Hamilton
When: 28th February 2024 to 27th April 2024
Location: The Festival Theatre
Hamilton, a sung-and-rapped-through musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Coming to Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre from 28th February – 27th April 2024.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi-award-winning cultural phenomenon is touring the UK for the very first time in 2023/2024. It is coming to the Festival Theatre for a 9-week season from Wednesday 28 February 2024.
Hamilton is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. An immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War. He helped shape the very foundations of the America we know today. The score blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway – the story of America then, as told by America now.
It has book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire and is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton.
Winner of 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, 7 Olivier Awards, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
