42 Balloons (2025)

Directed by Ellie Coote

Jack Godfrey's '80s pop-inspired musical based on the true story of Larry Walters, the truck driver who flew a lawn chair lifted by 42 weather balloons 16,000 feet above Los Angeles in 1982. North American premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater's The Yard (May 24–June 29, 2025) following its acclaimed 2024 UK premiere at The Lowry, with Charlie McCullagh and Evelyn Hoskins reprising their roles.