WARP SPEED TO LONDON! GEORGE TAKEI IS HOSTING A STAR TREK NIGHT FOLLOWED BY A Q&A ON 20 MARCH AT CHARING CROSS THEATRE, LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE

George Takei, the original and beloved Mr. Sulu from ‘Star Trek’, film and television star, activist and social media icon, is to making his London stage debut in the UK premiere of the Broadway musical inspired by Takei’s true childhood experiences, ‘George Takei’s Allegiance’.

Producers today announce a special performance for Star Trek fans, with a one-off Q&A with George after the show at Charing Cross Theatre. With only 200 seats available, this intimate event is one no Star Trek fan will want to miss. Tickets from £23 are available at www.AllegianceMusical.com

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II, California-born Takei and his family were placed behind the barbed-wire enclosures of United States’ internment camps along with 120,000 other Japanese Americans. He spent years of his childhood at Camp Rohwer in the swamps of Arkansas and at wind-swept Camp Tule Lake in northern California. At the end of the war, Takei’s family returned to their native Los Angeles. Inspired by this difficult chapter of American history, Takei developed the Broadway musical Allegiance, an epic story of love and heroism in which he starred alongside Tony Award winner Lea Salonga and Telly Leung in its record-breaking world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in 2012. The show won multiple awards and was followed by a Broadway run in 2015-2016.

Now Allegiance gets a new and more intimate production for the UK, conceived specifically for the Off West End space at Charing Cross Theatre, directed and choreographed by Tara Overfield Wilkinson (director, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ UK tour, associate director/choreographer of ‘Come From Away’ UK). Joining Takei will be his Broadway co-star Telly Leung (Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ and TV’s ‘Glee’).

‘George Takei’s Allegiance’ tells the moving story of Sam Kimura (Takei) as he is transported back nearly six decades to when his younger self (Leung) and his sister Kei fought to stay connected to their heritage, their family and themselves after Japanese Americans were wrongfully imprisoned during World War II. A powerful story told with great resonance and intimacy, ‘George Takei’s Allegiance’ explores the ties that bind us, the struggle to persevere and the overwhelming power of forgiveness and, most especially, love.

GEORGE TAKEI’S ALLEGIANCE

Venue

Charing Cross Theatre
The Arches
Villiers Street
London WC2N 6NL

Box Office

www.AllegianceMusical.com I 08444 930650

Final Performance

Saturday 8 April 2023

Performance Times

Monday to Saturday: 7:30PM

Wednesday and Saturday: 2:30PM

Ticket Prices

£20.00 – £70.00
Premium seats £80

CREATIVES

Book by Marc Acito, Jay Kuo, and Lorenzo Thione
Music and Lyrics by Jay Kuo

Directed & Choreographed: Tara Overfield Wilkinson
Musical Supervision & Orchestrations: Andrew Hilton & Charlie Ingles

Lighting Design: Nic Farman
Sound Design: Chris Whybrow
Casting: Sarah Leung Casting