West End stars
returning home for BRASS festival
BRASS on Broadway
Durhams Gala Theatre
Sunday 9th
July 2017
Two
West
End
stars are looking forward to returning home to the North East to perform in
this year’s BRASS festival.
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| Kate Graham |
Kate
Graham, who has had major roles in Billy Elliot, Charlie and the Chocolate
Family and Mamma Mia, grew up in Seaton Carew before moving to London to pursue her dream of
becoming a singer.
On
Sunday 9th July she will join Darlington’s Matt Corner –
previously part of Gala Theatre Stage School – to perform swing
versions of great Broadway songs for BRASS on Broadway at Durham’s Gala Theatre.
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| Matt Corner |
“I
always jump at the chance to do any work that brings me ‘home’ to the North
East,” she said.
“We
opened the international tour of Mamma Mia in Newcastle a few years ago and that
was fantastic, but I haven’t performed in Durham since I was at
university there. The Gala Theatre wasn’t even built then so I can’t wait to
see it!”
The
singers will perform alongside the incredibly popular Scottish Swing Orchestra
and the BRASS Broadway Chorus – made up from local choirs and specially invited
guests – for a set including songs from Chicago and Guys and Dolls.
Matt,
who has recently finished a run as Frankie Valli in the West End’s Jersey Boys, was part
of the Gala Theatre Stage School from the age of 14
before attending the prestigious Arts Educational School musical theatre course
in London.
“I
can't wait to return back to the North East, having left at the age of eighteen
to pursue a career as an actor,” he said.
“Over
the years, I performed in various amateur shows on Gala’s stage and it was
really the thing that gave me the bug for acting and ultimately helped me to realise
that I wanted to become a professional actor. So it feels like I'm coming full
circle really as I'm now back at the Gala Theatre.
“I
can’t wait to hear these songs played by a fabulous full brass orchestra - the
way all Broadway show songs should sound!”
Tickets@
The
show takes place at Gala Theatre on Sunday 9th
July 2017
at 7.00pm.
For
tickets visit www.galadurham.co.uk.
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