Alexandra Burke To Star In The Bodyguard
When It
Arrives In Newcastle!
The Bodyguard
Newcastle Theatre Royal
1st - 18th April 2015
Alexandra Burke will take on the role of Rachel
Marron when the multi award-winning West End musical The Bodyguard, visits Newcastle Theatre Royal next Spring on its
first ever UK tour. Get ready to be
blown away from Wednesday 1st – Saturday 18th April 2015!
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Alexandra Burke in The Bodyguard
photo by Uli Weber
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Following her sell-out
run at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End, producers Michael Harrison and
David Ian have today announced that three-time Brit nominee and X Factor
winner, Alexandra Burke, will star in the leading role of Rachel Marron in the
forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of Thea Sharrock’s hit musical The Bodyguard.
Alexandra Burke said "I couldn't be happier to be
joining the tour and I'm excited to get started. Being on the theatre stage has
brought me great happiness. It is an honour to have been asked to join the team
and I look forward to creating new and long lasting memories with the
cast."
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Alexandra Burke in The Bodyguard
(Photograph of West End production)
Photo by Paul Coltas
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Alexandra Burke rose
to fame after winning the fifth series of The X Factor. Her debut number one
single Hallelujah sold over one
million copies in the UK, a first for a
British female soloist. Burke’s first album, Overcome saw the release of her subsequent number one singles Bad Boys and Start Without You. In 2011 she embarked on her first solo tour and
was invited by Beyoncé to support her I
Am... Tour. Her second album, Heartbreak
on Hold, was released in June 2012 and later this year sees the release of
her third studio album.
Alexandra Burke will
perform the role of Rachel Marron at all evening performances. At the matinee
performances, the role of Rachel Marron will be played by Zoe Birkett.
Zoe Birkett, born and
raised in Consett, is probably best known as the highest placing female
contestant in ITV’s Pop Idol, 2002. Since then she has appeared in the West End productions of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and
originated the female lead in Thriller
Live. Her other theatre credits include the Acid Queen in Tommy and Maureen in Rent.
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Alexandra Burke in The Bodyguard
(Photograph of West End production)
Photo by Paul Coltas
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Based on Lawrence
Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. film starring Whitney
Houston and Kevin Costner, The Bodyguard
was nominated for four Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Musical and
Best Set Design and won Best New Musical at the Whatsonstage Awards.
The story sees former
Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, hired to protect superstar
Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they
don’t expect is to fall in love. A romantic thriller, The Bodyguard features a host of irresistible classics including Queen of the Night, So Emotional, One
Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, I’m Your Baby Tonight, Run to You, I Have
Nothing, I Wanna Dance with Somebody and one of the biggest selling songs
of all time – I Will Always Love You.
On The Web:
Website: http://www.thebodyguardmusical.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBodyguardUK
Tickets:
The
Bodyguard appears at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Wed 1 – Sat 18 April 2015
(Evenings: 7.30pm,
Matinees: Thursdays 2pm, Saturdays 2.30pm and Wednesday 15 April 2pm).
Tickets are on sale now
and are available from £17.50 (a booking fee of 95p -
£1.95 will apply to most tickets) 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.
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