Take Flight

The world premiere of the new musical Take Flight by award-winning song writing duo Richard Maltby and David Shire, with book by John Weidman, opens at the Chocolate Factory from 13^th July.

Sam Buntrock (Director), David Farley (Designer) and Caroline Humphris (Musical Supervisor), the creative team behind our multi-award-winning production of Sunday In The Park With George, are re-united for the first time prior to transferring Sunday to Broadway this winter.

Take Flight weaves together fact and fiction to tell the inspirational stories of the pioneers of flight – the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.

The prestigious American composing duo Richard Maltby and David Shire have written many shows together including Closer Than Ever; Starting Here, Starting Now and Baby. Individually, David Shire is an Oscar-winning film score composer (All The President’s Men, Norma Rae and, most recently, Zodiac). Richard Maltby wrote the lyrics for Miss Saigon and devised and directed Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Tony Award – Best Director) and Fosse. John Weidman is a long-time Sondheim collaborator, having written the book for Assassins, Pacific Overtures and Bounce.