From The French Riviera To
Sunderland
Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels The Musical
Sunderland
Empire
Tuesday 9th
– Saturday 13th June 2015
Starring
Michael Praed As
Lawrence
Noel Sullivan As
Freddy
Carley Stenson
As Christine
Mark Benton As
Andre
Directed &
Choreographed
By The Tony Award
Winning
& Olivier Nominated
Jerry Mitchell
The Ambassador Theatre Group
(Jersey Boys, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, West Side Story) and Jerry
Mitchell Productions are delighted to announce full casting for the national
tour of the critically acclaimed Best New Musical of 2014, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,
opening at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 5 May 2015.
For the Sunderland Empire
performances Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will star Michael Praed as Lawrence, Noel
Sullivan as Freddy, Carley Stenson as Christine and Mark Benton as Andre. They
are joined by Geraldine Fitzgerald as Muriel. The rest of the company includes Emma
Caffrey; Andy Conaghan; Phoebe Coupe; Soophia Faroughi; Jonny Godbold; Orla
Gormley; Patrick Harper; Justin Lee-Jones; Jordan Livesey; Lisa Mathieson; Andy
Rees; Freya Rowley; Regan Shepherd; Kevin Stephen-Jones; Katie Warsop and Jenny
Wickham.
Direct
from London’s West End, where it ran for a year to rave reviews, packed
houses and was also nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Choreography, the
hit musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is based on one
of the funniest films of all time, the legendary 1988 film Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin.
Prepare
to be transported to the luxurious lap of the French Riviera where the decadent world of
sophisticated conman Lawrence Jameson is set to come crashing
down with the arrival of larger-than-life Freddy Benson – a conman of an
entirely different order.
Soon
realising the town ain’t big enough for the both of them, the two find
themselves going head to head in the con of their lives, pulling out all of the
stops in a bid for the affections of millionaire soap heiress Christine
Colgate. Little do they know what they’ve let themselves in for.
Michael Praed (Lawrence) is best known for his
TV roles including ‘Robin Hood’ in “Robin of Sherwood”, ‘Prince Michael’
in “Dynasty” and ‘Phileas Fogg’
in “The Secret Adventures of Jules
Verne.” On stage his credits include
‘Captain Von Trapp’ in the national tour of “The Sound of Music”; ‘Tony’ in
“Copacabana”; ‘Alex’ in “Aspects of Love” and ‘Sir Robert Chiltern’ in the
national tour of “An Ideal Husband”.
Noel
Sullivan (Freddy)
is best known as a member
of the British pop group Hear'Say. His theatre credits include ‘Drew’ in the
national tour of “Rock of Ages”; ‘Tick’ in the “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”
and ‘Galileo’ in “We Will Rock You.” His TV appearances include a guest
appearance in the hugely successful “Gavin and Stacey”.
Carley
Stenson (Christine) is best known to TV audiences for her long running role as
‘Steph’ in “Hollyoaks”. Her recent
theatre credits include: ‘Lady of the Lake’ in “Spamalot” at the Playhouse
Theatre; ‘Princess Fiona’ in “Shrek” at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and ‘Elle
Woods’ in “Legally Blonde the Musical” at the Savoy Theatre.
Mark
Benton (Andre) is known to millions for playing maths teacher, ‘Daniel Chalk’
in “Waterloo Road”.
He has had a prolific TV career with roles in “Kavanagh QC”, “Ballykissangel”, “Silent Witness”, “Doctor
Who”, “Murphy’s Law”, “Holby City”, “Hustle” and “Northern Lights”. In 2013 he was a contestant on Strictly Come
Dancing. His stage credits include ‘Henry Horatio Hobson’ in “Hobson’s Choice”
at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, ‘Edna Turnblad’ in the UK tour of “Hairspray” and ‘Mr. Perks in
the “Railway Children” at Waterloo Station.
His film credits include: Mike Leigh’s “Career
Girls”, Anthony Minghella’s “Breaking and Entering” and Terry Gilliam’s “The
Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus”.
Geraldine Fitzgerald (Muriel) has many musical
theatre credits including ‘Tanya’ in “Mamma Mia!”, both in the West End and on tour internationally;
‘Maggie Jones’ in “42nd
Street” and ‘Tessie Tura’ in
“Gypsy”, both at Leicester Curve. Her other credits include “The Lady in the
Van” in the West End and “Absolute
Hell” at the National Theatre.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
is directed and choreographed by the Tony Award winning Jerry Mitchell in his
debut production for Jerry Mitchell Productions. Recently nominated for an
Olivier Award for Best Choreography for Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels, Jerry’s many other award winning credits include
the direction and choreography for Kinky Boots, currently Broadway’s biggest Tony Award winning hit and due to open in London’s West End
this Summer, Legally Blonde and Hairspray. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
has music and lyrics by Drama Desk Award winner David Yazbek (Late Night with David Letterman, The Full Monty)
and book by the Golden Globe and Emmy-Award winning Jeffrey Lane
(Mad About You).
Jerry Mitchell Productions is a partnership between
the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG)
and Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell.
Jerry Mitchell Productions will work to develop, create and produce new
productions, focussing on a wide range of projects from new commissions to
fresh, innovative versions of classic pieces for ATG Theatres in London, New York and around the World.
“A MASTERCLASS IN HOW TO PUT ON A MUSICAL” Daily Mail
“RICHLY ORIGINAL, DAMNABLY CHARMING, A SCANDALOUS
DELIGHT” Sunday Times
“VERY, VERY, VERY FUNNY” BBC
On
The Web:
Website:
www.scoundrelsontour.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ScoundrelsUK
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelsUK
Tickets:
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.
On
Tour
New
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Tuesday 5 May – Saturday 16 May
Opera
House, Manchester Wednesday 20 May – Saturday 30 May
Sunderland
Empire Tuesday 9 June – Saturday 13 June
King’s
Theatre, Glasgow Tuesday 23 June – Saturday 4 July
Liverpool
Empire Theatre Tuesday 7 July – Saturday 18 July
Princess
Theatre, Torquay Tuesday 21 July – Saturday 25 July
Regent
Theatre, Stoke Tuesday 28 July – Saturday 1 August
New
Theatre, Oxford Tuesday 4 August – Saturday 8 August
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