Bhangra Nation

Bhangra Nation
Music	Sam Willmott
Lyrics	Sam Willmott
Book	Mike Lew Rehana Lew Mirza
Premiere	March 8, 2022: La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
Productions	2022 San Diego 2024 Birmingham

Bhangra Nation is a musical with a book by Mike Lew and Rehana Lew Mirza, music and lyrics by Sam Willmott.

Production history

World premiere: La Jolla Playhouse (2022)

The musical made its world premiere under its original title Bhangin' It at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego from March 8 to April 17, 2022. The production was directed Stafford Arima and choreographed by Rujuta Vaidya.

Birmingham (2024)

The musical made its UK premiere under the new title Bhangra Nation at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 17 February to 16 March 2024. The production was once again directed by Armia and choreographed by Vaidya with a new creative team.

Cast and characters

Character	San Diego	Birmingham
	2022	2024
Preeti	Vinithra Raj	Zaynah Ahmed
Jake	Terrance Johnson	Gregory Armand
Sunita	Jaya Joshi	Siobhan Athwal
Lily	Madison McBride	Tia Antoine Charles
Shilpa	Ramita Ravi	Lydia Danistan
Noah	Henry Walter Greenberg	Kyle Evans
Billy	Brandon Contreras	Iván Fernández González
Mohan	Aryaan Arora	Kuldeep Goswami
Wallace	Jason Heil	Bob Harms
Varun	Zain Patel	Raimu Itfum
New Mary	Devi Peot	Sophie Kandola
Rekha	Alka Nayyar	Sohm Kapila
Shetal	Anu Mysore	Arysha Kelly
Constance	Laura Dadap	Ai Kumar
Amit	Bilaal Avaz	Mervin Noronha
Mary	Ari Afsar	Jena Pandya
Gobind	Jesse Bhamrah	Ajay Sahota
Just Bob	Amey Natu	Leo Udvarlaky
Swings	Nikki Miraz Devina Sabnis Gerry Tonella Levin Valayil	RoMaya Jey Aaron Mistry Edward Turner Louis Mackrodt