HANDIWORK PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
"A truly remarkable show."
The Baptist Times
It is Well with My Soul
A New Musical
"Excellent"
Theatre Scotland
★★★★
"Poignant, elegant
and deeply moving."
LondonFringeTheatreReviews
★★★★★
As featured on
Upcoming shows
Cast and Creatives
Adam Stone
Philip Bliss
Katrina Markham
Lucy Bliss
Henry Leigh-Hunt
Horatio Spafford
Joy-Anna Gooch
Anna Spafford/
Clara Young
Oscar Pinkerton
DL Moody
(Except Edinburgh)
Matt Sunners
George Root
Arjan Binnema
Ira Sankey/
Walter Guest
Gareth Hides
D L Moody
(Edinburgh)
Lizzie Tatton
Standby Clara Young/Anna Spafford
Producer - Handiwork Productions Limited
Book, Music and Lyrics - Gareth Hides
​Original Direction - David Robinson and Beck Rodda
Original Production - Kerygma 180
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Original Hymns - Philip Bliss
Lyrics for "It is Well with My Soul" - Horatio Spafford
Musical Supervisor - Mark Baker
String Orchestrations - Dominic Ryland-Jones
​Song Production, Mixing and Mastering - Samuel Green
​Choreographer - Shelley Dring
​BSL Interpreter - Sarah Hides
Graphic Designer - Agota Rencsenyi
​Artwork - Katie Binnema
​Technical Consultant and Sound Design - Adam Waller
Technical Support - Big Door Broadcast
Lighting Technician - Femi Amusan
Sound Technician - Segun Shodipo
Stage Manager - Joshua Mroczynski
​Company Manager - Matt Sunners
​Marketing Consultant - Lola Ortiz
PR - Rhoda Hardie
​Paid Media Manager - Israel Heringer
Social Media - Joy-Anna Gooch
Production Photographer - Stuart Leeds
​Costume Consultant - Jonathan Mroczynski
​Lucy's Bustle Skirt made by Elizabeth Hindse
Paper Props - Agota Rencsenyi
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For Handiwork Productions Limited:
Artistic Director - Gareth Hides
Executive Director - Sarah Hides
Gallery
Curtain call in Witney, Oxfordshire (June 2023)
Moody and Sankey facing the Edinburgh Press in Dudley (June 2023)
At the 150th Anniversary Performance of the sinking of the Ville du Havre (22nd November 2023) in Ealing, West London
Sell-out show at the Chelsea Theatre (June 2023)
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning (Credit: Katie Binnema)
The Music
The Original Cast Recording is available to stream on all major online platforms. Featuring thirteen songs from the musical, this album includes the classic hymns "It is Well with My Soul" and "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning"; as well as original songs "I've Seen the Light", "The Fire", "This Beautiful Man", "San Francisco" and "Peace with God."
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