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From Gander to the Gaiety: Cast of "Come From Away" meet real-life stranded passenger

Manx Newscast

Wednesday, 15 July 2026 - 30 minutes

The musical "Come From Away" is currently being shown at the Gaiety Theatre in Douglas.

It tells the true story of how the small town of Gander in Newfoundland welcomed around 7,000 stranded airline passengers after the events of 9/11.

Here at Manx Radio we've been running a competition for listeners to win tickets to go and watch this.

On Friday (10 July) the person who won the tickets was a Mr John Bevan.

In 2001, he was one of the people stranded in Gander when his flight to Miami was grounded.

We've been speaking with John and Alex Toohey and Joe Hillard from the Come From Away cast about his experience and what he thought of the musical...