Review: Bugsy Malone at Durham Gala Theatre

You Give a Little Love

Bugsy Malone

Durham Gala Theatre

28^th May 2014.

The Gala Theatre Stage School have put together the classic children’s musical with high production values and a very large cast. The large number of people who turned up just goes to show that family friendly half term shows will bring people in. It was very nearly a sell out for the Gala and the large crowd were in for a treat.

The stage production is based upon the 1976 Alan Parker debut which starred Jodie Foster as Tallulah as one of the central characters. With such large shoes to fill it is pleasing to see the children seemed to be at ease and relatively undaunted at entering such a large Durham crowd.

Silly string replaced custard in the splurge guns and they were a source of much amusement in the crowd. When the curtain was finally raised to reveal a multi-level set centred around Fat Sam’s Speakeasy and it reflected a professional mentality by the show’s producers.

The children are all to be commended for their performances and their ability to sing, dance and act. The characters Fat Sam and Tallulah were well charatcterised. In terms of singing, Blousey Brown stole the show with a mature sounding rendition of Ordinary Fool. However the titular character, Bugsy Malone, was extremely well casted as the young chap narrated, acted and sang his heart out for the full show.  With a show like this it is shame not to be able to pick out each fabulous performance from such a large cast. Each one can be proud of entertaining the audience and, as Baby Face showed at the end, provide some heart warming and funny moments.

This review was written by Stephen Oliverfor Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com). Follow Jo on twitter @jowheretogo, Stephen @panic_c_button or like Jowheretogo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Jowheretogo  

Preview: Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense at Newcastle Theatre Royal

JEEVES & WOOSTER TO SERVE UP COMEDY TREAT AT THEATRE ROYAL

 

John Gordon Sinclair (Jeeves) and James Lance (Bertie Wooster) in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense. Photo: Uli Weber

The Olivier award-winning West End comedy Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense is set to arrive at Newcastle Theatre Royal this Autumn starring James Lance and John Gordon Sinclair as P.G Wodehouse’s iconic double act. Prepare for lashings of aristocratic tomfoolery from Tue 14 to Sat 18 October 2014.

A new play based on and adapted from the short stories and novels of P.G Wodehouse by brothers Robert and David Goodale, Perfect Nonsense comes direct from the West End and fresh from winning The Olivier Award Best New Comedy 2014. 

James Lance stars as the charmingly incompetent aristocrat Bertie Wooster and John Gordon Sinclair as his dutiful, unflappable and ever well-informed valet Jeeves.

Lance is well-known for his numerous roles comedy series including Teachers, The Book Group, Smack the Pony and I’m Alan Partridge. He has also appeared on screen in films such as Marie Antoinette directed by Sofia Coppola and Bel Ami which starred Robert Pattinson. James’ stage credits include Celebrity Autobiography (Leicester Square Theatre) and Ingredient X (Royal Court).

 

John Gordon Sinclair (Jeeves) and James Lance (Bertie Wooster) in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense. Photo: Uli Webe

Gordon Sinclair is an Olivier Award-winning Scottish actor best-known for playing Gregory in Bill Forsyth’s iconic 1981 film Gregory’s Girl. In 1995 he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in She Loves Me (West End). John most recently played Professor Marcus in the West Endrun of The Ladykillers. Other stage credits include The Producers, Absurd Person Singular (both West End) and The Invisible Man (Menier Chocolate Factory). John recently appeared alongside Brad Pitt in the thriller World War Z. His acclaimed debut novel Seventy Times Seven was published in 2012.

Co-writer Robert Goodale plays the part of Seppings. Goodale is an Olivier Award-winning writer whose career began as an actor.

Like many siblings growing up together, writers Robert and David Goodale enjoyed their own, very particular brand of humour. As children they created a range of ridiculous characters that seamlessly evolved into members of their extended family. It was only later that they discovered that P.G. Wodehouse had beaten them to it, in creating an entirely credible world full of even more deliciously bonkers characters.

As adults entering the real world, Robert became an actor, while David pursued a career as a documentary filmmaker, but both remained committed to making people laugh. Two years ago they were encouraged to combine their comic talents to adapt P.G. Wodehouse’s The Code of the Woosters for the stage. They finally put pen to paper, and several drafts later, with the blessing of the Wodehouse Estate, Perfect Nonsense was born.

The action commences when a country house weekend takes a turn for the worse and Bertie Wooster is unwittingly called on to play matchmaker, but also to steal a silver cow creamer from Totleigh Towers. Naturally, the ever dependable Jeeves is there to prevent Bertie from making a fool of himself in front of a cast of Wodehouse’s finest characters. An evening of raucous comedy, theatrical absurdity and ridiculous antics unfold in the company of Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, Sir Watkin Bassett, Dahlia Travers, Roderick Spode and Constable Oates!

The production is directed by Sean Foley, an award-winning actor, writer and director. He co-founded The Right Size, creating over ten original comedies for the theatre including the Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated production of The Play What I Wrote (Best Comedy 2002) and Do You Come Here Often? (Best Entertainment 1999). His theatre credits also include the multi Olivier-nominated The Ladykillers that toured to Newcastle Theatre Royal in Spring 2013.

It is produced in the West End by Mark Goucher and Mark Rubinstein.

Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense appears at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tue 14 – Sat 18 October 2014 (Evenings: 7.30pm, Matinees: Wednesday & Thursday 2pm and Saturday 2.30pm). Tickets are from £13.00 (a booking fee of 95p - £1.95 will apply to most tickets) and can be purchased from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 or select your own seat and book online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk

Website: http://www.jeevesandwoosterplay.com/tour/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeevesAndWoosterPlay 

Twitter: @bertiewooster 

Review: Duet for One Newcastle Peoples Theatre

When Music is a Kind of Heaven

Duet for One

Newcastle Peoples Theatre

Until Saturday 31 May 2014

 

Dr Alfred Feldman(Steve Robertson)

Photo: Paula Smart

The Peoples Theatre have not been known from shying away from controversial texts or challenging productions. With Duet For One they have created a piece of theatre that tests both of the performers and demand full commitment from its audience.  Excellent theatre should provoke and stimulate; this show does so and it does it well.

Stephanie Abrahams (Anna Dobson) Photo: Paula Smart

Tom Kempinski’s play is set in the consulting room of Dr Feldmann, a charming psychiatrist played very assertively by Steve Robertson.  His latest client is the very successful violinist Stephanie Abrahams who has recently had to stop performing through her debilitating  condition multiple sclerosis. Portraying the musicians many complex emotions is the outstanding Anna Dobson.

Abraham’s arrives in her wheelchair and describes how embarrassing it is to fall over in the High Street. We are plunged into a rollercoaster of emotions: rage, arrogance, anger, upset, depression, irritation and then rage again. The conversation is never dull as the blunt replies to Dr Feldmann’s enquiries reveal the gradual break-down of someone’s inner set of non-negotiables.  The troubles of a childhood are contrasted with the rewards of an ideal partnership which music had brought together and kept together.  Kay Worswick’s direction has permitted some long pauses in which the audience wonders who will break the silence.  They are great at building tension without allowing the show to drag. In fact the two hours fly by.

The set designed by Stuart Taylor and Edward Wainwright, with shelves featuring a large collection of classical vinyl records, biographies of Tony Benn and reference books such as 1001 records to hear before you die, surrounds the action. This leaves a very intimate performance space that draws the audience in.

This is a formidable production of which the cast and crew should be suitably proud. Good theatre should make you think.  Brilliant theatre also makes you glad to be alive.

Photos by Paula Smart: https://www.facebook.com/thejazzdevilphoto

This review was written by Stephen Oliverfor Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com). Follow Jo on twitter @jowheretogo, Stephen @panic_c_button or like Jowheretogo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Jowheretogo  

DUET FOR ONE by Tom Kempinski

DATE:             Tuesday 27– Saturday 31 May 2014

TIME:              7.30pm

VENUE:          The Studio Upstairs, The People’s Theatre, Stephenson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5QF

TICKETS:        £12.50 (Concessions £10)

TELE:               0191 265 5020

WEBSITE:       www.peoplestheatre.co.uk

Review: Birdsong at Hull New Theatre

Birds have a different madness to us

Birdsong

Hull Theatre 24^thMay 2014

Stage Version Written by Rachel Wagstaff

It is always going to a challenge to produce a drama about the First World War without evoking memories of much more recent shows such as Blackadder Goes Forth.  Perhaps it is that the war, or its participants are no longer with us, or that those of us who had the privilege to meet them had few, if any, words about what they had seen or done. Whilst the Education Secretary dismisses such television programmes, they do live within the current generations collective memory. In the hundredth anniversary of that war it is very important to acknowledge the sacrifice made by a generation. Many did not come back. Those who did had their lives changed forever. We also acknowledge that there are current disputes around the war being fought by troops that did not start the fight but will suffer the consequences.  This adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ 1993 novel Birdsong is a sympathetic and moving account of those times which keeps away from the sentimentality of some period pieces.

The play centres around Stephen Wraysford, who is brilliantly portrayed by George Banks. As the story toggles between 1910 and 1916 France, the character is fighting his past when he met the love of his life Isabelle, characterized by the fabulous Carolin Stoltz, and his personal demons don’t fly away as he leads his men in the trenches as a lieutenant in the British Army. The horrors of war are aptly demonstrated by the young lad Tipper (Jonny Clarke) and the need to get away from the noise and make the most of leave is brought into focus by Evans, brought to life by Samuel Martin who also provided the live violin onstage.

The plight of the British Soldier was marvellously captured by Peter Duncan in his role as Jack Firebrace, a former miner who tunnels under no-mans land. His love of his son, who is discovers by letter is ill back home and he is unable to request leave to return, is nicely captured. Through these parallel stories, of Jack and Stephen, the audience is asked to reflect upon the futility of war and the desperation for its participants. The victims of their situation also included the women folk and Selma Brook, Elizabeth Croft and Lucy Grattan combine to remind us that it was not just the soldiers at the front who were the only ones to suffer the ravages of war.

This strong company is complemented by Malcolm James as the harsh factory owner Azaire; James Staddon as Berard – a man who always gets his prey; and Simon Lloyd as the trusted Shaw.  The set was a work of art in itself, capturing the claustrophobic nature of the tunnels, the misery of the trenches and then opulence of pre-war France.

This is a haunting and yet still beautiful production played by a superb cast. It is a fitting tribute to the fallen who should be remembered for the sacrifice that they made.

Website: www.birdsongthetour.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/birdsongthetour

The tour continues:

The Cast New Theatre Doncaster
27th - 31st May

Mercury Theatre Colchester
02nd June - 07th June

Dundee Rep Theatre Scotland
09th - 14th June

Curve Theatre Leicester
17th  - 21st June  

The Grand Opera House Belfast
23rd - 28th June 

The Wyvern Theatre Swindon
1st - 5th July

Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne
7th- 12th July

Photography: Jack Ladenburg

This review was written by Stephen Oliverfor Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com). Follow Jo on twitter @jowheretogo, Stephen @panic_c_button or like Jowheretogo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Jowheretogo 

Preview: What The Ladybird Heard - Darlington Civic Theatre

Farmyard Whispers

 

What The Ladybird Heard: LIVE ON STAGE

Darlington Civic Theatre 

Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 May 2014

Coming to Darlington Civic Theatre is a delightful show based upon a modern classic children's story.

Based on the award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson, the best-selling author of The Gruffalo and Room On The Broom, comes What the Ladybird Heard. A glittering family treat with live music, sing-a-long songs, puppetry and plenty of audience participation.

Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun!

Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of them all: The Ladybird has a plan of her own!

Join the woolly sheep, the hairy dog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog in this brand-new stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks’ colourful farmyard adventure. The show uses live music, rhythmic text, repetition and animal noises to encourage audience interaction with fun in mind.

Recommended age 3+

Sat 1.30pm & 4.30pm, Sun 10.30am & 1.30pm
Tickets £10.50, schools and groups 10+ £8.50 plus 1 free for every 10 booked

To book contact the Box Office on 01325 486 555 or visit www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk

Website: http://www.whattheladybirdheardlive.co.uk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatTheLadybirdHeardLive  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiveLadybird

 

The tour dates:

DARLINGTONCivic Theatre Sat 24 – Sun 25 May

ST ALBANS Alban Arena Mon 26 – Tue 27 May

EXETER Northcott Theatre Fri 30th May – Sun 1st June

CHEMLSFORD Civic Theatre Tue 3 – Wed 4 June

BILLINGHAM Forum Theatre Thurs 5th – Sat 7th June

INVERNESS Eden Court Sun 8 & Tue 10 June

GUILDFORDGlive Thu 12 – Sat 14 June

DERRY Millennium Forum Theatre Sun 15 – Sat 16 June

LIMERICK  University Concert Hall Thu 19 – Fri 20 June

GALWAY Town Hall Theatre Sat 21 – Sun 22 June

HAMILTON The Town House Tue 24 – Wed 25 June

GLASTONBURY Glastonbury Festival Thu 26 – Sun 29 June

TORQUAY Princess Theatre Tue 1 – Wed 2 July

RICHMOND Richmond Theatre Thurs 3rd – Sun 6th July

CRAWLEYThe Hawth Wed 9 – Thu 10 July

BASINGSTOKE Haymarket Theatre Fri 11th – Sun 13th July

HAYES Beck Theatre Tues 15th – Thurs 17th July

HALIFAX Victoria Theatre Fri 18th – Sat 19th July

LONDON Cadogan Hall Wed 24 Jul – Sun 10 Aug

SWANSEA Swansea Grand Tue 12 – Wed 13 August

CANTERBURY Marlowe Theatre Fri 15th – Sun 17th Aug

BRISTOL Colston Hall Tue 19 – Sun 24 August

AYLESBURY Waterside Theatre Tue 26 – Fri 29 August

HULL New Theatre Sat 30 – Sun 31 August

SALFORDThe Lowry Wed 3 – Sun 7 September

GLASGOW Theatre Royal Tue 9 – Thu 11 September

SWINDON Wyvern Theatre Sat 13 – Sun 14 September

SOUTHEND Palace Theatre Mon 15 – Tue 16 September

CARDIFF New Theatre Thu 18 – Sat 20 September

STAFFORD Gate House Theatre Sun 21 – Mon 22 September

HEREFORD The Courtyard Fri 26 – Sun 28 September

Preview: The Bugle Boy is back on tour

Bugle Boy the Musical is Back for a 2014 Tour

 

The Smash Hit show 'BUGLE BOY - THE LIFE STORY OF GLENN MILLER' will be hitting theatres all around the country on an extensive tour from 22nd May 2014 - 9th November 2014. We have listed the tour dates at the end of this blog.

We had the pleasure of seeing last years tour at Darlington's Civic Theatre and this is what we said:

 

"Den Stevenson has written the book for this Glenn Miller musical as a result of working along side Glenn’s youngest brother Herb Miller and booking for the Herb Miller Orchestra. It results in an accurate portrayal of a musical legend whose music is still played on a regular basis nearly 70 years after his death.

The curtain is raised with the 16 piece band playing “Moonlight Serenade”. This band are one of the highlights of the show and hearing live musicians playing the familiar tunes helps engage the audience throughout the production.  We then see a radio interview between Larry Bronx (Daniel Page), who had a successful radio show with 20 million listeners and helped project the Miller name across the states, and Miller’s wife Helen (Yildiz Hussein). This first scene sets out the dual intentions of the musical: to celebrate both the musical genius and the love story that enabled it to flourish.

The musical has two distinctive halves: firstly the pre-war development of the Glenn Miller sound and finally the war years. Glenn Miller is played by Michael Storrs who explores the clear frustrations in finding his unique sound and setting up a band that constantly toured across the states.  Eventually he hits it lucky after a musician fails to turn up for a show and he has to re-organise the arrangement.  This is followed by an opportunity for a residency and a place on Larry Bronx’s radio show. Unfortunately after spending nearly 20 years finding the sound, events in Europe and then at Pearl Harbour would quickly change life for the Miller family.

The talented band are on the stage and are led by musical director Simon Lambert. Nick Pugh is on Bass and Haydn Callow on drums. There is also an impressive array of trumpets, trombones and sax. They enable the audience to understand the phases that the Miller sound went through in his formative years. Whilst the show lacks major set changes, the beautiful engaging sound of the band ensures pace is maintained for the show through each scene. There is no shortage of music, with 16 numbers in the first half alone. 

A star of the second half is Maddie Cole who is acting a number of parts, providing the female harmonies to several numbers and playing the saxophone in the others. Her big moment, singing “White Cliffs of Dover” solo brought many a tear to the eyes of the audience as it notes a black moment in European history.

Glenn, who by this point is 38, was above the 35 year old limit to join the forces but he wrote to an army friend after rejections and was able to secure a place in the forces which would eventually see him playing with a much larger band in Europe. Unfortunately Michael has to utter a line in Den Stevenson’s script that was to cause a reaction from the audience – effectively ‘Hitler has been on the run since our boys got involved.’ Possibly that was the contemporary view in the States but it’s not a popular idea on a Thursday afternoon in County Durham!

The time flew by and we are quickly brought to the premature conclusion as a result of the flight to Paris in which Miller went missing at the age of just 40.  The show is carried by a fabulous Glenn Miller soundtrack and the wonderful skills of the musicians and singers."

 

The 2014 tour:

Here is the new cast:
Glenn Miller - Ben Stock
Helen Miller - Yildiz Hussein
Larry Bronx - Mark Pearce
Ben Pollack/Don Haynes/Colonel Kirby - Matt Dallen
Ray Noble/Tex Beneke/David Niven/Vernon - Adam Anderson
Receptionist/Singer/Ensemble - Miri Gellert
Ensemble/Understudy - Eimear Phelan O'Riordan
Ensemble/Understudy - Robert Sharpe

The Tour Dates:

BUGLE BOY Tour dates for 2014:

EASTBOURNE Royal Hippodrome May 22 & 23 Box Office 01323 412000

TUNBRIDGE WELLS Assembly Hall May 24 Box Office 01892 530613

YEOVIL Octagon Theatre May 31 Box Office 01935 422884

WINDSOR Theatre Royal June 2-7 Box Office 01753 853888

NOTTINGHAM Playhouse June 10-12 Box Office 0115 9419419

CHESTERFIELD Pomegranate Theatre June 14 Box Office 01246 345222

DUNSTABLE Grove Theatre June 23 Box Office 01582 602080

SKEGNESS Embassy Theatre June 26 Box Office 0845 6740505

KETTERING Lighthouse Theatre June 27 Box Office 01536 414141

CARDIFF St Davids Hall 2,000 June 28 Box Office 02920 878444

WEST END Leicester Square Theatre June 30-July 20 Box Office 08448 733433

SHREWSBURY Severn Theatre July 22 Box Office 01743 281281

SWANSEA Grand Theatre July 23 Box Office 01792 475715

SOUTHSEA Kings Theatre July 25 -26 Box Office 02392 828282

SOUTHAMPTON The Guildhall Theatre July 31-August 2 Box Office 02380 632601

PLYMOUTH Theatre Royal August 11-16 Box Office 01752 267222

SUNDERLAND Empire August 21 Box Office 0870 6021130

GRIMSBY Auditorium August 22 Box Office 0870 6077461

FOLKESTONE Leas Cliff Theatre August 27 Box Office 01303 228600

BROMLEY Churchill Theatre August 29 Box Office 0870 0606620

LINCOLN Theatre Royal 30 August Box Office 01522 519999

BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Theatre September 3 Box Office 0870 6077533

LOWESTOFT Marina Theatre September 5 Box Office 01502 533200

BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion Theatre September 9 Box Office 08445 763000

ST ALBANS Alban Arena September 10 Box Office 01727 844488

ISLE OF WHITE Shanklin Theatre September 13 Box Office 01983 868000

CROYDON Ashcroft Theatre September 18-20 Box Office 0208 6889291

AYLESBURY Waterside Theatre September 27 Box Office 08448 717607

BUXTON Opera House October 1-3 Box Office 0845 1272190

SOUTHPORT Theatre October 4 Box Office 08448 713021

BRADFORD St George's Theatre October 8 Box Office 01274 432375

YORK Grand Opera House October 9 Box Office 02890 241919

WHITLEY BAY Playhouse October 11 Box Office 08442 481588

ALDERSHOT Princes Hall October 18 Box Office 01252 329155

STOCKPORT Plaza October 20 Box Office 0161 477 7779

HALIFAX Victoria Theatre October 29 Box Office 01422 351158

NEWARK Palace Theatre October 30 Box Office 01636 655755

EASTBOURNE Royal Hippodrome November 1 & 2 Box Office 01323 412000

BEDFORD Corn Exchange November 9 Box Office 01234 718112

Tour website: http://www.thebugleboy.info/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BugleBoyMusical

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BugleBoyTheGlennMillerMusical2013 

Original 2013 review: http://jowheretogo.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/bugle-boy-life-story-of-glenn-miller.html 

This review was written by Stephen Oliverfor Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com). Follow Jo on twitter @jowheretogo, Stephen @panic_c_button or like Jowheretogo on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Jowheretogo  

Preview: The Play That Goes Wrong at Darlington Civic Theatre

If It Can Go Wrong…

      

Darlington Civic Theatre presents the West End smash-hit comedy of The Play That Goes Wrong from Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21 Jun.

Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off in this new hit comedy direct from the West End

The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt to put on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong...does, as the accident prone thesps battle on against all the odds to get to their final curtain call.

This brilliant new laugh-out-loud comedy performed by Mischief Theatre Company has enjoyed two successful runs in the West End and was the sell-out smash hit of the Edinburgh Festival with its sensational reviews, numerous accolades and awards. The Play That Goes Wrong is guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!

‘Genuinely hilarious. Boy, does it hit the funny bone’  Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph

‘Ridiculously funny’  Libby Purves, The Times

‘I feared I was going to hyperventilate’  Quentin Letts, The Daily Mail

 ‘I haven’t laughed so much for years’  Janet Street Porter, Independent on Sunday

‘Spectacularly funny and bitingly accurate; we laughed until the tears ran down our faces. It has to be seen’  Joanna Lumley

Tickets* Opening Night and Sat 2.30pm £16, £16.80, £18, £19.60
Wed – Sat Evenings £20, £21, £22.50, £24.50
Thu 2pm all seats £17
Discounts available
Free post-show talk Wednesday - Stay behind after the show to take part in a Q&A with some of the cast. Booking not necessary.

School workshop available - An in school workshop is available for years 10+ to compliment your theatre visit, to explore physical comedy and the theatrical processes the company used when putting together this production. For more information, please contact Lyndsey Middleton at the Civic Theatre for more information on (01325) 387765 or by email on Lyndsey.middleton@darlington.gov.uk.

To book contact the Box Office on 01325 486 555 or visit www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk

*plus £1 restoration levy

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAaWW-3yfpQ

Website: http://www.theplaythatgoeswrong.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theplaythatgoeswrong

Twitter: https://twitter.com/playgoeswrong 

The Tour 

NORTHAMPTON Royal Derngate	Mon 12 – Sat 17 May	Eves: 7.45pm; Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm	01604 624811
CAMBRIDGE Arts Theatre	Mon 19 – Sat 24 May	Eves: 7:45pm; Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm	01223 503333
BATH Theatre Royal	Mon 26 – Sat 31 May	Eves: Mon – Wed 7.30pm, Thu – Sat 8pm, Mats: Thu 2.30pm & Sat 4pm	01225 448844
DARLINGTON Civic Theatre	Tue 17 – Sat 21 Jun	Eves: 7.30pm; Mats: Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm	01325 486555
SOUTHEND Palace Theatre	Mon 23 – Sat 28 Jun	Eves: 8pm; Thu & Sat 2.30pm	01702 351135
EASTBOURNE Devonshire Park Theatre	Mon 30 June – Sat 5 July	Eves: 7.45pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm	01323 412000
LEEDS Grand Theatre	Mon 7 – Sat 12 July	Eves: 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm	0844 848 2700
WEST END Duchess Theatre	Fri 5 Sep - Sun 1 Feb	Eves: 7.30pm; Mat: 2.30pm/3:00pm	0844 412 4659