When a sailor named Gideon Fletcher returns home after seventeen years at sea, tensions between past and future flare in both his family and his town. The local shipyard, around which the community has always revolved, is closing and no one knows what will come next, only that a half-built ship towers over the terraces. With the engine fired and pistons in motion, picket lines are drawn as foreman Jackie White (Sting) and his wife Peggy fight to hold their community together in the face of the gathering storm.

 

This personal, political, and passionate musical from multiple Grammy Award-winner Sting is an epic account of a family, a community and a great act of defiance. THE LAST SHIP features an original score with music and lyrics by Sting as well as a few of his best-loved songs: “Island of Souls,” “All This Time,” and “When We Dance.” It is the proud story of when the last ship sails.

 

The musical is directed by Lorne Campbell, previously artistic director of Northern Stage theatre in Newcastle and recently appointed as artistic director of National Theatre of Wales, and has set design by the Tony Award-winning 59 Productions, the team behind the video design for the 2012 London Olympic Games. THE LAST SHIP has a new book by Lorne Campbell and is based on the original book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey, orchestrations by Rob Mathes, musical direction by Richard John, costume design by Molly Einchcomb, movement direction by Lucy Hind, lighting design by Matt Daw and sound design by Sebastian Frost.

 

THE LAST SHIP is produced by Karl Sydow.