BEEN SO LONG

Book & lyrics Che Walker
Music & lyrics Arthur Darvill
English Touring Theatre (ETT) & The Young Vic
Scottish Premiere

Romance, revenge and rare groove rock in this neon-soaked new hit musical comedy. 

The talent on stage is tremendous….It's most obvious in the performers - Omar Lyefook sings soulfully, Arinze Kene punchily.  But it's there, too, in the big lift of Arthur Darvill's music, running from soul to jazz.  It's also there in Che Walker's script: he tells his story - a simple one of three men and two women meeting, fighting, getting off with each other and failing to get off with each other in a bar which is about to close down - in a mix of raunchy and rococo, of the fancy and the fierce. Here's an evening in which women get a real shout.
The Observer

A stellar cast and live band include the singing sensation, Omar. Smarten yourself up, brush yourself down and experience the soul/funk powerhouse of Been So Long.

Bristles with sassy riffs and layered rhythms…by the end you’ll feel like dancing
Evening Standard ***

SASSY… TREMENDOUS …ROUGH, RAW AND HUGELY ENJOYABLE
What’s On Stage ****

Hilarious…Enormously entertaining, full-bodied and sexy…An elating sprint through the booze-sodden pleasures of London nightlife. Sunday Times ***

Ragged and rude...Bursting with raw and refreshing new talent...BRING IT ON
Mail on Sunday

Hip and humorous: a boisterous hit
Independent on Sunday

ETT tours vital and vivid productions of new and classic plays. Recent hits include Entertaining Mr Sloane with Imelda Staunton and Mat Horne in London's West End.  London's Young Vic stages the widest variety of plays, bringing the world's greatest theatre people alongside adventurers of the younger generation.

This play contains strong sexual language.