Month: November 2019

The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People and Lullabies for the Lost by Rosalind Blessed
Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, London, EC1V 4NJ
Tuesday 7th January – Saturday 1st February 2020

With her two self-penned plays, Rosalind Blessed returns to the stage with a family affair as she performs alongside her mother, Hildegard Neil, with her father, Brian Blessed, as executive producer. Shedding light on what we often keep hidden from the world, The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People and Lullabies for the Lost will be performed in rep throughout January at the Old Red Lion Theatre.

The Delights of Dogs and The Problems of People is a study of domestic abuse. It asks what causes a mind to unravel and why we don’t recognise the dangers lurking under our own roofs until it’s too late. This is not a story of a monster and a victim – life is not that simple. Performed by Duncan Wilkins (Romeo and Juliet, MokitaGrit) and Rosalind Blessed (Octavia, RSC Barbican) and directed by Caroline Devlin (King Lear, Guildford Shakespeare Company), the production holds dear the pure love of a dog and an owner even as human relationships become destructive.

Bound together by a discussion of common yet devastating issues, it will be performed alongside Lullabies for the Lost. Eight souls come together to share their secret stories as they desperately try to escape their self-created limbo. Looking at modern mental health and exploring depression, social anxiety, childlessness, hoarding and eating disorders, Lullabies for the Lost remains full of humour and ultimately hope, especially when there’s a helping paw to hold. Directed by Zoe Ford Burnett (Associate Director on The Lehman Trilogy, London and New York), it will star also Duncan Wilkins and Rosalind Blessed, alongside Kate Tydman (Top Girls, National Theatre), Helen Bang (Dancing with the Devil, Sadler’s Wells), Hildegard Neil (Antony and Cleopatra, Folio Films), Liam Mulvey (Kingsglaive, Square Enix), Nick Murphy (The Black Veil, UK tour), Chris Porter (Pressure, UK tour and Park Theatre) and Chris Pybus (Towards Zero, Mill at Sonning).

Both productions explore Blessed’s own personal experience. She writes openly, encouraging the audience to be honest with stories of their own mental health. These plays teach us to remember that there is hope and we are all in this together. Although some harrowing topics are addressed, they are full of laughter and the brightness of humanity.

Both are also united in their display of a dog’s love as a redemptive force. Dogs have been a profound help in stopping Blessed from going over the edge; they are shown to be vitally important in providing non-judgemental love when the stability of our mental health waivers.

Rosalind Blessed comments, In an increasingly isolated society awash with false images and glamorised stories, it’s so easy to imagine that you are alone. I wrote The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People as a person with a hell of a lot of problems; writing it left me feeling that perhaps it was not my fault after all. In Lullabies for the Lost, I opened up about my mental health and by treating the subject matter with honesty and an irreverent humour, it opened a conversation with the audience. You are not wrong. You are not broken. And you are not alone.

I think that The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People should continue from here to be shown across the country (★★★★★ London Theatre 1 on The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People).

While these plays hold an unflinching eye on people’s ‘private battles’, they are always insightful and never devoid of hope. Human beings are ‘messy’ at the best of times. These plays show we are more fragile and have more in common with each other than we’d like to think. (★★★★★ Breaking the Fourth Wall on Lullabies for the Lost).

FESTIVE FAMILY FUN WITH SCROOGE THE MUSCIAL!

Say goodbye to Bah! Humbug and get into the festive spirit with Pick Me Up’s big winter show of 2019 – Scrooge The Musical.

Based on Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas Carol, Scrooge tells the tale of old miser Ebeneezer on the night he’s visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come.

Can he be turned from sourpuss to saint? What will happen to Tiny Tim?  Will everyone have a merry Christmas after all?  Come and find out in  this all-singing, all-dancing (all-flying!) musical for the whole family.

Bricusse first adapted A Christmas Carol for the 1970 film musical Scrooge! starring Albert Finney. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the score and the song Thank You Very Much.

​Mark Hird (whose previous Pick Me Up roles include Captain Mainwaring in Dad’s Army, Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family) plays Scrooge, Rory Mulvihill (Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Sergeant Wilson in Dad’s Army and Captain Teri Dennis in Privates on Parade) is the jolly Ghost of Christmas Present, and Alan Park plays Scrooge’s long-suffering clerk Bob Cratchit.

​The show is directed by Robert Readman, choreography is by Iain Harvey, and the musical director is Sam Johnson. 

Grand Opera House York November 26-December 1. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets from £16.90 from https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/scrooge/grand-opera-house-york/ or Box Office 0844 8713024

SPECIAL OFFERS:

Opening night £5 off per ticket with code SCROOGE5

Thursday matinee 2-FOR-1 tickets with code SCROOGEMAT

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Piccadilly Theatre – until 4 January 2020

Reviewed by Claire Roderick

5*****

This achingly beautiful production of Arthur Miller’s timeless classic delivers three hours of theatrical bliss.

After chasing the American Dream all his life, Willy Loman’s career and mind are crumbling, but his loving and fiercely loyal wife Linda tries to keep him anchored and calm. Having the Lomans as an African American family adds many undercurrents to the story, most noticeably when Willy and his sons are shown to a table in the back of the restaurant “for privacy” and making Willy’s scene with his young boss Howard even more excruciating.

Wendell Pierce is devastating as Willy – in turns pitiful, bullying, puppyish and discomforting. Willy’s stubborn clinging to the notion that a man’s success is measured by his wealth and popularity, while realising that he has neither, is shown effortlessly in every expression and every movement Pierce makes. Sharon D. Clarke is passionate and heart-breaking as Linda, and the two actors’ onstage chemistry is mesmerising. Sope Dirisu captures Biff’s self-loathing and disappointment brilliantly in stark contrast to the cocky hero-worshipping football star in Willy’s memories and Natey Jones is very funny as wannabe playboy Happy.

Femi Temowo’s jazz and blues infused music imbues the play with a languid but relentless drive towards tragedy, and directors Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell deft touches give the story a beautiful rhythm. Anna Fleischle’s inspired design illustrates Willy’s torment, with windows, doors and furniture hanging over his head in the house that he still doesn’t own. Willy’s hallucinations of happy memories are all brightly lit and coloured while his present reality is drab and grey, and the sound and lighting, capturing instants like an old snapshot or recording create a sensory overload that can sometimes make the audience wince as much as Willy.

This magnificent production is unmissable, and Pierce and Clarke’s sublime performances are simply the best you’ll see in the West End.

Park Theatre – until 30 November 2019

Reviewed by Claire Roderick

4****

Eugene O’Hare’s pitch-black comedy makes you laugh and squirm with discomfort in equal measure. Sydney & the Old Girl is reminiscent of the bitter co-dependent relationship of Steptoe and Son, with a barnstorming performance from Miriam Margolyes as the malevolent Nell Stock, under the assured direction of Phillip Breen.

Nell lives with her son, Sydney in her home where every appliance seems to be at breaking point. They spend their time together trading vile barbs and insults as he takes care of her needs – on the porcelain like clockwork every day at six. Sydney, brimming with paranoia, racism and homophobia, never leaves the house without his big red bag, and reacts frantically whenever he hears emergency vehicle sirens. He delights in hurling sexual insults at his mother, while she goads and goads him to the point that he comes close to physically assaulting her, always stopping short, but making the threat linger as long as possible. Even though Sydney attacks her, Nell can’t seem to stop herself insulting Sydney, with the pair unable to communicate in any other way.

The root of their antipathy is hinted at, but when Sydney reveals the truth, as he remembers it, about his little brother’s death the pain and scars that fuel their destructive relationship become clearer. Nell’s spiteful glee in finding a way to deny Sydney his inheritance by duping her care worker Irene into organising the most uncharitable charitable donation possible pushes Sydney to the edge.

Margolyes gives a remarkably physical performance considering that she spends most of the play in a wheelchair. Every malignant thought is visible on her face, and she spits out O’Hare’s lines with relish, making her fake meekness and sweetness to Marion even more comical. Mark Hadfield gives Sydney a nervy dynamism, only still when he is furious or threatening his mother, and they handle the verbal sparring brilliantly. Vivien Parry as Marion Fee is an oasis of calm and comparative normality.

Max Jones and Ruth Hall’s meticulous set is marvellously dingy from the grubby floral carpet to the 1980s wallpaper, becoming increasingly oppressive as hostilities mount. O’Hare’s characters are deeply unpleasant, offensive and extremely unlikeable, even when you are given a glimpse of their past, but they are hilarious in their efforts to hurt each other, and Miriam Margolyes is unmissable.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY, A MUSICAL COMEDY

RETURNS FOR A NEW UK & IRELAND TOUR IN 2020

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Music & Lyrics Limited are delighted to announce a new UK & Ireland Tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a musical comedy, with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the creators of multi award-winning Jersey Boys, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, based on the characters created by Charles Addams.  This follows a highly successful premiere tour in 2017.  The 2020 Tour will open at the Newcastle Theatre Royal on 30 July 2020 and will once again be directed by Matthew White.  Casting is to be announced.

Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows; she’s fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family! Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before — keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia.  Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.  All the usual clan are present – Uncle Fester, Lurch, Pugsley et al.

Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman wrote or co-wrote the film screenplays for Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, For the Boys and Intersection, and was head writer for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.  Rick Elice’s play, Peter and the Starcatcher, received nine nominations and won five 2012 Tony Awards.  He also wrote the book for The Cher Show, a musical based on the early life and career of Cher, which opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway in December 2018.  Andrew Lippa wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical, Big Fish, the music for the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin’s play The Farnsworth Invention and the book, music and lyrics for the Drama Desk award-winning musical The Wild Party.  He wrote the song called ‘Evil Like Me’, which was sung by Dove Cameron and Kristin Chenoweth in the 2015 Disney film Descendants.

British director Matthew White has directed the UK Tours of Mr Stink, Carousel and The Producers, the UK Tour and West End run of the multi award-winning Top Hat, and, for the Menier Chocolate Factory, The Boy Friend, She Loves Me, Candide, Sweet Charity (and West End) and Little Shop of Horrors (and West End).

THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2020 UK & Ireland Tour is produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Music & Lyrics Limited, and is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide.

For further information, please visit www.theaddamsfamily.co.uk Twitter: @AddamsFamilyUK

LISTINGS INFORMATION

30 July – 8 August                            Newcastle Theatre Royal                                         0844 811 2121

                                                         www.theatreroyal.co.uk                                            On sale 8 November

11-15 August                                    Liverpool Empire                                                      0844 871 3017

                                                         www.atgtickets.com/venues/liverpool-empire           On sale soon

18-22 August                                    Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin                           0844 847 2455                                                                                                                  www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie                                On sale 29 November

25-29 August                                    Glasgow King’s Theatre                                           0844 871 7648      

                                                         www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre                On sale soon

1-5 September                                 His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen                             01224 641122

                                                         www.aberdeenperformingarts.com                          On sale 26 November

8-12 September                                The Alexandra, Birmingham                                    0844 871 3011

                                                         www.atgtickets.com/birmingham                             On sale soon

15-19 September                             Royal & Derngate, Northampton                               01604 624811                                                                                                                                          www.royalandderngate.co.uk                                   On sale 18 November

29 September – 3 October               New Wimbledon Theatre                                          0844 871 7646

                                                         www.atgtickets.com/new-wimbledon-theatre            On sale soon

13-17 October                                  Nottingham Theatre Royal                                        0115 989 5555                                                                                                                                              www.trch.co.uk                                                        On sale soon

20-24 October                                  New Victoria Theatre, Woking                                  0844 871 7645                                                                                                                                             www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre     On sale soon

27-31 October                                  Churchill Theatre, Bromley                                       020 3285 6000                                                                                                                                               www.churchilltheatre.co.uk                                      On sale soon

3-7 November                                  The Lowry, Salford                                                   0343 208 6000                                                                                                                                              www.thelowry.com                                                  On sale 8 November

10 – 14 November                            New Theatre, Oxford                                               0844 871 3020

                                                          www.atgtickets.com/oxford                                     On sale soon

Further tour dates to be announced.

King’s Theatre, Edinburgh – until 9 November 2019

Reviewed by James Knight

4****

It’s arguably the scariest film ever made, that had people walking out of cinemas and straight into churches. So how do you put William Peter Blatty’s infamous novel onstage?

Kick off proceedings with a loud bang, apparently. That’ll scare the audience into submission, ready for the nightmare to begin.

The stage is semi-lit almost all the way through, the set deliberately misleading as to where doors and stairways might lead to. Everything is put in place for the audience to be put on the wrong foot. Regan’s room is optically skewed just enough to be off-putting.

We’re introduced firstly to Father Damien Karras (Ben Caplan), at his mother’s funeral. He’s overwhelmed with grief, believing there was more he could have done to help her in her last days – easy pickings for a demonic presence to shame him for later. And then, we meet Regan MacNeil (Susannah Edgley) and her movie star mother Chris (Sophie Ward). Regan doesn’t like the house they’ve been put in by the studio. It’s old. There’s strange noises. We all know what’s going to happen, it’s just when and how it happens…

So many think pieces have been written about The Exorcist over the years, but in Regan’s first encounter with the demon (‘Captain Howdy’ as it introduces itself), there’s the quite clear implication of child sexual abuse. The demon asks if they can have a competition – Regan wins, she gets a prize. A visit from her absent father, promises Captain Howdy. But if Regan loses, he gets a prize instead. “What prize?” asks Regan. “Will you let me touch you?” comes the insidious reply.

It’s a chilling scene, brought magnificently to life by Edgley and a certain recognisable voice – Lord of the Rings will never be the same again. Later in the play, the inhuman presence possessing Regan gets even nastier, and, most terrifying of all, enjoys the pain it brings on others.

The tension is racked up throughout the first act, with Regan threatening film director Burke Dennings (Tristram Wymark) with a simple “You’re going to die soon”, then asking what a ‘soda-mite’ is. Wymark pitches Burke Dennings’ campness perfectly, so when the threat is made good, his loss is felt.

With the emotional terror begun, the special effects can let loose. Shadows move independently, writing appears on the wall in blood or faeces, and the most chilling effect from the film recreated as a punishment upon Regan from the demon.

Incredibly, the effects don’t detract from the serious and interesting questions the play has about faith, religion, love and psychology. The stakes are made very clear, and if there is a pitfall to the production is that it ends far, far too abruptly. The character of Father Merrin (Paul Nicholas), the demon’s nemesis, is introduced properly far too late for the audience to have any real connection to him. However, it is testament to Nicholas’ commanding stage presence that he makes an impact at all. (Fun side note: Paul Nicholas was the original Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, meaning you can now see The Son of God vs The Devil Live Onstage!)

It’s a shame that the goodwill built up by the production is squandered slightly towards the end, but strong performances and incredible effects will leave you wanting to sleep with the lights on.

After all, watching someone’s head spin 360 degrees will not leave you unaffected…

Edinburgh Playhouse – until 9 November 2019

Reviewed by Manetta Anderson-McIntosh

5*****

Hilariously funny yet poignant production.

For anyone who remembers the movie this was a cult classic, probably a movie ahead of its time. So to sit here 25 years later watching this amazing production on stage, it is astounding to think that the issues being addressed are as relevant today as they were then.

Ian Talbot directs this story of 3 drag queens, Bernadette (Miles Western), a transgender woman who has been recently widowed – it would seem that dying your hair is quite dangerous. Felicia/Adam (Nick Hayes) – a bit of an obnoxious party-boy and Mitzi (Joe McFadden) who has a secret wife and son, who decide to travel from Sidney to Alice Springs for a gig. Priscilla is the not so trusty bus they use as a mode of transport and is the backdrop for most of their shenanigans. Mitzi, or Tick in his male form, is currently working as a drag queen in Sydney, the opening scenes are hosted by Miss Understanding played by Kevin Yates who breaks us in gently with some saucy-postcard style comic interaction with the audience. Tick is then offered a chance to perform at his wife’s casino and also meet his 6-year-old son for the first time, let the journey commence.

The majority of the show takes place on a bus during a 2000-mile journey across Australia, ‘how did they manage to replicate that’? I hear you ask. Well, relatively easily it would turn out. The bus was cleverly designed to be moved into segments which could transform the stage from a desert scene to a bar scene with a couple of twists and turns. One of the producers of the show is none other than Jason Donovan and there is a cheeky nod to his early acting career when Tick and Adam are wearing Charlene and Scott masks while travelling through the desert. The show is peppered with some great disco/pop tunes from the late 70’s early 80’s, some sung by the main characters and some by the delightfully entertaining Divas. I was really surprised by how good Joe McFadden was at singing, all of the main characters had really strong voices.

If you haven’t seen the film and are expecting hilarity from start to finish, then you need to be warned, it’s not all fun and games. As you could expect, the outback of Australia is not for the faint hearted, and during some of the stops they meet some unsavoury characters, one scene in particular was very sensitively dealt with compared to how it was portrayed in the movie. Adam goes out drunk, high and dressed as a woman to socialise with the guys in the bar, once they find out he is male he is violently attacked. There was a very different atmosphere in the theatre during this scene as you would expect, despite the fight being conducted in a form of dance. It really hit home to see that although this was 25 years ago, we are no further forward as a human race, we might be more socially and legally accepting of same sex couples, but the LGBTQ+ community live in fear of situations like this on a daily basis. A big well done to director, choreographer and dancers on this one.

Bernadette, Adam and Tick do make some amazing friends on the way too. How could I not mention Bob (Daniel Fletcher) and his talented wife Cynthia (Jacqui Sanchez). Bob saves the day when Priscilla breaks down, he takes the girls back to the pub and encourages them to do a show. His wife Cynthia is super excited about this and see’s it as an opportunity to jumpstart her performing days, what she can’t do with a ping-pong ball is not worth knowing. The costumes where very flamboyant as you would expect, there was a good attempt to compete with the movie but as the movie won an Oscar for its costume design there was a large shoe to fill. You will laugh, you will cry but most of all you will dance. Fantastic show.

SINGERS GET THE CHANCE TO PERFORM WITH OPERA NORTH

Anyone who loves to sing is being invited to The Lowry on Friday 15 November for a special side-by-side event with the critically-acclaimed Chorus of Opera North.

The Sing ON workshop will be led by a professional music leader from the Leeds-based opera company who will guide the participants through excerpts from La Traviata, Don Giovanni and Aida among others. They will then get a unique insight into being part of an operatic ensemble by singing alongside the Chorus of Opera North for the final hour. There is no requirement to read music or to have any previous singing experience and the event is suitable for adult singers of all abilities.

Jacqui Cameron, Opera North Education Director, said:

“We love being able to offer people exciting creative activities. This one should be a particularly unforgettable experience as the participants will get the chance to perform with, and hear the amazing power of, professionally-trained voices up close.

“Our events are open to everyone and we aim to make them as friendly and welcoming as possible. We hope that everyone who takes part will experience the pleasure that comes with group singing and will leave with a real sense of achievement having mastered some opera.”

The event is part of Opera North’s week-long residency at The Lowry where it is performing three operas: La bohème, Puccini’s heart-breaking tale of young love set amongst a group of bohemians in Paris; Giulio Cesare, Handel’s take on the passionate relationship between Caesar and Cleopatra; and Martinů’s The Greek Passion which explores the fate of a group of refugees when they arrive in a village as the residents prepare for their annual Passion Play.

The Sing ON workshop at The Lowry runs from noon to 4pm on Friday 15 November with tickets available at £15 each from www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/sing-on-greater-manchester/

YORKSHIRE THEATRE COMPANY PREMIERES NEW PRODUCTION

Leeds-based theatre company imagine if is set to tour its new production Jadek to key Yorkshire venues.

Jadek – which is written phonetically and is Polish for ‘Grandfather’ – will play CAST Doncaster, Theatre Deli Sheffield, Slung Low Leeds, Square Chapel Halifax, Touchstones Rochdale and Barnsley Civic.

Jadek is the semi-autobiographical story of its writer, Francesca Joy, who in her 20s moved in with her blind, 94-year-old Polish Grandad.  The play explores how this unexpected turn of events affected both their lives.

“Jadek is loosely based on my relationship with my Grandad, who is my absolute superhero,” says Francesca. “Living with him changed the way I saw the arts and ultimately, how I saw the world. When a child grows up in a family of violence, they experience the same brain patterns as a solider at war. Me and my Grandad both grew up as soldiers. He taught me how to stand up for what I believe in.”

In the play, Grandad found a home in Yorkshire in 1945 after spending six years fighting and surviving World War 2. He likes a whisky and hates the ventilation in his front room. Every morning he opens his eyes and a sorrowful “bloody hell” escapes his lips as he realises he’s still blind.

Tasha found a home at her Grandad’s house after spending what felt like most of her life at war; she drinks way too much beer, has moved house over 30 times, and is trying to sell her children’s storybook to London publishers.

Yorkshire’s own BAFTA award winning writer Mark Catley [EastEnders, Casualty, Call the Midwife] is working with Francesca as an advisor on the piece.

He says: “Jadek is a beautiful story that starts small and ends up universal. The dialogue between Grandfather and Granddaughter is so entertaining you’ll want to move in too. The revelations are breath-taking.”

Taking the role of Grandad is Piotr Baumann – an established Polish actor who has just spent a year on Coronation Street as roofer Jan Lozinski.

“I’m delighted to be working with Francesca and imagine if” says Piotr “Jadek reminds me of growing up with my father in Poland.”

“I’m absolutely chuffed to be able to tell a fraction of mine and my Grandad’s story,” Francesca continues.  “It won’t all be real, you gotta keep some stuff for yourself and make up the bits in between. Jadek is for the broken ones, those who’ve fought wars, the blind, the Polish, the working class, the ones suffering in silence. This is for every single one of you. And as always, this is for my old man, my Grandad, my Jadek.”

Jadek is audio described for those with visual impairments and imagine if is working extensively with blind/visually impaired communities and those with Polish heritage in each of the regions on the tour.

November 12: CAST Doncaster – castindoncaster.com

November 14: Theatre Deli Sheffield – theatredeli.co.uk

November 17: Slung Low Leeds – slunglow.org

November 21: Square Chapel Halifax – squarechapel.co.uk

November 29: Touchstones Rochdale – link4life.org

December 4:  Barnsley Civic – barnsleycivic.co.uk

For more information www.imagineif.co.uk

GERMAN CORNEJO’S

AWARD-WINNING

TANGO FIRE

RETURNS TO TOUR THE UK IN 2020

Following its 7^th sold-out season at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre in London’s West End, Andrew Kay presents the phenomenal, award-winning Tango Fire, which returns to tour the UK from 12 February to 2 March 2020.

Starring internationally renowned Argentinean Tango superstars German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, who are joined by a cast of extraordinary Tango dancers, including World Tango Champions, this is a fiery and explosive journey through the history of authentic Argentine Tango.

Six incredible couples show off some of the speediest footwork and tightest twirling in the business, while demonstrating their individual styles, accompanied by the astonishing Tango Fuego Quartet, playing live music on stage from Tango’s most famous composers, including Piazzolla, Pugliese and Gardel, this is a sizzling, sensual show guaranteed to make pulses race.

The six couples are German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, Sebastian Alvarez and Victoria Saudelli, Marcos Roberts and Louise Junqueira Malucelli, Ezequiel Lopez and Camila Alegre, Julio Seffino and Carla Dominguez, and Esteban Simon and Marilu Leopardi.

German Corenjo’s past choreography experience includes Immortal Tango (2016), Tango Inferno – The Fire Within (under the Musical Direction of Lisandro Adrover, 2010/2011), Mission Tango Show (2007) and Tango Dance Premium (2007).

Choreography and wardrobe design by German Cornejo, with lighting design by Nick Jemicz.

Tango Fire is produced by Andrew Kay.

Website: www.tango-fire.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/tangofire

Twitter: @TangoFire1

2020 UK Tour Schedule

12 February                                 Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry                              0247 652 4524

                                                    www.warwickartscentre.co.uk  

13 February                                 Royal & Derngate, Northampton                            01604 624811

                                                    www.royalandderngate.co.uk  

14 February                                 Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells               01892 530613

                                                    www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk

15 February                                 The Orchard Theatre, Dartford                              01322 220000

                                                    www.orchardtheatre.co.uk

17 February                                 Alban Arena, St Albans                                          01727 844488

                                                    www.alban-arena.co.uk

18 February                                 Darlington Hippodrome                                          01325 405405

                                                    www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk

19 February                                 St George’s Hall, Bradford                                     01274 432000

                                                    www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

20 February                                 Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham                             0115 989 5555

                                                    www.trch.co.uk

22 February                                 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall                                    0151 709 3789

                                                    www.liverpoolphil.com

23 February                                 Grand Theatre, Blackpool                                      01253 290 190

                                                    www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk

24 February                                 Festival Theatre, Edinburgh                                   0131 529 6000

                                                    www.capitaltheatres.com

26 February                                 Hull New Theatre                                                   01482 300 306

                                                    www.hulltheatres.co.uk

27 February                                 Sage Gateshead, Gateshead                                 0191 443 4661

                                                    www.sagegateshead.com

29 February                                 Grand Theatre, Swansea                                       01792 475715

                                                     www.swanseagrand.co.uk

1 March                                       Forum Theatre, Malvern                                        01684 892277

                                                    www.malvern-theatres.co.uk

2 March                                       Theatre Royal Brighton                                          0844 871 7650* 

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*Booking fees apply. Calls cost up to 7p per minute, plus your phone company’s access charge.