FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY THIS JUNE!
Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular 3rd June 2015
The Magic of Motown 4th
June 2015
An Evening of Burlesque 5th June 2015
Roy Orbison & Friends 6th June 2015
Sunderland Empire
Start spreading the news as not one but four one
night spectaculars are set to grace the Sunderland Empire stage back-to-back
next month starting with the Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular (3 June), The Magic of
Motown (4 June),
An Evening of Burlesque (5 June) and Roy Orbison & Friends (6 June).
Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular
It’s fun all the way as
the "Purveyors of Cool" swing into Sunderland Empire with a
sensational show Rat Pack Vegas
Spectacular on the 3rd June) featuring
"The Greatest Music Of The 20th Century". Wonderful memories of three
incredible performers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Junior in a
fabulous production that continues to be successful all over the world.
Now in their 13th year the show goes from
strength to strength and it’s all live both musically and vocally. The Rat Pack
Orchestra are more than just great musicians as they are a show band who also
join in the fun as do the fabulous Vegas Showgirls who also add a touch of
glamour to proceedings. Every song is an absolute classic - Under My Skin, Mr
Bojangles, Fly Me To The Moon, Lady Is A Tramp, That's Amore, Mack The Knife,
Sway and many more of your favourites. With an abundance of class and style
they take you on a trip back in time to vintage 60’s Las Vegas hip and cool as their
timeless soiree remains the pinnacle of quality entertainment.
The Magic of
Motown
Britain’s biggest Motown
spectacular is set to return with an all-new, all-star show celebrating 50
years of UK number one hit singles. The Magic of Motown on the 4th June brings its
brand-new 2015 REACH OUT® Tour
with songs like Stop in the Name of Love, I Can’t Help Myself, Tracks of My
Tears and It’s the Same Old Song which rocketed artists like the Supremes, The
Four Tops, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles to the top of the singles
charts in 1965.
“Incredibly, 100
more No1s followed worldwide,” says show producer Michael Taylor. “The Magic of
Motown 2015 REACH OUT® Tour brings to the stage 36 of these chart
toppers back-to-back in one critically-acclaimed production”.
Direct from the USA, The Magic of Motown
promises five-star performances that will authentically revive the style and
sophistication of everyone’s favourite musical legends. “This year we’re proud
to announce that the show will include more number one hits than ever before,”
says Michael.
Classic hits
from the Temptations, Four Tops, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin
Gaye, Lionel Richie and The Supremes are packed into the two-hour
spectacular. “As well as dazzling dance moves and glittering
costumes galore and the elusive, authentic sound is recreated by our incredible
band” adds Michael.
The group,
especially put together for the show, celebrate their twelth year together on
this tour. “In their capable hands,” says Michael, “you can guarantee that the
score will be – with a nod to the great Stevie Wonder – uptight. . . alright
and out of sight!”.
In 1965 Diana Ross and
the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder and the
Temptations crossed the Atlantic for a UK-wide tour of
ABC, Odeon and Gaumont theatres which began the process of the artistes
becoming musical phenomena on these shores. To mark the occasion, The
Magic of Motown brings an all-new production for 2015 to the stage with a
100-date nationwide tour. Male lead in the show Andre Lejaune promises many new
numbers added to the show’s already hit-packed score. “Come and celebrate 50
years of number one hits,” he says. “With the Reach Out 2015 Tour, the magic of
Motown is truly coming to town.”
An
Evening of Burlesque
For the first time ever, the biggest burlesque
stars from around the world are set to star on the same stage in a brand-new,
spectacular stage show for 2015, promising that Britain’s biggest burlesque production
is “going global” for the new year. The 5th June brings An
Evening of Burlesque which unveils an array of international talent brought
together for a nationwide tour with the very best burlesque performers drawn
from five continents of the world.
For
its fifth year, An Evening of Burlesque goes international. The set list can
include strutting Vegas showgirls in all their finery, a tutu too funny take on
Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet, going nuts on Brazil’s Copacabana beach, a Roaring
(with laughter) Twenties tribute to America’s Great Gatsby and international
intrigue thanks to a James Bond finale, featuring a giant martini glass
glamorously garnished by a splashing Bond Girl.
Already
Britain’s biggest burlesque extravaganza – a quarter of a million people have
now seen this show – An Evening of Burlesque has spent the past two years
touring the rest of the world, revealing the secrets of the art of burlesque to
delighted audiences. From Milan to Zurich, St Petersburg to Minsk, Leipzig to Verona, Dresden to Riga, Padova to Dessau audiences have given the
show a standing ovation.
The
show combines musical and theatrical parody, cutting-edge variety, magic,
comedy and dance with the art of striptease. For over-18s only, An Evening of
Burlesque is the slickest, wickedly wittiest, most delightfully choreographed
cabaret spectacular of the year.
Roy Orbison & Friends
Barry
Steele
will then present his tribute to The Big O with Roy Orbison & Friends
when he returns on the 6th June. Barry is widely recognised as one of the
world's leading tributes to music legend Roy Orbison. He's stunned audiences
across the globe with his uncanny visual similarity and his ability to
authentically revive the exquisite toe-tapping sound of this music giant. Using
original film footage and backed by his fabulous band and big screen , this
celebration of The Big O’s musical legacy is quite simply
unmissable as Barry Steele takes you on a musical journey in time from
the early sun years right through to the late 80’s and The Traveling
Wilbury’s. Add to the mix Paul Molloy as a young Elvis and Boogie
Williams as Jerry Lee Lewis and you have yourself an incredible fusion of
Rock ‘N’ Roll and Contemporary musical genius all on one stage.
Barry has toured across the globe in his role as Roy Orbison, but it is a
far cry from his time in the RAF when he was stationed at RAF Waddington,
Scampton and RAF Tongeren in Belgium. Whilst in the Forces Barry has
refueled both Vulcan Bombers (The Ladies of the Sky) and The Red Arrows. When
Barry left the RAF he moved back to the West Midlands with his young family. He
became a long distance lorry driver, and it was during those long lonely hours
out on the road that be began singing to artistes such as Michael Jackson, Wet
Wet Wet, and Chris Rhea.
It was on a family holiday in Cornwall in 2001 that Barry took the first
steps on the road to becoming a professional singer, when his wife Lynne and
their daughter Leonie entered him into a singing competition without his
knowledge. It was there that a fellow competitor said to him, “You know you
sound just like Roy Orbison singing Robbie Williams!” so with the help of
family and friends a tribute to The Big ‘O’ was born.
Barry quickly became totally enveloped in the music and sheer magic that
was Roy Orbison, his aim was simple, his vision clear, to deliver the songs to
Roy Orbison fans in the same manner in which they were originally
performed. Barry has toured across New Zealand, Holland, Germany,
Austria, Denmark and Ireland. Whilst in the United States of America Barry sang
in front of Roy’s son Wesley, as well as duetting with Bill Dees the co-writer
of many of Roy’s songs.
Tickets:
All tickets available in person at
the Box Office, by calling 0844 871 3022* or booking online at www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland*
plus a transaction fee applies.
