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| Dan Partridge as Danny, Louis Gaunt as Kenickie & Jonathan Hermosa Lopez as Bobby in the UK and Ireland tour off Grease. Photo: Seamus Ryan |
Full Cast Announced For UK Tour Of The First New Production In 25 Years Of
Grease
Grease
Sunderland Empire
Tuesday 30th
July – Saturday 3rd August 2019
Tickets now on sale http://bit.ly/GREASEsunderland
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| Peter Andre as Teen Angel in Grease Photo: Hugo Glendinning |
The
world’s best-loved musical is back! The
producers of the 2019 UK and Ireland tour and first new production in 25 years
of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s iconic musical Grease are delighted to
announce that Dan Partridge, Martha Kirby, Louis Gaunt and Rhianne-Louise
McCaulsky will star as Danny, Sandy, Kenickie and Rizzo respectively. They join
the previously announced
special guest artist, Peter Andre
playing Teen Angel.
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| Martha Kirby as Sandy Photo: Seamus Ryan |
After
a whirlwind summer romance, leather-clad greaser Danny and girl-next-door Sandy
are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High for senior year.
But can they survive the trials and tribulations of teenage life and find true
love once more?
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| Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky as Rizzo Photo: Seamus Ryan |
So
reignite your passion and get ready for an explosion of summer loving! With its
phenomenal score, bursting with hits including Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin’, Hopelessly Devoted to You and You’re the One That I Want.
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| Martha Kirby as Sandy and Dan Partridge as Danny Photo: Seamus Ryan |
Producer Colin Ingram said, “At last a new production of Grease with a cast who look and dance like they are in high school! It’s time
to come back to one of the most popular musicals of all time with this new
production with grit, energy and sass.”
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| Jordan Abey as Doody Photo: Seamus Ryan |
Dan Partridge most recently played Rum Tum Tugger
in Cats (International Tour), Link in
Hairspray (UK Tour) and Pepper in Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre). Martha
Kirby will be graduating for the Guildford School of Acting this summer, 2019,
and makes her professional debut as Sandy. Louis Gaunt recently played Will
Parker in Oklahoma! (Grange
Park Opera), for which he won the 2018 The Stage Debut Award for Best Actor in
a Musical, and Manfred in Sweet
Charity (Nottingham Playhouse). Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky most
recently appeared in Bat Out of Hell –
The Musical (Dominion Theatre). Prior to that, she appeared in The Book of Mormon (Prince Of Wales
Theatre).
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| Dan Partridge as Danny Photo: Seamus Ryan |
Curve’s Artistic Director and director of Grease,
Nikolai Foster, said, “This cast are
going to blow audiences’ minds with their edge, life-force and sheer
exuberance. Just as the 1950s kids who heralded the birth of the teenage
movement, these talented young people will breathe new life into this terrific
musical.”
Choreographer Arlene Philips said, “I’m so
thrilled to have the opportunity to choreograph a new production of GREASE. This
new production is going to be edgy, vibrant and certainly takes a new look at
this very exciting musical. The cast are incredible, many of them fresh out of
college and ready to burst onto the stage.”
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| Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky as Rizzo Photo: Seamus Ryan |
Following a highly acclaimed, sold-out, eight-week
run at Curve over Christmas 2016, the tour will open at Leeds Grand Theatre,
playing from 19 June to 20 July, with a date at Sunderland Empire 30 July – 3
August 2019.
Special
guest artist, Peter Andre
will play Teen Angel at
Sunderland Empire.
Peter Andre is known for his successful music and
television career and became the sixth highest selling artist in the UK in the
1990s with hits such as Mysterious Girl,
Flava and I Feel You. He had numerous number one hit singles, two number one
albums and has toured all over the world, collecting a multitude of national
and international awards. Peter’s many TV shows and appearances, include his
reality show Peter Andre: My Life, 60 Minute Makeover and the third series
of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here in
2004.
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| Louis Gaunt as Kenickie Photo: Seamus Ryan |
Grease originally opened in Chicago in 1971,
followed by a move to Broadway in 1972, where it received seven Tony Award
nominations, including one for Best Musical. During the show's eight-year run,
at the time, little known actors, including Peter Gallagher, Patrick Swayze and
John Travolta, all appeared in the production, with Richard Gere understudying
many roles before going on to star as Danny Zuko in the 1973 London premiere.
The 1978 film adaptation starring John Travolta and
Olivia Newton John, when adjusted for inflation, is the highest-grossing live
action musical of all time and celebrated its 40th anniversary last
year.
Grease is directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed
by Arlene Philips, with designs by Colin Richmond, orchestrations and musical
supervision by Sarah Travis, lighting design by Guy Hoare and sound design by
Tom Marshall.
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| Martha Kirby as Sandy Photo: Seamus Ryan |
Also in the cast are Jordan Abey as Doody, Ryan
Anderson as Roger, Damian Buhagiar as Sonny, Eloise Davies as Frenchy, Natalie
Woods as Jan, Tara Sweeting as Marty, Dale White as Eugene, Jessica Croll as
Patty Simcox, Corinna Powlesland as Miss Lynch, Abigail Climer as Cha Cha,
Darren Bennett as Vince Fontaine and Will Haswell as Johnny Casino. Completing
the cast are Thea Bunting as Cynthia, Emily Beth
Harrington as Carly,
Jonathan Hermosa Lopez as Bobby, Dom Hutcheson as Mickey, Ruby May Martinwood as Sofia and Lindsay
McAllister as Donna Sue.
This new production of Grease is produced by Colin
Ingram for InTheatre Productions, Donovan Mannato, William Sinclair, Ricardo
Marques, Hunter Arnold and Curve.
Website: www.greasethemusicalontour.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/greaseUKTour
Twitter: @greaseuktour
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