Jason Robert Brown’s musical returns to London this summer in a brilliant production by the British Theatre Academy.

Evan Goldman is about to turn 13, his is life seems full of possibilities that is, until his parents get divorced, and he is forced to leave New York! If Evan can’t get the coolest kids to come to his bar mitzvah, how is he going to survive the school year, not to mention, the rest of his life?

As Evan navigates the world of cool kids and nerds, jocks and cheerleaders, he comes to understand “What it Means to Be a Friend.”

With a catchy pop score from Jason Robert Brown, 13 is irresistible for all the family, a hilarious, coming-of-age story about discovering that “cool” is sometimes where we least expect it.

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