The Last Five Years

Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical, The Last Five Years, comes to London’s West End for the first time, after two sensational sell-out seasons at Southwark Playhouse, and an internationally streamed performance watched by audiences worldwide.

This emotionally powerful and poignant story of two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, is underscored by a beautifully bittersweet score, featuring ‘I’m Still Hurting’, ‘Goodbye Until Tomorrow’ and ‘I Can Do Better Than That’. Full of romance, wit and vivid storytelling, Jamie shares his story from the spark of their relationship’s giddy beginning, whilst Cathy’s side is told in reverse, from the end of their turbulent partnership. The two characters cross paths just once, as their stories collide during the middle of the show.

Jonathan O'Boyle's bold new production sees the actor-musicians playing the piano, ukulele and guitar live throughout the show, adding an additional musical narrative to the story and a unique magic to Brown’s exquisite songs. The Last Five Years comes to the Garrick Theatre for a strictly limited 4-week season.

Jamie is falling in love. Cathy is falling out of love. But can they remain together forever? The love lives of two New Yorkers cross over in The Last Five Years. The Last Five Years is a musical with just two characters, as they lay their hearts bare to the audience and share their tales of whirlwind romances and eventual breakups. As their stories are told in differing chronologies, they only meet at one moment for the show. You’ll fall in love with both characters, wishing you could tell them what’s in their pasts and future. But in the end, there’s only one way their stories will end. Book The Last Five Years tickets to discover Jamie and Cathy’s relationships.

After two acclaimed runs at Southwark Playhouse, The Last Five Years in London makes its West End debut at the Garrick Theatre. This production of The Last Five Years was staged at Southwark Playhouse in 2020. Both Lynch and Higginson were nominated for Best Lead Performance as Cathy and Jamie respectively. The Last Five Years is one of Jason Robert Brown’s most successful musicals of all time, and will definitely tug at your heartstrings. So book The Last Five Years tickets in London today.

What to Watch For

• Molly Lynch plays Cathy. Lynch was previously in The Light in the Piazza at Royal Festival Hall, which starred Dove Cameron in her London premiere.
• Oli Higginson plays Jamie. As well as playing Jamie, Oli Higginson was recently in The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre.
• The Last Five Years is by Jason Robert Brown, whose musicals include Songs for a New World, Parade and 13.
• For this production of The Last Five Years, the two actor-musicians will play their own live musical accompaniment too.
• The Last Five Years has also been adapted into a musical film. Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan starred in The Last Five Years on screen, and the film was released in 2014.