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Crush Hour: A Musical
Crush Hour: A Musical follows the stories of unknowingly connected strangers in London as they navigate love during rush hour. Various chance encounters on tubes, taxis, trains and bikes result in hilarious outcomes in this festive musical drama
Grammy-nominated and two-time Brit award-winning singer Ellie Goulding plays Ash, who every day takes the same morning train as her dream man, Rob (Douglas Booth). Lola (West End star Samantha Barks) finds herself on the night Tube desperately trying to place the man in front of her (Aneurin Barnard) but she knows the cardinal rule of not speaking to people on the Tube. A hapless Jay (Layton Williams) is lost somewhere between Kings Cross and Bloomsbury, and finds himself taking an Uber with a tipsy Jonny (Omari Douglas) who does little to calm his nerves. And Martin (Rory Kinnear) and Debbie (Julia Davies), try to gather an audience to watch their vow renewal ceremony on Christmas Eve in Kings Cross station. Soon, it becomes clear that the characters are all entwined in one way or another, just in time for Christmas Day.
The Crush Hour original soundtrack with the full cast ensemble also includes Nick Collier, aka Ella Vaday (RuPaul’s Drag Race UK), Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones), Keill Smith-Bynoe (Ghosts) and Ben Bailey-Smith (The Split).
Crush Hour was created and written by Freya Slipper, directed by Chris Foggin (Fisherman’s Friends, Traces), composed by Chris Read with an original score performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The series features episodes written by Doug Crossley, Spring Day and Leila Navabi. Crush Hour was produced by Marc Robinson, Mark Hopkins and Claire Rhodes, and developed in association with Twenty Thirteen Films.
Grammy-nominated and two-time Brit award-winning singer Ellie Goulding plays Ash, who every day takes the same morning train as her dream man, Rob (Douglas Booth). Lola (West End star Samantha Barks) finds herself on the night Tube desperately trying to place the man in front of her (Aneurin Barnard) but she knows the cardinal rule of not speaking to people on the Tube. A hapless Jay (Layton Williams) is lost somewhere between Kings Cross and Bloomsbury, and finds himself taking an Uber with a tipsy Jonny (Omari Douglas) who does little to calm his nerves. And Martin (Rory Kinnear) and Debbie (Julia Davies), try to gather an audience to watch their vow renewal ceremony on Christmas Eve in Kings Cross station. Soon, it becomes clear that the characters are all entwined in one way or another, just in time for Christmas Day.
The Crush Hour original soundtrack with the full cast ensemble also includes Nick Collier, aka Ella Vaday (RuPaul’s Drag Race UK), Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones), Keill Smith-Bynoe (Ghosts) and Ben Bailey-Smith (The Split).
Crush Hour was created and written by Freya Slipper, directed by Chris Foggin (Fisherman’s Friends, Traces), composed by Chris Read with an original score performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The series features episodes written by Doug Crossley, Spring Day and Leila Navabi. Crush Hour was produced by Marc Robinson, Mark Hopkins and Claire Rhodes, and developed in association with Twenty Thirteen Films.
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Published November 17, 2022
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March 17, 2026
My first audio-musical and I don’t really know if it should count towards my goal but it’s on Goodreads so it must!
Story wise - cute short romantic stories that overlap. London at Christmas, can’t go wrong 5/5.
Music - Ellie Goulding’s songs were much better than most of the others. Some songs were great, some pretty lame. 2.5/5
As a whole - hard to remember the character when they entered another story just based on the voices alone. I really needed the characters to reference each other by name to remember and then I was fine. Apparently there was a jump in time for the last episode but that was not clear to me at all.
Overall it was a nice cute little rom com
Story wise - cute short romantic stories that overlap. London at Christmas, can’t go wrong 5/5.
Music - Ellie Goulding’s songs were much better than most of the others. Some songs were great, some pretty lame. 2.5/5
As a whole - hard to remember the character when they entered another story just based on the voices alone. I really needed the characters to reference each other by name to remember and then I was fine. Apparently there was a jump in time for the last episode but that was not clear to me at all.
Overall it was a nice cute little rom com
August 25, 2025
I'm trying to make the most of my audible free trial (I may or may not keep it. I haven't decided yet.) so I thought I'd take the plunge and listen to this.
anyway, I put this on solely for douglas booth and I knew it was a musical but I never expected him to actually sing - which is crazy, because I've been a fan of his for over a decade and if it hadn't been for this free trial I might have never found out that he's actually able to carry a tune. who would've thought? not me!
anyway, I put this on solely for douglas booth and I knew it was a musical but I never expected him to actually sing - which is crazy, because I've been a fan of his for over a decade and if it hadn't been for this free trial I might have never found out that he's actually able to carry a tune. who would've thought? not me!
August 16, 2023
Not sure if it counts as a 'read'. But it was on Audible, free, and Kiell was great
November 15, 2023
Fun, easy to listen to, but sometimes a bit cheesy. Love, Actually in an audiobook.
January 3, 2024
As my first listen of 2023, I wanted to like this so much more. But I found the narratives hard to follow and the voices jumbled.
January 26, 2024
Exactly what I needed for dreary winter driving! I was absorbed and in love with every single story. ❤️
October 19, 2025
Fun musical - first time hearing one without seeing it - but didn’t follow the jump in a year until my second time listening to it on audible (included in my annual plus subscription)
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