GREASE IS BACK AND IT’S SLICKER THAN EVER
Grease
Newcastle Theatre Royal
16-21 October 2017
Pull up your bobby socks and slick back your hair because the original high school musical Grease returns to Newcastle Theatre Royal this Autumn and it’s
slicker, fresher and more star-studded than ever before! Play truant and
make a date with the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies.
This new hit production of the timeless 70s musical stars Tom Parker (The Wanted) in his musical theatre debut as Danny Zuko, Danielle Hope
(Over the Rainbow, winner) as Sandy and Louisa Lytton (Strictly Come Dancing,
EastEnders) as Rizzo.
Since opening on Broadway in 1972 and going global in the smash hit movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in ‘78,
Grease’s place has been firmly established in the musical Hall of
Fame. It has seduced millions with its iconic tunes and rebellious
teenage characters - Sandy, Danny, the groovy T Birds, the sassy Pink
Ladies and the gang at Rydell High. The new
The show that spawned a thousand spin-offs,
Grease has proved that a musical love story, bursting with denim,
cheerleaders, ponytails, rock’n’roll, 1950’s pop culture and an
irresistible mix of teenage angst and young romance is timeless and
universal. Forty five years on it remains
the ultimate feel-good, pick-me-up musical - an electrifying
extravaganza, packed with fun, energy and vibrant physicality. The show
is guaranteed to thrill and leave everyone hand-jiving the night away
with “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a wop-bam-boom!”
This
award-winning production originally opened in the West End in 1993
where it enjoyed a hugely successful run of six years at the Dominion
and
Cambridge Theatres. The show has since toured throughout the world
playing to sell-out audiences and breaking box office records
everywhere. It has been seen by over 12 million people in the UK alone.
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| Photo: Paul Coltas |
Completing
the cast are Washington-born ensemble member Anna Murray, Tom Senior as
Kenickie, Michael Cortez as Sonny, Oliver Jacobson as Roger, Ryan
Heenan as Doody, Callum Evans as Eugene, Lauren Atkins as Marty,
Rosanna Harris as Jan, Rhiannon Chesterman as Frenchy, Gabriella
Williams as Patty and Ailsa Davidson as Lynch. The ensemble also
includes Charlotte Coggin, Anthony Hughes, Alessia McDermott, Natasha
Mould, George Olney, Rory Phelan and Grant Thresh.
Tom Parker has amassed worldwide success with his band The Wanted, achieving two UK
number 1s and 9 top 10 singles as well as 4 Billboard 100 singles, with Glad You Came
placing in the top 5 and selling over 900,000 records. The band have
had three platinum albums, two sold out arena tours, and 3 million
singles sold in America. Tom
is also a winner of BBC Radio 1’s Teen Choice Award and US People’s
Choice Award with The Wanted.
Danielle Hope
made her professional debut as Dorothy in
The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium, after competing against over 9,000 girls to win the BBC's smash hit
Over The Rainbow. She went on to star as Eponine in the West End production of
Les Miserables (Queen's Theatre) - a role to which she most recently returned, Cathy in
The Last Five Years (Greenwich Theatre & Warren Theatre, Brighton), Narrator in
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (National Tour) and Maria Rainer in
The Sound of Music which visited the Theatre Royal in 2015.
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| Photo: Paul Coltas |
Louisa Lytton
trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and secured her first professional role as the innocent schoolgirl Ruby Allen in
EastEnders. Following this Louisa joined The Bill, playing
the inexperienced and shy police officer Beth Green. She has since
enjoyed a host of varied roles, from parts in the internationally
successful American Pie franchise, to the British Shakespeare
Company's productions of both A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. Most recently she has appeared in the new prime-time ITV comedy drama
The Edge of Heaven, filmed a thriller due to be released this month called
Fractured, appeared in the Canadian period drama Murdoch Mysteries and starred in the touring production of
Swap!. Aside from acting, Louisa reached the quarter-finals in the fourth series of
Strictly Come Dancing, and subsequently toured the country as part of the sold-out
Strictly Come Dancing arena tour. She also represented the UK in the 2008
Eurovision Dance Contest. Louisa recently took park in Channel 4's The Jump.
The production is written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, directed by David Gilmore (Daisy
Pulls It Off, Happy Days, Song & Dance, Footloose) and choreographed by Arlene Phillips (Starlight Express,
Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance The Musical & BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing). It is designed by Terry Parsons, with costumes by Andreane Neofitou.
Grease is presented by Paul Nicholas and David Ian.
NETG Review from earlier in tour LINK
Tickets:
Grease
is
at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Mon 16 until Sat 21 October 2017,
playing evenings Mon – Thu at 7.30pm, Fri & Sat 8.30pm, matinees on
Friday at 5.30pm and Sat 5pm. Tickets from £16.50. Tickets can
be purchased from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 (Calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s access charge)
or book online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk
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