FULL CAST
ANNOUNCED FOR SMASH HIT MUSICAL SUNSET BOULEVARD
Sunset
Boulevard
Newcastle
Theatre Royal
Monday
9th – Saturday 14th October 2017
One
of the all-time great musicals, Sunset
Boulevard, is returning to Newcastle Theatre Royal this Autumn.
 |
|
Danny Mac as Joe Gillis
Ria Jones as Norma Desmond and
Adam Pearce as Max Von Meyerling
Photo: Manuel Harlan
|
Ria Jones stars as ‘Norma Desmond’ – a role
she received rave reviews and standing ovations for every night when performing
at the London Coliseum – with Danny Mac as ‘Joe Gillis’, the impoverished
screen writer who stumbles into her reclusive world and is seduced by her and
her luxurious lifestyle.
They are to be joined by Adam Pearce as
‘Max Von Mayerling’, Molly Lynch as ‘Betty Schaefer’, Dougie Carter as ‘Artie
Green’ and Carl Sanderson as ‘Cecil B DeMille’. The rest of the company includes Bernadette
Bangura, Matthew Barrow, Benjamin Chambers, Joanna Goodwin, Kristoffer
Hellström, Iain Mattley, James Meunier, Gemma Naylor, Fiona O’Carroll, Joanna
O’Hare, Jessica Paul, Sam Peggs, Tom Vincent and Barney Wilkinson
 |
|
Danny Mac as Joe Gillis
Ria Jones as Norma Desmond
Photo: Manuel Harlan
|
Ria Jones has recently starred as
‘Dorothy Brock’ in 42nd Street at the Théâtre du
Châtelet in Paris. Her West
End credits include ‘Fantine’ in Les Misérables, ‘Grizabella’ in Cats and ‘Florence’ in Chess.
Danny Mac made it all the way to the
2016 final on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing. He most recently
starred as ‘Gabey’ in On The Town at
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. His other musical theatre credits include Wicked and Legally Blonde.
 |
|
Danny Mac as Joe Gillis
Molly Lynch as Betty Schaefer
Photo: Manuel Harlan
|
Adam Pearce’s many West End credits include Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre, Love Never Dies, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Sweeney Todd all at the Adelphi, The Light Princess at the National Theatre and Urinetown at the St James Theatre.
Molly Lynch most recently appeared in English National Opera’s Carousel at the Coliseum, where she has also appeared in Sweeney Todd.
Dougie Carter recently played
‘Jean-Michel’ in the national tour of La
Cage Aux Folles. His West End theatre
credits include Les Misérables at the
Queen’s Theatre and Alice at St James
Theatre.
 |
Photo: Manuel Harlan
|
Carl Sanderson’s many West End credits
include Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Acorn
Antiques – The Musical and Starlight
Express. His other theatre credits include the national tours of My Fair Lady and Hairspray as well as Guys and
Dolls, The Music Man and The Pajama Game all at Chichester
Festival Theatre.
 |
|
Adam Pearce as Max Von Meyerling
Photo: Manuel Harlan
|
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony
Award-winning masterpiece Sunset
Boulevard is a compelling story of romance and obsession, based on Billy
Wilder’s legendary film, with Don Black and Christopher Hampton's wonderful
book and lyrics. This much-loved score includes the title number Sunset Boulevard, With One Look, As If We Never Said Goodbye, The Greatest Star Of All and The Perfect Year and will be performed
by a full orchestra.
In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard,
faded, silent-screen goddess, Norma Desmond, lives in a fantasy world and
persuades Joe Gillis, on the run from debt collectors, to work on her ‘masterpiece’,
a film script that she believes will put her back in front of the cameras. Joe becomes entrapped in a claustrophobic world
until his love for another woman leads him to try and break free with dramatic
consequences.
Tickets:
Sunset
Boulevard plays at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Monday 9 – Saturday 14 October 2017. Tickets are from £17.50 and can be purchased
at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from
the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 (calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s access charge).
No comments:
Post a Comment