Jersey Boys

Discover the legendary story of a group of working class boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest pop music phenomenons of all time - Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Follow the rags to rock to riches tale of four blue collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom.

"This is an utterly wonderful show full of vitality, pace and power. The audience rose as one at the end of this true-life mega hit story of The Four Seasons" The Daily Express

Featuring such hits as Big Girls Don't Cry; Sherry; Oh, What a Night; Can't Take My Eyes Off of You; and many more.

"It will, I suspect, be some time before London says Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) to the phenomenal Jersey Boys" The Daily Telegraph

The cast for Jersey Boys in London features Ryan Molloy as 'Frankie Valli', Stephen Ashfield as 'Bob Gaudio', Philip Bulcock as 'Nick Massi' and Glenn Carter as 'Tommy DeVito' with Scott Monello as the alternate 'Frankie Valli'. Casting subject to change. Jersey Boys features the songs of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons written by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is directed by Des McAnuff with choreography by Sergio Trujillo, scenic design by Klara Zieglerova, costume design by Jess Goldstein, lighting design by Howell Binkley and sound design by Steve Canyon Kennedy.

Please Note: Due to strong language this show may be unsuitable for children under the age of 12.

"They may have walked like men but they didn't sound like blokes. Frankie Valli's swooping falsetto was the sort of voice you might expect to isue from a meerkat... So Jersey Boys, which has been a huge, Tony-trawling hit on Broadway, starts with the massive advantage of having the most weirdly memorable sounds in the West End... What's more, it's got a sharp book, and a far from weedy rags-to-riches story. Together with director Des McAnuff, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice have come up with a jukebox musical which doesn't look lazy, though it doesn't try to match the bizarre inventiveness of Catherine Johnson's Mamma Mia!, the mother of all tribute shows." The Observer

"A big thumper of a show with fantastic songs" The Daily Mail

"[The Jersey Boys] is directed with good-natured charm by Des McAnuff. There's the usual climbing frame of a set and a lot of women who look like Dewsbury housewives - de rigueur for every musical these days - but from the moment when Ryan Molloy, playing Frankie Valli, opens his mouth and begins to sing it is clear that this production is in a class of its own. Diminutive though he is, Molloy is a great big star. One had expected no more than a middling take-off of Valli, but this man is jaw-droppingly good. I mean amazingly, staggeringly so. He has a falsetto that is as every bit as strong as his full voice, which was very much Valli's trademark." The Sunday Telegraph

"Oh what a night!" The Times

"The effervescent music and the stride-stomp-kick choreography are great fun, the casting is brilliant, and Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman's chronicle of the boys' gritty working-class milieu is full of clever lines. My favourite was the one that bursts from an awestruck member of the group when, as if answering their prayers for a catchy name, that of the Four Seasons bowling alley lights up in neon ('It's a sign!'). That naive sweetness, however, is in short supply in the script and in the tone of Des McAnuff's production, both of which feel over-confident." The Independent on Sunday

"Jersey Boys superbly captures the thrills and tensions of four testosterone-charged young men discovering fame and fortune after years of dogged failure" The Daily Telegraph

Frankie Valli, one of the original Four Seasons said: "Never having had any musical training, I just thought everybody could sing. I had no idea till much later on in life that not everybody had that wide range. And Bob Gaudio in fact was very quick to push me up to higher and higher notes when we were recording. It's rather difficult to cover all the music [in Jersey Boys] since we've been so fortunate to have so many hits. But there was a story to tell, and the decision on which to include was up to Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman, the writers, and Des McAnuff, the director. They had a free hand at what would work for what they were writing. Not being a playwright myself and being so intricately involved in the music for all these years, I just didn't know – it was a totally different situation to be in. There was an appreciation about our music that I didn't expect from the theatre world. We really found ourselves in the right circle of people and talent. I don't think anybody ever imagined it would be as big as it is. The creative team have had to work hard to keep the integrity of the piece, and be sure that the companies that have come after the original one were all as good and as talented. Creating one company is difficult, but to keep doing it over and over again is even harder. It takes a lot of hands-on work, and Bob is always going to visit the various companies to see how they are doing."