Leicester theatre Curve is to stage Indigo, an “uplifting and heart-warming” new musical, in its studio theatre in summer 2025.
Produced by Sing Out, Louise! Productions in association with Curve, Indigo is a story of three generations of women navigating their need to reach one another. Exploring themes of living with Alzheimer’s, autism and synaesthesia, the musical’s run at Curve will include a range of accessible performances.
The world première of Indigo took place at the Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton, Ohio in 2023. It has music and lyrics by Scott Evan Davis, a book by Kait Kerrigan, it is conceived by Jay Kuo, Lorenzo Thione and Scott Evan Davis and it is directed by Catie Davis with musical supervision and orchestrations by Brad Haak.
Catie Davis said, “I’m thrilled to share this powerful, original musical with audiences in the UK. Scott and Kait’s writing beautifully captures the complexities of a modern family in a way that’s rarely explored in musical theatre but that so many people can relate to and draw strength from.
“Curve’s studio theatre is a perfect home for Indigo’s next steps and we can’t wait to spend the summer in Leicester.”
Curve’s chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster commented, “we’re pleased this beautiful new musical will make its UK première here at Curve. Indigo moved audiences in Ohio during its inaugural run and we’re proud our audiences here in Leicester will experience it first this side of the Atlantic.
“Since its refurbishment our studio theatre has staged Made at Curve plays including Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop (in 2018), numerous shows for young people and Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette (2019) as well as the regional premiere of Freya Catrin Smith and Jack Williams’s Ride: A New Musical and the UK première of Lourds Lane’s musical Superyou (2024).”
Indigo will run at Curve from Thursday 26 June until Saturday 19 July.
Reporter: Steve Orme