Book of Mormon

The multi-award winning hit Broadway musical comedy The Book of Mormon in London at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Two disciples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are sent to the northern part of Uganda as missionaries... The smash hit Broadway musical comedy - winner of NINE Tony Awards including Best Musical - comes to London's West End: You all know the Bible is made of testaments old and new. You've been told it's just those two parts, or only one if you're a Jew. But what if I were to tell you - there's a fresh third part out there. Which was found by a hip new prophet who had a little... Donny Osmond flair? Have you heard of the All-American prophet? The blond-haired, blue-eyed voice of God! He didn't come from the Middle East like those other holy men. No, God's favourite prophet was All-American!

Please note that this musical contains numerous explicit language and adult content.

Musical with book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Directed by Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, with choreography by Casey Nicholaw, sets by Scott Pask, costumes by Ann Roth, lighting by Brian MacDevitt, and sound by Brian Ronan.

Note: This production closed on Saturday 14 March 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, it reopened from Monday 15 November 2021, with a special 'preview' performance on THursday 11 November 2021. Up to March 2021 this production played Monday to Saturday evenings, with afternoon matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. When it reopened the midweek afternoon matinee was changed from Wednesday to Friday.

When the production opened in London Paul Taylor in the Independent said that "directed with terrific zap and zestful precision by Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, the show thwacks together a caricature-tendentious view of modern Mormon masculinity with a calculatingly outrageous Lion King-skewed view of Africa." In the Daily Express Julie Carpenter wrote: "I'm not sure its crude yet clever package is roll-in-the-aisles funny but it's deliciously entertaining and there is certainly nothing like it in the West End. ... It's as feel-good as it is foul-mouthed and as infectiously uplifting as it is stingingly satirical. It's this combination that works. Michael Billington in the Guardian thought that "part of the fun lies in playing spot-the-source for the numerous songs" while Libby Purves in the Times described how "it offers big belting numbers, witty lyrics and joyfully athletic dances." In the Daily Telegraph Charles Spencer highlighted that "the Book of Mormon arrives in London from New York on a tidal wave of acclaim and looks destined to become an unstoppable hit on this side of the Atlantic, too," going on to say that, "while acknowledging that it is often damnably clever and sharp, I find it hard to warm to the show." Ian Shuttleworth writing in the Financial Times commented that "Trey Parker and Casey Nicholaw's production sells its bare-faced cheek with enormous technical and performance flair and a brash yet disarming puerile charm." Henry Hitchings in the London Evening Standard highlighted that "at its best, The Book of Mormon is indecently funny. It often makes you want to grimace or gnaw your fist, but there are bursts of brilliant comedy, and it's hard not to be swept along by its joie de vivre... Trey Parker and Matt Stone have created something spirited and refreshing." In the London Metro Claire Allfree hailed the show as being "helplessly funny and terrifically entertaining... a foul-mouthed love letter to one's fellow man that suggests where to shove God in two different languages." Quentin Letts in the Daily Mail thought that "the comedy aims for the razzle-dazzle of The Producers and the sacrilege of The Life Of Brian. It is at least two divisions below those two classics." Michael Billington in the Guardian asked: "Strip away all the hype surrounding this hit Broadway import and what do you find? A mildly amusing musical, with some knowingly parodic songs, that takes a few pot shots at religious credulity without ever questioning the need for belief."

"There is a long, if not entirely honourable, tradition in the theatre of resorting to blasphemy to put sinners on seats. The Book of Mormon is the latest in a sulphurous, cloven-hoofed procession of religious shockers that includes Jerry Springer: The Opera and Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi. This musical is different, however, from anything that has been before, on account of its epic scale and reach: it has a scorched-earth policy towards sensibilities. It goes about the business of causing offence with such freewheeling enthusiasm - and make no mistake, it takes pot shots at Christians and Jews, as well as Mormons - that 'outrage fatigue' sets in pretty quickly... The songs may not be memorable, but it is exuberant, and, like the colourful extravaganza that the Africans put on at the end (stringing together all of the lies the naughty Mormon has told them) it works in a way that is rather mystifying." The Sunday Telegraph

"It's the behaviour of non-Mormons that makes this a show not for the easily affronted; it is fearlessly stuffed with foul expletives, full-frontal filth, profound political incorrectness and blasphemy... This is an exceptionally rude show, possibly even ruder than the outrageous Jerry Springer The Opera, but not as smart. While Springer was a biting satire of confessional telly, Mormon is a mild spoof of religious evangelism: fat, friendless Arnold found The Book too boring to read and the only way he can win converts is by peddling lies about curing AIDS through bestiality and finding paradise in Salt Lake City. This is a show that has its cake, of questionable taste and ever so slightly stale, and scoffs it, cheerfully ripping off other musicals, while being simultaneously a hymn to Broadway... But it can be screamingly entertaining... And it is undeniably slick and full of fabulous, high-energy, well-drilled performances." The Mail on Sunday

"Leave at home any expectation that The Book Of Mormon is the most offensive show since Jerry Springer. This Broadway sensation from South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker, with its songs declaring 'f*** you, God' and jokes about genital mutilation, is really a cuddly endorsement of all-American optimism, wrapped in the affirmative spirit of Broadway itself... Stone and Parker relentlessly lampoon the do-gooding egomania of evangelicalism and the absolutist parables of religious texts while simultaneously suggesting that religion itself is no bad thing... Stone and Parker's deep love for Broadway radiates from every expertly choreographed shimmy (there are tongue-in-cheek references to everything from The King And I to the poor old Lion King). Helplessly funny and terrifically entertaining, The Book Of Mormon is a foul-mouthed love letter to one's fellow man that suggests where to shove God in two different languages." Metro

The original cast featured Gavin Creel as 'Elder Price', Jared Gertner as 'Elder Cunningham', Alexia Khadime as 'Nabulungi', Stephen Ashfield as 'Elder McKinley'/'Moroni', Ashley Day as 'Cunningham's Dad', Chris Jaman as 'General', Giles Terera as 'Matala Hatimbi', Hayden Oakley as 'Price's Dad'/'Joseph Smith'/'Mission President', Kayi Ushe as 'Guard', Sharon Wallis as 'Mrs Brown', Tyrone Huntley as 'Doctor', Ashley Day, Candace Furbert, Daniel Clift, Daniel Mackinlay, Kayi Ushe, Liam Wrate, Mark Anderson, Michael Kent, Nadine Higgin, Olivia Phillip, Patrick George, Sharon Wattis, Terel Nugent, Tosh Wanogho-Maud, Tyrone Huntley, Yemie Sonuga, Benjamin Brook, Evan James, Lucy St Louis, Luke Newton, Matt Krzan, Oliver Lidert, and Terry Doe.

The original cast from Monday 25 February 2013 to Saturday 26 July 2014 included Gavin Creel as 'Elder Price', and Jared Gertner as 'Elder Cunningham'.

The second cast from Monday 28 July 2014 to Saturday 31 January 2015 included Billy Harrigan Tighe as 'Elder Price', and A.J. Holmes as 'Elder Cunningham'.

The third cast from Monday 2 February 2015 to Saturday 30 January 2016 included Nic Rouleau as 'Elder Price', and Brian Sears as 'Elder Cunningham'.

The fourth cast from Monday 1 February 2016 to Saturday 28 January 2017 included KJ Hippensteel as 'Elder Price', Brian Sears as 'Elder Cunningham' (up to Saturday 14 January 2017), and David O'Reilly as 'Elder Cunningham' (from Monday 16 to Saturday 28 January 2017).

The fifth cast from Monday 30 January 2017 to Saturday 27 January 2018 included KJ Hippensteel as 'Elder Price' (up to Saturday 13 January 2018), Alex Lodge as 'Elder Price' (from Monday 15 to Saturday 27 January 2018), and Cody Jamison Strand as 'Elder Cunningham'.

The sixth cast from Monday 29 January 2018 to Saturday 2 February 2019 included Dom Simpson as 'Elder Price' (up to Saturday 12 January 2018), Dave Thomas Brown as 'Elder Price' (from Monday 14 January 2019), and J Michael Finley as 'Elder Cunningham'.

The seventh cast from Monday 4 February 2019 to Saturday 14 March 2020 included Dave Thomas Brown as 'Elder Price', and Tom Xander as 'Elder Cunningham'.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are best known for creating the hit animated series South Park, including the feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut which earned an Oscar nomination for best song. Robert Lopez co-created the award-winning musical Avenue Q and the Tony Award-winning theatre director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw has previously choreographed Spamalot and directed The Drowsy Chaperone, both on Broadway and in London's West End.

The Book of Mormon in London at the Prince of Wales Theatre previewed from 25 February 2013, opened on 21 March 2013, closed on 14 March 2020, and reopens from 15 November 2021