only concert at the Lyric Theatre in January 2014. The show was then immortalised in May 2015 with the Original Studio Cast Recording, funded by the fans through Kickstarter.

The film told the heady and daring love story of two unlikely lovers and their road to romance from bowling alley to burger joint, sing-a-long-a-sex education class to talent show, and long (beautifully lit) romantic motorcycle rides to a slightly incongruous luau ending. Much like its musical prequel, the story follows the ancient High School motto: if you want the guy/girl, change your personality beyond recognition and wear overly tight leather in the finale.

Featuring the songs: BACK TO SCHOOL SCORE TONIGHT COOL RIDER WHO'S THAT GUY? REPRODUCTION DO IT FOR OUR COUNTRY CHARADES PROWLIN' GIRL FOR ALL SEASONS (LOVE WILL) TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME ROCK-A-HULA-LUAU (SUMMER IS COMING) WE'LL BE TOGETHER and more!

★★★★

Rocky-horror-esque...

the atmosphere is electric...

it's a speedy, exuberant and nostalgic run

Whatsonstage

The
Show

COOL RIDER has its world premiere at London's Lyric Theatre on Monday 27th January 2014, receiving rapturous reception for the two sold out performances. The show then played the Duchess Theatre for a week over Easter 2014.

Co-conceived and produced by CHRISTOPHER D. CLEGG and JAMES DP DRURY, COOL RIDER was directed by GUY UNSWORTH, with Musical Direction, Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by LEE FREEMAN, Choreography by MATT KRZAN, Lighting Design by CHARLIE MORGAN JONES, Sound Design by DAVID BARTHOLOMEUSZ for ORBITAL, Costume Design by CHRISTOPHER WILMER, Narrative by MARK JONES and GUY UNSWORTH, Casting by JACOB SPARROW and Press Representation by MARK SENIOR PR. Assistant Direction by RICK WOSKA, Assistant Musical Direction by LIAM HOWLETT and Associate Choreography by CALLUM NICOL.

27th January 2014
Stephanie

Ashleigh Gray

Michael

Aaron Sidwell

Mr Stuart

Reece Shearsmith

Ms Mason

Nadine Cox

Paulette

Hannah LeVane

Johnny

Niall Sheehy

Sharon

Bronté Barbé

Louis

Joshua Dowen

Rhonda

Evelyn Hoskins

Goose

Kane Oliver Parry

Davey

Ben Stott

Dancing
Ensemble
Michael Callum Evans
Ross Harbron
Meesha Lyth
Alice Martin
Jordan Matthews
Phil McCloskey
Simone Murphy
Rose Shalloo
Parisa Sharmir
Sam Toland
Richard Watkins
Singing
Ensemble
Amy Bridges
Luke Dart
Joao Diogo
Millie-Rose Keutenius
Beckin Hamilton
Cameron Hay
Megan Jenkins
Samuel Morgan-Graham
Genevieve Taylor
George Tebbutt
Jessica West
The
Orchestra
Lee Freeman

Keys 1, Musical Director

Liam Howlett

Keys 2, Assistant Musical Director

Abigail Lucas

Piccolo, Flute, Alto Sax & Baritone Sax

Eikel Venegas

Trumpet/Flugelhorn

Ken Goodbody

Bass Guitar

Rohit Nijhawan

Guitar 1

Drewe Lowe

Guitar 2

Jonny Brister

Drums

15th - 19th April 2014
Mr Stuart

Mark Benton

Ms Mason

Niki Evans

Stephanie

Ashleigh Gray

Michael

Aaron Sidwell

Sharon

Bronté Barbé

Johnny

Stewart Clarke

Louis

Joshua Dowen

Goose

Luke Fetherston

Davey

Harry Francis

Rhonda

Lucinda Lawrence

Paulette

Hannah LeVane

Nun

Rick Woska

The
Ensemble

Jak Allen Anderson

James Dart

Katy Hards

Fela Lufadeju

Danielle Mullan

Simone Murphy

Joseph O'Reilly

Lisa Ritchie

Parisa Shahmir

The
Orchestra
Lee Freeman

Keys 1, Musical Director

Liam Howlett

Keys 2, Assistant Musical Director

Abigail Lucas

Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet & Alto Sax

Eikel Venegas

Trumpet/Flugelhorn

Ken Goodbody

Bass Guitar

Rohit Nijhawan

Guitar 1

Drewe Lowe

Guitar 2

Jonny Brister

Drums

★★★★★

Brilliantly produced with a

huge band, amazing harmonies

incredible vocals

West End Wilma

The
Album

In 2015 the Original Studio Cast Recording of COOL RIDER was released on CD, Vinyl and Digital. The album was funded entirely through Kickstarter with 235 people backing the project. This was a dream come true for producers Chris and James to have Lee Freeman's incredible orchestrations and arrangements immortalised with a fantastic vocal cast led by Aaron Sidwell and Ashleigh Gray, with Reece Shearsmith reprising his turn as Mr Stuart.

Original Studio Cast Recording

Released 29th June 2015

Recording
Cast
Ashleigh Gray
Aaron Sidwell
Reece Shearsmith
Niki Evans
Mark Anderson
Bronté Barbé
Daniel Buckley
Joshua Dowen
Lucinda Lawrence
Hannah LeVane
Niall Sheehy
Melissa Allan
Geraldine Allen
Felipe Bejarano
Jack Feuresen
Rachel Flynn
Jennifer Harding
Laura Hyde
Chris Keating
Matt Krzan
Robine Landi
Callum Nicol
Rhys Owen
Jean Luke Worrell
Rick Woska
The
Cool RIder Band
Lee Freeman

Keys 1

Tom Barnes

Keys 2

Abigail Lucas

Reeds

Eikel Venegas

Trumpet

Ken Goodbody

Bass Guitar

Rohit Nijhawan

Guitar 1

Drewe Lowe

Guitar 2

Andy Sturges

Drums

Matt Hodge

Percussion

Carlos Barredo

Additional Percussion

Production
Team

Recorded and Mixed at

Voicebox Productions

Music Director, Orchestrator & Vocal Arranger

Lee Freeman

Production Manager

Samantha Hooper

Album Producers

Simon Small & Chloe Hart

Keyboard Programmer

Tom Barnes

Producers

Christopher D. Clegg & James DP Drury

Producer

Jean Tu

Associate Producers

Niel Eckersley & Christopher Mold

Studio Photography

Matt Crocket
Music & Lyrics by
Louis St. Louis
Dominic Bugatti
Frank Musker
Dennis Linde
Howard Greenfield
Pat Ballard
Rob Hegel
Michael Gibson
Christopher Cerf
Johnny Macrae
A massive thank you to our kickstarter backers - CAROL ALLEN - CHAD ARMSTRONG - GREGORY ASHTON - JAKI BARNSTABLE - JACKIE BARTLETT - SONIA BATRA - ANDY BAYLISS JENNY BEANLAND - DAVID BEDFORD - EMILY BIRD - JOHN BIZZELL - HANNAH BLADEN-HOVELL - KIM BLAIN - VICKI BOOKLESS - SUSAN BRADLEY - LOUISE BRENNAN - NADIA BROOKS - CHRISTINE BROWN - VICTORIA BROWN - DUNCAN BURT - VICKY BUTLER - WILLIAM CALDER - CHRISTEL CARNAS - MATTHEW CHISLING - JASON CHOI - CONNIE CHURCHER - MEGAN CLARK - ROSS ELLIOT COBBOLD - JEREMY COHEN - SCOT & MICHAEL COLFORD - HELEN COX - MATT CROCKETT - JULIA DAVEY - GARY DAVIES LOTTIE DAVIS-BROWNE - TOM DAVIS - KEITH DE’WINTER - AIDEN DOWEN - JOSHUA DOWEN - PAUL DOWEN - TIM DRIESEN - ALISON DRURY - GEORGINA DRURY - SARAH DRURY - SOPHIE DU BOIS - JAMES DUCK - PETER DUDAS - ROSS DUFFY - NEIL ECKERSLEY - STEVE ELLIS - ADAM EPSTEIN - DOMINIC ESPITALIER-NOEL - PAUL EWAN - JANE FEATHER - CARLA FELTHAM - TRUDIE FRANCE - KRIS GANT - NATHAN GARDNER - DEORAH GATTY - BELINDA GED - HANNAH GLADSTONE - KEN GOODBODY - TONI GOODE - STEVEN GORDON-WILSON - AVRIL GRAY - LYNDON GRAY - ALEX GREEN - HAMISH GREER - ADAM STEPHEN GRIFFITHS - MIMI GUHATHARKURTA - NIKKI GUTRIDGE - RICHARD HAINES - JOAN HALL - GEORGE HANKERS - GEMMA HARRIS - LYNNE HAWKSWORTH - VICTORIA HAYMAN - ALEXIS HENKE - JUDE HENNESSEY - RICHARD HOARE MARTIN HOPE - JACK HOPKINS - MC HORN - HEATHER ROSIE HOWIE - KAT HUDSPETH - RICKEY LEE HUGHES - PETER HUNTLEY - NEIL HURST - ANTHONY HYDE - CLAIRE HYDE - JEN IBBETSON-REVELL - JONNI ISAACS - ROXANE JACKSON - BRENNAN JOHNSON - CHARLIE MORGAN JONES - MARK JONES - ANTHONY JOSEPH - JOSHUA - MAREC JOYCE - KATE - JUDITH KELL - MARC KELLY - LEE KLOPACK - RICHARD ANTHONY KNIGHT - MICHAEL KREIPL - CAROL KRZAN - LOU KRZAN - MATTHEW KRZAN - ASHTON LACKEN - PAUL LANG - DIANE LATIMER - NATASHA LAW - LAURA LAWSON - GEOFF LEALAN - KATHRYN LEES - NATHANIEL LESLIE - GEORGINA LITTLEJOHN - JUDY LIU - SARAH LLOYD - ADAM LONG - LOUISE LOVELL - SARAH LUCKHURST - RHIAN MABEY - JILLIAN MACKAY - SEAN MAHONY - REBECCA MALTBY - CAROLINE MARCHANT - LISA MARSH - MAT MASDING-GROUSE - RICHARD MCDERMOTT - LISA MCGILVARY - MARTIN MEEHAN - ALISON METHERINGHAM - CHRIS MOLD - SARAH MOON - RACHEL MOORE - DAVID PAUL MORGAN - STEPHANIE MOTT - HANNAH MOULDER - VICTORIA MOUNSEY - JENNIFER MURAWSKI - BRIANNA MURCH - CLAIRE NAIRNE - JACK NASH - AMY NORRIS - JOSEPH O’REILLY - BARBARA ORBELL - GARETH OWEN - RHYS OWEN - ROBERT OWEN - ALAN PALMER - WARREN PALMER - MARIA PANAYIOTOU - JOHN PANK - PARELLEL PRODUCTIONS - DUNCAN PARKINSON - ROBERT PATTERSON - JO PAYNE - NATALIE PHILLIPS - STUART PIPER - STEPHANIE PITTS - GARY POOLE - JENNIFER POTTS - RICHARD POYNTON - ABBIE PROCTER - SAMUEL QUAYLE - FRANK RAMIREZ - CARLY RAW - JOANNE ROBERTS - KIRSTY RODERICK - CAROLINE ROGERS - ROSS - KAREN RUDDEL - CHRIS RUTHERFORD - SUZANNE SANDERS - MICHAEL SCHOFIELD - KATY SHAF - KEVIN SHERWIN - MATT SHINGLEDECKER - RACHEL SHORT - ALEX SIDWELL - LUCIE SIDWELL - CHRISTOPHER MARK SMITH - GEORGE SMITH - KAREN SMITH - MATTHEW SMITH - LOUISE SPARKES - EMMA SPARKS - MITCHELL SPARKS - MATTHEW SPRAY - SARAH STEEL - TIM STILES - LOUISE STOCKDEN - TERRY STONE - CATHERINE STRUGGLES - SEBASTIAN STUART - KEELY TAYLOR - HELEN TEMPLAR - HARRIET THORPE - REBECCA TOLFREY - JEAN TU - JAMES TURNER - PAUL VALE - BRUCE VAN TASSEL - JUDITH VANECASTEELE - NATALIE VAZQUEZ - NEIL WATSON - LUCY WATTS - PAUL WEBBER - TAMMIE WEINFURTNER - ADAM WEINSTOCK - AMANDA WESTLAKE - DANIEL WINCH - SARAH LOUISE WOODS - STACEY WOODS - RICK WOSKA - ZOEY ZARAS
★★★★★

The best night out you could hope to have in a theatre

cool rider is a triumph

and delivers in spades

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Cool Rider is nothing short of

irresistible fun

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