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Love Never Dies

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Phantom Of The Opera has enjoyed incredible success as one of the West End’s longest running musicals. Love Never Dies, also by Lloyd-Webber and the sequel to the best selling show, has now opened in theatreland. Theatre tickets for the show are on sale now in The Adelphi theatre in London.

Love Never Dies is set on Coney Island in 1907. The first number to open the show is the ‘The Coney Island Waltz’, as Madame Giry walks through the grounds, remembering everything that has occurred there. The audience are soon transported through time to 20th Century Coney Island, where the Phantom has travelled with Meg and Madame Giry to begin a new life as part of a freakshow, where he achieves great wealth and success. However, he still longs for Christine, now a huge star and married to Raoul.

Phantom is played by Ramin Karimloo, whilst Sierra Boggess stars as Christine, with Liz Robertson as Madame Giry, Summer Strallen as Meg Giry and Joseph Millson as Raoul. Other cast members include Jami Reid-Quarrell, Adam Pearce and Niamh Perry.

Love Never Dies is directed by Jack O’Brien, and is written by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, with lyrics from Glenn Slater.  Choreography is by Jerry Mitchell, with design by Bob Crowley and lighting by Paule Constable.

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Andersen’s English

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Sebastian Barry’s new play imagines a meeting between two literary giants, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Dickens. It runs at the Hampstead Theatre in London from 7th April to 8th May. It is a co-production with Out of Joint and is directed by Max Stafford-Clark. With a star-studded cast, it promises to sell well and early booking of your theatre tickets is advised.

Sebastian Barry has an international reputation as a novelist and playwright. His previous plays have included ‘Our Lady of Sligo’ and ‘The Steward of Christendom’. Max Stafford-Clark was artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre for fourteen years.

Niamh Cusack stars. She is best known for her starring role in the television series ‘Heartbeat’. Other TV credits include ‘Fallen Angel’, ‘Too Good To Be True’ and ‘State of Mind’. Her previous theatre work includes ‘As You Like It’ for the Royal Shakespeare Company, ‘The Maids’ at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London, ‘Breathing Corpses’ at the Royal Court and ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ at the Old Vic.

Cusack is joined by David Rintoul. His films include ‘Breakfast With Mugabe’ and ‘The Ghost’. Theatre includes ‘The American Pilot’ for the Royal Shakespeare Company and ‘Dirty Dancing.

Danny Sapani also joins the cast. His television work includes ‘Misfits’, ‘Holby City’ and ‘Little Britain’. Theatre credits include ‘Big White Fog’ at the Almeida and ‘Wig Out’ at the Royal Court.

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Love the Sinner

Monday, March 8th, 2010

‘Love the Sinner’ is a new play by Drew Pautz. It receives its world premiere at the National Theatre in London with previews from 4th May and the opening on 11th May. Theatre tickets are available for performances up until 17th June.

The play deals with the hypocrisy of the established church when dealing with the third world. The cast includes Jonathan Cullen, an especially experienced stage actor. His previous productions include ‘Happy Now?’ and ‘Market Boy’ at the National Theatre in London, ‘Talking to Terrorists’ and ‘Nightsongs’ at the Royal Court, ‘Grace Note’ at the Old Vic and ‘Equus’ in the West End.

Cullen is joined by Nancy Crane. Nancy’s television credits include ‘Cambridge Spies’ and ‘Law and Order UK’. Her films include ‘The Machinist’, ‘The Road to Guantanamo’ and ‘The Dark Knight’. Previous theatre includes ‘The Strip’ and ‘The Sweetest Swing in Baseball’ at the Royal Court, ‘Trifles’ and ‘Chains of Dew’ at the Orange Tree and ‘Our Late Night’ in the West End.

Robert Gwilym is also in the cast. His television credits include ‘The Brothers Karamazov’, ‘Tiger Bay’ and ‘Soldier Soldier’. Previous stage work includes ‘The Front Line’ at the Globe.

Charlotte Randle is another member of the cast with an impressive track record. Her previous stage credits include ‘King Lear’ at the Young Vic and ‘All About My Mother’ at the Old Vic.

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New At The National

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Nicholas Hytner, the artistic director of the National Theatre, has announced many of the productions for the next year. The National, in common with almost all of London’s theatres, has been enjoying record sales of theatre tickets and looks to continue that success with some wonderful shows.

The Olivier is the largest of the three auditoria at the National. Forthcoming shows there include Middleton’s Jacobean tragedy ‘Women Beware Women’ directed by Marianne Elliott. Harriet Walter stars in the production. ‘Hamlet’ was announced some time ago and will star Rory Kinnear and Clare Higgins. It is directed by Nicholas Hytner.

The former artistic director at the National, Richard Eyre, returns to the South Bank to direct Moira Buffini’s ‘Welcome to Thebes.’ Michael Grandage, who runs the Donmar Warehouse, makes his National debut directing ‘Danton’s Death’ by Buchner. This play has been given new elements by Howard Brenton who has written a fresh adaptation. Toby Stephens stars in a fascinating role.

In the Lyttleton, Howard Davies will direct a new play by JT Rogers. In addition, Terence Rattigan’s ‘After the Dance’ is revived by Thea Sharrock and Alan Bennett’s ‘The Habit of Art’ returns in July with a brand new cast ahead of a national tour. Rupert Goold will direct a new play by Mike Bartlett called ‘Earthquakes in London.’ This is a co-production with Headlong and opens in August, so theatre tickets are currently unavailable.

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