Once the Musical Theatre Breaks

Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best New Musical

Irish playwright Enda Walsh and singer-songwriters Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová bring you Once, the musical that began life as a modest yet incredibly successful film made on a shoestring budget. This unassuming, poignant love story set on the streets of Dublin was the unexpected winner of an Oscar for Best Original Song, so it's no surprise that the little-movie-that-could has made its way to the stage.

When a Czech girl and busking guy strike up a tender but uncertain relationship in the serene Irish capital, so begins an honest and moving romantic tale. Nursing a broken heart, the thirty-something busker feels like giving up on his self-penned songs until his new Czech friend sparks his creativity once more. This touching will-they-won't-they dynamic is explored to the pair's raw and delicately powerful music charting the relationship's ebbs and flows.

Celebrating love, friendship and the power of song, Once is a joyous, exhilarating show performed by talented actor-musicians. After receiving a huge haul of eight Tony Awards for its Broadway production including Best New Musical, this stage musical with a difference wings its way to the West End to find a home in the Phoenix Theatre.

See and hear the show's heartbreaking beauty on a London theatre break with Show & Stay.