A new musical using the songs of Roy Orbison, created by the duo behind the West End hit & Juliet, is to open in Leeds next year.
In Dreams will feature tunes from throughout the career of the US musician known as “the Big O” but the jukebox musical, which premieres at Leeds Playhouse, does not tell his life story. Instead, writer David West Read said he would use the “pain and joy that is inherent in his songs” to tell the modern-day story of a female singer who has reassembled her old bandmates for a party at a Mexican restaurant. The show will explore love and loss “through an optimistic lens” he added, with an account of “friendship and the power of music to bring people together and help them through difficult times”.
