Discover the remarkable true story of a small town that welcomed the world.
Winner of every major UK award for Best New Musical, Come From Away shares the incredible real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who were grounded in Canada during the wake of 9/11, and the small Newfoundland community that invited these ‘come from aways’ into their lives.
As uneasiness turned into trust and music soared into the night, gratitude grew into friendships and their stories became a celebration of hope, humanity and unity.
Awarded the Tony® for Best Direction of a Musical, Christopher Ashley’s production guides audiences through a colourful and spirited cast of characters, brought to life by Olivier Award winning writing team Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
Genuinely one of THE BEST shows in modern musocls theatre. This cast is phenomenal and made of some of the LOVELIEST souls. I was fortunate enough to bump into some of them around bristol where the show is at the moment after seeing the show. GO SEE IT!
I saw this cast live and did my drama GCSE, live theatre evaluation, on this show and cast. It was so incredible and amazing. This show is perfect and the cast is just amazing. Well done!
This is simply amazing The dual analysis of this perfect song from both the performance and the musical side was so brilliant. Thank you so much! But what killed me about this song the first time I heard it was I had had a lot of thoughts after September 11, of the people in the towers, the passengers, the first responders, their families etc, but had never considered the impact it would have had on someone like Captain Bass. To have felt that burning passion, their whole life, to fly, and like Captain Bass, may have had to overcome many obstacles in their life to make that happen, and then to have the thing they loved most in the world weaponised in the way it was. I heard that line and I was like "Damn, I had never thought of that 9/11 from that perspective before", and what a dagger to the heart it must have been. To have your singular life-long passion ruined in one moment
My wonderful Dad joined the Canadian armed forces the day Canada declared war. He was a successful business man, had his own fleet of logging trucks, But his country called. Served in England, France.
Love love love this show. Have seen it 5 times in Australia. If I wasn't on other tours, would consider going to UK to see it, especially as my birth town is Leicester 😏
They need to write a 9/11 Play about this too, I've seen this 100 times --> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LJPuWy9utss.html Show your friends too. Imagine, real university professors and you never head about this 2.5 year old story until I told you.
One of the first things you see driving into Gander on the side of the road is a big orange airplane, beside that airplane is a flight museum; if you’re a tourist driving in, one of the first things you get to experience in that museum is the story of the 2001 landings - it is THE point of pride for Gander. I stayed in a small community in the summers more down the highway between Grand Falls and Gander called Stanhope, and my family would often drive to Gander or Grand Falls to go to the big name stores. The story never changed in Gander, they are and will always be proud of the people they are.
Thank you for taking the time to show us this behind the scenes magic, for a show that is so beloved by so many! More people need to see this show. We need more examples of kindness and selflessness in a world where this can sometimes seem in short supply; COME FROM AWAY and the stories it tells are a shining example of humanity at its best, as well as the power of creative theatre and music.
It's been 20 years. Soon, 21 years, since 9/11 happened. After I discovered this beautiful musical. I came very attached. I am attached to that day specifically because that was when I was expected to be born but luckily I came 9 days late. That was a devastating day for the world. I love this documentary! This need to be shown to the world! 🙏 God Bless 🙌
I head Welcome to the Rock at work earlier today. Had no idea what it was about. When Igot home and discovered there was a musical about Gander airport on September 11th, I knew I had to listen to the whole thing. I've spent most the night crying. I always cry when I read about Operation Yellow Ribbon because it's about neighbours looking out for each other in a moment of need, but this musical has been blubbering. It really captures the surreal nature of a beautiful moment in the darkest backdrop.
They need to write a 9/11 Play about this too, I've seen this 100 times --> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LJPuWy9utss.html Show your friends too. Imagine, real university professors and you never head about this 2.5 year old story until I told you.
The people of Gander are inspiring. But the man at 2:33 basically says that small-town people who don't branch out and experience other cultures are narrow-minded, even though the people of Gander were undeniably welcoming. The community wasn't hindered, but was actually strengthened, by small-town life, complete with its warmth, friendliness and kindness. The remark comes across as an out of place lecture.
One of the many things I have on my bucket list is to go visit Gander. Ever since I’ve heard of the musical, the true story behind it, and how Newfoundland’s culture is incredibly similar to that of Irish culture; my own culture, I’ve wanted to go and see it for myself! The people of Gander are truly amazing people and I hope to meet them one day.
“On the first day we had seven thousand strangers. On the third day we had seven thousand friends. And on the fifth day seven thousand family members” 🥺🥺🥺
in the play, a scholarship for students from Gander. in real life it was set up for high-school students of Lewisporte and surrounding area, a nearby town who also took in refugees. The townspeople wouldn't accept money from the refugees, so they decided on the plane to set up a scholarship fund as a way to give back. Shirley Brooks-Jones was the one who set it up
Our daughter spent 6 months in Newfoundland on a mission for our church in 2012. She will never forget the humble kindness of the people there. She was screeched in and kissed the cod. "You never miss what you give away" . . . words to live by.
Hey I was in Newfoundland for a year on a mission for my church. I was actually in nearby Grand Falls-Windsor on 9/11 and drove to Gander to help for a few days. It was amazing to see everyone pulling together so quickly and so completely.
It's funny because this specific UK cast seems to do the worst at all of the accents. I've seen some West End promo Beverely stuff that makes me wonder if she knows what a Texan really sounds like and I feel like Texas must be a lot easier than Newfie. At least if I put that aside and not worry about the accents, they still sound good singing and emoting (Although the woman playing Hannah seemed like she was trying not to wake someone up here lol).
