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Casting Announcement For Legally
Blonde
Legally Blonde The
Musical
Sunderland Empire
Monday 16th –
Saturday 21st April 2018
Rita
Simons (Eastenders’), Lucie Jones (representing UK in Eurovision Song
Contest 2017) and Bill Ward
(Coronation Street, Emmerdale) to star in a major new UK tour of the
smash-hit Broadway and West End musical
based on the hit Hollywood movie
EastEnders’ Rita Simons, Lucie Jones, who is representing the UK in the Eurovision
Song Contest with ‘Never Give Up On You’ on Saturday 13 May, and Bill Ward,
star of Coronation
Street and Emmerdale are to star in a major new UK tour of the smash-hit Broadway and West End
musical Legally Blonde The Musical, with a date at Sunderland Empire from Monday 16 – Saturday 21 April 2018.
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Legally Blonde The
Musical is an all singing, all
dancing romantic comedy, a fun-filled, feel-good pink fest. College sweetheart
and homecoming queen Elle Woods, doesn’t take no for an answer. When her
boyfriend dumps her for someone more serious, Elle puts down the credit card,
hits the books and heads for Harvard Law School. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to
yourself never goes out of style.
Based on the Reese Witherspoon film, Legally Blonde The
Musical earned seven Tony
nominations and 10 Drama Desk Award nominations during its Broadway run. In the
UK it was nominated for 5 Laurence Olivier Awards winning 3 including Best New
Musical, and was nominated for 8 Whatsonstage Awards winning 4 including Best
Musical.
Legally Blonde The
Musical, with music and lyrics
by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach, based on the
novel by Amanda Brown and the MGM
motiion picture, will open at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley (18 - 23 Sept)
then tour the UK and Ireland until June 2018.
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| Rita Simons |
Rita Simons (Paulette Bonafonte) is best known for playing Roxy
Mitchell in BBC’s EastEnders for which she has won
numerous awards and is one of Britain’s best loved actresses. She won Most Popular
Newcomer at the National Television Awards and other awards and nominations
include Best Newcomer at the Digital Spy Soap Awards, Best Onscreen Partnership
for her character partnership with Ronnie Mitchell played by Samantha Womack,
Best Newcomer at the TV Now Awards, a nomination for Best Newcomer at the 2008
British Soap Awards and Best Newcomer at the 2008 Inside Soap Awards. Rita has
also appeared on TV in Mile
High as Hannah, Dream Team as Julie and London’s
Burning. In Spring 2012, Rita
was the subject of a major documentary film Rita Simons: My Daughter, Deafness and Me made by Leopard Films for BBC1. Rita actively supports the charity RNID.
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| Lucie Jones |
Lucie Jones (Elle Woods) is currently playing Maureen in the
20th anniversary UK tour of Rent and is set
to take centre stage to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest. Her previous theatre credits include: Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (Leicester Curve); Molly in Ghost (Asian Tour); Victoria in American Psycho (The
Almeida); Meatloaf in We Will Rock
You (International Tour);
Kelly Byrne in The Prodigals (Edinburgh Festival); Cosette in Les Miserables (Queens Theatre, West End and
O2 Arena). Her TV acting credits includes: Melody Carver in Midsomer Murders (ITV); Louise in The
Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC).
Lucie was a finalist in the 2009 series of The X Factor.
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| Bill Ward |
Bill Ward (Professor Callahan) is best known for his work on
two of the country’s leading soaps. He has just finished 3 years in Emmerdale, playing farmer James Barton (Ross, Pete and Finn’s Dad) for over 300 episodes, who met a
gruesome, death at the hands of his emotionally volatile partner, Emma, in one
of the biggest storylines of the year. Previously, he played the builder
Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street, also for 300 episodes, who was murdered by his
emotionally volatile partner, Tracy Barlow, in one of the soap’s biggest
storylines of the year. In addition to his many and varied TV and film credits
Bill is no stranger to the stage and has worked on everything from Sophocles to
The Spice Girls at Bristol Old Vic, Manchester Royal Exchange, Northern Stage,
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, and The National Theatre Studio amongst others. He’s played
Prospero in The Tempest in Guildford,
Lancelot in Spamalot in the West End, and
Kevin the Gnome in a muddy field in Glastonbury.
Legally Blonde the
Musical is produced by Martin
Dodd for UK Productions by arrangement with
Music Theatre International (Europe) Ltd. UK
Productions Ltd have been producing musicals, plays and pantomimes for over 22
years nationally, internationally and in the West End.
In addition to Legally Blonde the Musical Martin Dodd is currently producing The Kite Runner in the West End and on tour, and for children national tours of CBBC’s Dick & Dom Live! and CBeebies Chris & Pui. Martin is also responsible for 11
pantomimes nationwide every Christmas season, including the
high-flying pantomimes at Sunderland Empire.
Legally Blonde The
Musical also has two dogs in
the cast, a Chihuahua called Bruiser and another called Rufus, a big, brutish, dog that only
its mother could love! Bruiser is already cast and will be on the road but
producers have decided to hold auditions for ‘Rufus’ in every town and city on
the tour - more details to follow.
This
fun-filled, feel-good pink fest will be the most fashionable ticket in town so bend and snap up your tickets today!
Creative Team:
Directed and Choreographed by Anthony Williams,
Co-Choreographer Dean Street
Musical Supervisor James McCullagh
Tickets:
Tickets 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*
Group Bookings: 0330
1027531
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