How a concussion led Emmy-winning Schitt’s Creek writer to come up with jukebox musical & Juliet

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David West Read had post-concussion syndrome after hitting his head on a kitchen cabinet in 2016. It was during that time that he was tasked to pitch a concept for a musical using hit Swedish producer-songwriter Max Martin’s catalogue of famous pop anthems. The...

It opens with Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway suggesting a different ending in which Juliet does not end her life, but instead charts her own path.

“The ending felt deeply unsatisfying for a modern character who’s going to kill herself because her boyfriend of five days did so. So it felt like a good launchpad to modernise the story.” He says that when & Juliet was first performed at London’s West End from November 2019 to March 2023, it struggled to attract audiences back to the theatre and regain its pre-pandemic momentum when restrictions eased.

Read started writing the book of & Juliet in 2016, while simultaneously working on Schitt’s Creek, which followed the trials and tribulations of a wealthy family who lose their fortune and relocate to a motel in a small town.Cast member Blake Appelqvist plays Romeo in Australian production & Juliet.Comparing the two, he says: “They’re both very big-hearted comedies that came out at a time when people were looking for comfort and kindness.

 

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