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Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 1m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s)
Book and music by Tim Firth Arrangements and Orchestrations by Caroline Humphris
Winner of the 2013 UK Theatre Award for Best Musical, this hilarious musical comedy, which moves seamlessly between speech and song, is a celebration of the lifelong adventure that is family love.
Image: 2025 Southwark Playhouse Production (Mark Senior)
Winner! 2013 UK Theatre Award for Best Musical
Imagine you’re a spirited 13-year-old and you’ve won – actually won – a magazine competition to describe your family. The prize is a dream holiday for the lot of you, anywhere in the world.
Except... Nicky’s family isn’t the blissfully happy bunch she’s described. More like the contestants in a gladiatorial arena, in fact. Where on earth can she take them that might make her wishful thinking a reality?
NICKY – 13, a spirited, porous and consequently astute daughter. (F3-D5) STEVE – 40, a dad of infinite ideas and little practical skill but huge optimism. (A2-F4) YVONNE – 39, what a woman ends up like if she’s grown up with Steve and has survived due to an wry sense of humour. (E3-C5) MATT – 17, a son yet to become happy in his own skin, and currently defining himself via clothing and eyeliner. (A2-G4) MAY – A gran slightly losing sight of how she too was once a woman of immense humour and driven angry by it. (D3-C5) SIAN – 42, Yvonne’s chaotic, irrepressible, voluble older sister. (C3-C5)
Act I: Any house in any town. Act II: Any forest in any county.
“This terrifically funny musical is a triumph.” – The Guardian
“Every song in this hugely enjoyable production, centred on a family camping holiday, has a ring of truth to it.” – The Observer
“The timing is almost perfect and the music, harmonic and multilayered, is engaging.” – The Times
“A down-to-earth delight of a musical.” – The Telegraph
“This Is My Family makes the ordinary extraordinary while carrying a raw truthfulness.” – Broadway World UK
“A wholesome comfort watch.” – WhatsOnStage
This Is My Family | Chichester Festival Theatre
Tim Firth performs “This Is My Family” | 23 May - 12 July
Gemma Whelan, Victoria Elliott and Nancy Allsop perform “S*x Is A Safari” | This Is My Family
1. “This Is My Family” – Steve, May, Nicky & Yvonne 2. “Smile” – Yvonne, Steve, Nicky & Sian 2a. Transitions – Orchestra 3. “Falling In Love At Sixteen” – Yvonne, Steve & Nicky 4. “What Can I Say?” – Yvonne 5. “OK, God” – Yvonne 6. “Disneyland” – Nicky 7. “Sex” – Sian, Yvonne & Nicky 8. “There’s A Small Light Burning” – Nicky & May 9. “Vancouver” – Nicky 10. “Rockery” – Yvonne 11. “Teenage Boys” – Steve 12. “France” – Matt & Nicky 13. “There’s A Small Light Burning (Reprise)” – May 14. “Same Thing Twice” – Yvonne, May & Nicky 15. “Abu Dhabi” – Steve & Matt 16. “Things Men Don’t Say” – Nicky 16a. “List of Instructions” – Yvonne 17. “Unfamiliar” – Angle May 18. “Zante” – Sian, Yvonne & Nicky 19. “Act 1 Finale” – Nicky, Yvonne, Steve, Matt & Sian
Act II
20. “This Is My Holiday” – Nicky, Yvonne & Steve 21. “There’s A Face / List of Instructions” – May & Yvonne 21a. “David/Rachel!” – Steve, Nicky & Matt 22. “OK, God/Rachel/Family” – Yvonne, Matt & Nicky 22a. “Teenage Dads” – Matt & Steve 22b. “Sandpit” – May 22c. “List of Instructions for Being a Mum” – Yvonne 23. “Punctual” – May 24. “Orienteering / Tonight” – Matt, May & Sian 25. “The Very First Time” – Yvonne, Steve & Nicky 26. “Royal Assortment” – Steve & Yvonne 27. “Tell The Truth Now (Do I Know You?)” – Yvonne, Steve, Matt & Nicky 28. “It Wasn’t The Fault of the Star / Carve Us In This Tree” – Yvonne & May 29. “Last Man Standing” – Steve, Yvonne & Nicky 30. “Lanterns / Madagascar” – Nicky 31. “Garden Shed” – Nicky, Steve, Sian, Yvonne & Matt
7 Keyboard-Conductor (rehearsal & performance) 1 Reed – Flute, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet 1 Harp 1 Percussion – Drum Kit, Wind Chimes, Glockenspiel, Woodblock, Triangle, Bell Tree, Cymbal, Cabasa, Temple Blocks, Crotales, Handbells, Cajon, Vibraslap, Gong, Antique Cymbals 1 Violin/Viola 1 Cello 1 Double Bass
Tim Firth's theatre credits include Greatest Days, Now Is Good (UK Theatre nomination best musical) This Is My Family (Sheffield Crucible, UK Theatre Award Best New Musical), Neville's Island (Nottingham Playhouse and West End, Evening Standard & Olivier nomination, MEN Award ...