Come Follow The
Band –
Barnum Is Coming
To Town!
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| Barnum
Photo by Johan
Persson
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Barnum
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Tuesday 17 – Saturday 28 February 2015
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Brian Conley as
'PT Barnum' &
Linzi Hateley as
'Chairy'.
Photo by Johan
Persson
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Roll up, roll up! Cameron Mackintosh and Michael
Harrison are bringing their smash hit production of the musical Barnum to town, starring Brian Conley as legendary showman ‘PT Barnum’ and Linzi
Hateley as ‘Chairy’. Experience the
thrills and spills at Newcastle Theatre Royal, 17 – 28 February 2015.
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Brian Conley as
'PT Barnum'
Photo by Johan
Persson
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Barnum
opened at Chichester Festival Theatre’s Theatre
in the Park in July 2013 and became one of the most successful musicals in
the theatre’s 51 year history, with a record box office attendance of almost
70,000 people. A new tour opened in Leicester last September
and has been playing to sell-out houses ever since.
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Photo by Johan
Persson
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The
musical follows the irrepressible imagination and dreams of Phineas T Barnum, America’s Greatest Showman. The story of his life and his
marriage to Chairy reveals a couple who looked at the world from opposite sides
of the spectrum, and also reveals that she was the practical one who made
Barnum’s dreams come true. The production follows the legendary showman’s life
as he lit up the world with the colour, warmth and excitement of his
imagination and finally teamed up with J A Bailey to create Barnum and Bailey’s Circus – the Greatest
Show on Earth.
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Photo by Johan
Persson
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Cy
Coleman’s wonderfully exuberant score includes the hits Come Follow The Band, The Colours Of My Life and There Is A Sucker Born Ev’ry Minute.
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Persson
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Brian
Conley is one of the UK’s most versatile actors and performers. He most
recently scored a huge success as ‘Fagin’ in the national tour of Cameron
Mackintosh’s production of Oliver!
which stormed the Theatre Royal in 2012. His recent West End
stage credits include ‘Edna Turnblad’ in Hairspray
at the Shaftesbury Theatre and ‘Caractacus Potts’ in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium. One of the highlights of his career was
originating the role of another great iconic American showman ‘Al Jolson’ in Jolson at the Victoria Palace for
which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. On television he is probably best known for
playing ‘Doug Digby’ in The Grimleys,
his ITV1 show The Brian Conley Show,
his hugely successful An Audience with
Brian Conley and numerous Royal Variety Performances.
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Linzi Hateley as
'Chairy'.
Photo by Johan
Persson
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Linzi
Hateley is an award winning actress who has starred on Broadway, in the West End,
with the RSC and at the National Theatre. She created the role
of ‘Mrs Banks’ in Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins and was nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance
as ‘The Narrator’ in Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Her many other West End credits include
‘Donna’ in Mamma Mia!, ‘Roxie’ in Chicago, ‘Rizzo’ in Grease and ‘Eponine’ in Les
Misérables. She most recently appeared in the National Theatre’s smash hit
production of London Road.
Barnum was
a smash-hit when it opened on Broadway in 1980. Starring Glenn Close and Jim
Dale, it won three Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award. When Barnum opened at the London Palladium in
1981 Michael Crawford took the lead, winning an Olivier Award for his
performance.
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Photo by Johan
Persson
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Barnum has
music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart and a book by Mark Bramble in a
revised version by Cameron Mackintosh and Mark Bramble. The Jowheretogo team
have reviewed the show earlier in the tour and you can read their thoughts
here: Barnum Tour Review
Photos by Johan
Persson
Tickets:
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Persson
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Barnum
appears at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tuesday 17 – Saturday 28 February
2015. Tickets are
available from £21 (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
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