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NORTH EAST
X-FACTOR STAR AMELIA LILY TO STAR IN GREEN DAY MUSICAL
American Idiot – the Muscial
Sunderland Empire
Tuesday 24th –
Saturday 28th May 2016
Green
Day’s explosive, Tony Award® winning Broadway musical American Idiot, will now
embark on a national tour from 19 March 2016, following on from its
hugely successful and critically acclaimed West End run, which is currently
running at the Arts Theatre, Leicester Square until 22
November 2015.
Read the North East Theatre Guide review of the West End show: LINK
Middlesbrough-born
Amelia Lily (X-Factor) will be reprising her critically acclaimed role,
Whatsername, from 5 April at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, before heading back to
the North East to play Sunderland Empire from 24-28 May 2016. Full casting to
be confirmed in due course.
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Amelia Lily
Photo: Darren Bell
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Amelia
Lily said “I’m super excited to be coming back to the North East with American
Idiot! I’ve always wanted to perform at the Sunderland Empire! I’ve seen many
shows there in the past and can’t wait to perform there next year with such a
cool show!”
Amelia
added “It’s been an amazing experience playing Whatsername in the West End and
now I get to do it all over again next year around the UK, bringing this
incredible show to a wider audience who haven’t had a chance to see it in
London!”
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Amelia Lily
Photo: Darren Bell
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American
Idiot is directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, with designs by Sara Perks,
lighting by Tim Deiling, sound by Chris Whybrow and musical supervision by
Richard Morris.
The
musical features the music of Green Day with the lyrics of its lead singer
Billie Joe Armstrong, and book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer. The
production is being directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, with musical
supervision by Richard Morris, sound by Chris Whybrow, design by Sara Perks and
lighting by Tim Deiling.
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Amelia with the West End cast
Photo: Darren Bell
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American
Idiot is the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a
post 9-11 world. Winner of two Tony Awards® and the 2010 Grammy Award winner
for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot premiered at Berkeley Repertory
Theatre in September 2009, moving onto a critically acclaimed Broadway run in
April 2010.
Its
hit songs include “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “21 Guns,” “Wake Me Up When
September Ends,” “Holiday” and the blockbuster title track “American Idiot”
from Green Day’s 2004 Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album. Also included
are several songs from Green Day’s 2009 release “21st Century Breakdown,” and
an unreleased love song, “When It’s Time.”
American
Idiot The Musical is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on
behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.
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The West End cast
Photo: Darren Bell
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Amelia
Lily (Whatsername) is a singer who finished third on the eighth series of The X
Factor in 2011, mentored by Kelly Rowland. Her debut single, "You Bring Me
Joy", was released in 2012 and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart,
while her follow-up singles "Shut Up (and Give Me Whatever You Got)"
and "Party Over" (both 2013) reached the top 20 and the top 40
respectively. Amelia made her West End debut, earlier this year, in American Idiot
the musical and previously starred as the Narrator in the UK tour of Joseph And His
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Running time: 1hr
40 mins plus interval
On The Web:
Website:
www.americanidiotthemusical.co.uk
Twitter: @ukamericanidiot
Facebook: American Idiot UK
Instagram: ukamericanidiot
Tickets:
Tickets
on sale now and are available in person at the Box Office on High Street West,
from the Ticket Centre on 0844 871 3022* or online at www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland *
*Calls cost 7p
per minute plus your standard network charge. Booking fees may apply to
telephone and online bookings
Tour:
AMERICAN IDIOT -
THE MUSICAL
DIRECTED BY RACKY
PLEWS
UK NATIONAL TOUR
CURVE THEATRE LEICESTER 14 – 26 MARCH
0116 242 3595
PALACE THEATRE MANCHESTER 4 – 9 APRIL
0844 871 7627
NEW THEATRE CARDIFF 19 – 23 APRIL
01392 72 63 63
THE KINGS THEATRE
PORTSMOUTH 26 – 30 APRIL
0239 282 8282
NEW ALEXANDRA THEATRE BIRMINGHAM 10 – 14 MAY
0844 871 3011
EXETER NORTHCOTT
THEATRE 18 – 22 MAY
0139 272 6363
SUNDERLAND EMPIRE 24 – 28 MAY
0844 871 3022
KING’S THEATRE GLASGOW 31 MAY – 4 JUNE
0844 871 7648
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