FIRST LOOK AT WILL YOUNG
AND LOUISE REDKNAPP
IN
RUFUS NORRIS’ ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION OF KANDER AND EBB’S MUSICAL MASTERPIECE
CABARET
FIRST LOOK photos of WILL YOUNG as the Emcee and LOUISE REDKNAPP as Sally Bowles have today been released, ahead of the UK tour of CABARET this autumn, opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Thursday 21 September 2017 and playing theatres in Blackpool, Malvern, Cardiff, Leeds, Milton Keynes, Salford, Edinburgh, Bromley, Dublin and Brighton.
Internationally renowned singer/songwriter, Will Young, reprises his Olivier Award-nominated performance as the enigmatic Emcee alongside musician and presenter Louise Redknapp, who makes her stage debut as Sally Bowles in Rufus Norri’ multi-award winning production of CABARET.
Ever since winning the inaugural series of Pop Idol in 2001, WILL YOUNG has been one of the UK’s most popular and successful music artists. He holds the record for the fastest selling debut single in British chart history, and has enjoyed a phenomenal career in music with four No1 albums, as well as acting alongside Dame Judi Dench in the film Mrs Henderson Presents. Will made his West End debut in Cabaret and will be reprising his award winning performance.
LOUISE REDKNAPP rose to fame as a member of the girl group Eternal. She left the band to carve out a successful solo career achieving an impressive twelve Top 20 singles, including the hits Naked and Stuck in the Middle and selling over 5 million records with 5 albums. Since then she has rarely left our television screens and most recently wowed the nation with her dancing skills finishing ‘runner up’ in the 2016 series of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing.
CABARET features show-stopping choreography, dazzling costumes and some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre including ‘Money Makes The World Go Round’, ‘Two Ladies’ ‘Maybe This Time’ and of course ‘Cabaret’. The production turns Weimar Berlin of 1931 into a sassy, sizzling haven of decadence, and at its dark heart is the legendary and notorious Emcee, who performs nightly at the infamous Kit Kat Klub.
Since its Broadway premiere in 1966 and the famous movie version with Liza Minnelli and Oscar winner Joel Grey, CABARET has won a staggering number of stage and screen awards including 8 Oscar’s, 7 BAFTA’s and 13 Tony’s. Norris’ production has enjoyed two smash hit West End runs and has picked up 2 Olivier Awards.
Rufus Norris is Director of the National Theatre and a multi-award winning theatre and opera director. For the National Theatre, he has directed The Threepenny Opera, wonder.land, Everyman, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, The Amen Corner, Table, London Road (Critics Circle Award), Death and the King’s Horseman, Market Boy. Other theatre includes Vernon God Little (Young Vic), Les Liasons Dangerouses (Broadway – five Tony Award nominations), Festen (West End and Broadway) The Country Girl (Apollo) and Afore Night Came at the Young Vic (Evening Standard Award). Film credits include London Road and Broken.
Choreography is by the Olivier Award-winning Javier De Frutos. In 1990, he formed The Javier De Frutos Dance Company. His work includes The Hypochondriac Bird and Affliction of Loneliness. Recently he joined forces with Sadler’s Wells and The Pet Shop Boys to create a brand new dance work based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story, The Most Incredible Thing.
Cabaret will play at the New Wimbledon Theatre, Blackpool Opera House, Malvern Festival Theatre, Cardiff New Theatre, Leeds Grand Theatre, Milton Keynes Theatre, The Lowry in Salford, Edinburgh Playhouse, Churchill Theatre Bromley, Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and Brighton Theatre Royal.
BILL KENWRIGHT PRESENTS
Book by JOE MASTEROFF Music by JOHN KANDER Lyrics by FREDD EBB
Based on the play by JOHN VAN DRUTEN and Stories by CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
CABARET – TOUR DATES 2017
Thursday 21 – 30 September Box Office: 0844 871 7646
New Wimbledon Theatre Website: ATGTICKETS.COM/Wimbledon
Tuesday 3 – 7 October Box Office: 0844 856 1111
Blackpool Opera House Website: wgbpl.co.uk
Tuesday 10 – 14 October Box Office: 01684 892277
Malvern Festival Theatre Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk
Tuesday 17 – 21 October Box Office: 029 2087 8889
Cardiff New Theatre Website: newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
Tuesday 24 – 28 October Box Office: 0844 848 2700
Leeds Grand Theatre Website: leedsgrandtheatre.com
Tuesday 31 October – 4 November Box Office: 0844 871 7652
Milton Keynes Theatre Website: ATGTICKETS.COM/MiltonKeynes
Tuesday 7 – 11 November Box Office: 0843 208 6000
Salford Quays, The Lowry Website: thelowry.com
Tuesday 14 – 18 November Box Office: 0844 871 3014
Edinburgh Playhouse Website: ATGTICKETS.COM/Edinburgh
Tuesday 21 – 25 November Box Office: 020 3285 6000
Churchill Theatre Bromley Website: churchilltheatre.co.uk
Tuesday 28 Nov – 2 December Box Office: 00353 1 677 7999
Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Website: www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie
Tuesday 5 – 9 December Box Office: 0844 871 7650
Brighton Theatre Royal Website: ATGTICKETS.COM/Brighton
Further dates to be confirmed