The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh and Melting Pot have introduced the world premiere of a model new musical primarily based on David Nicholls’ critically acclaimed, world bestselling novel ONE DAY, within the very metropolis the place the story begins.
Emma and Dexter first meet on the evening of their commencement, fifteenth July 1988 – St. Swithin’s Day. Over the following twenty years we return to them on the identical day every year, and thru pleasure and heartbreak, missed alternatives and second possibilities, they navigate love, ambition, and the unpredictable twists of life.
One Day is a celebration of affection, destiny, and the moments that outline us perpetually, with a hovering unique rating, and the heat, wit, and uncooked emotion of the novel that touched hundreds of thousands.
This brand-new adaptation of the beloved story is written by The Lyceum’s former Artistic Director David Greig (The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, The Architect, Dunsinane, Local Hero), with music and lyrics by Abner and Amanda Ramirez (of acclaimed US band Johnnyswim), with extra materials by Freya Catrin Smith, and directed by Tony and Olivier award nominee Max Webster (Macbeth with David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, The Importance of Being Ernest with Ncuti Gatwa, Life of Pi, Sheffield Crucible, West End and Broadway). One Day opens in Edinburgh as a part of The Royal Lyceum’s sixtieth anniversary season, which is the primary programmed by incoming Artistic Director, James Brining.
One Day has choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, set and costume design by Rae Smith, lighting design by Bruno Poet, sound design by Simon Baker, music supervision and preparations by Nigel Lilley, orchestrations by Simon Hale and casting by Stuart Burt CDG.
Artistic Director of The Lyceum James Brining commented: We’re delighted to welcome the deeply cherished, charming story of David Nicholls’ One Day to the Lyceum stage. It feels proper that the story will begin its theatrical life at dwelling in Edinburgh the place the ebook begins. The story of Dexter and Emma is entwined on this metropolis, and I’m excited to see the present take form within the very succesful palms of David Greig with heartfelt music and lyrics from Abner and Amanda Ramirez and course from multi-award successful director Max Webster.
I’m proud to host the world premiere of this beloved story turned musical as a part of my first season as Artistic Director, and for it to be part of The Royal Lyceum’s sixtieth anniversary season.
Simon Friend of Melting Pot commented: When I began studying David Nicholls’ era-defining novel One Day on the tube in 2009, the individuals subsequent to me and reverse had been doing the identical, so shortly did this universally relatable story turn into important studying, piercing hearts internationally. After greater than a decade of attempting to supply a stage adaptation of it, I can’t think about working with a extra completed staff of artists to make this present, and it’s a real privilege to open it within the metropolis the place Dex and Em’s story famously begins.
Tickets for One Day might be bought on The Royal Lyceum web site from 20 June 2025, with Royal Lyceum Patrons in a position to buy tickets solely from 16 June 2025.
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