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Dateline:
4th January, 2004
Zipp! to Tour
Gyles Brandreth's "100 musicals in 100 minutes, or your money back"
show, Zipp!, is to have a three month tour of the UK before heading
to New York. It will play Darlington (27th January), Dartford, Winchester,
Truro, Bath, High Wycombe, Surrey, Poole, Lichfield, Epsom, Swansea,
Llandudno, Peterborough, Buxton, Newbury, Guildford, Jersey, Blackpool,
Bradford, Tunbridge Wells, Worthing, Stevenage, Aberdare, Chelmsford,
Sevenoaks, Plymouth, Huddersfield, Potters Bar, Crawley, Eastbourne,
Leicester, Crewe, Bedworth and Croydon. It is expected in New York in
October.
Sunday
Will Change for Webb
There will be changes when Marti Webb takes over from Denise Van Outen
in Tell Me on a Sunday on 13th January, lyricist Don Black has
said. “We won’t have her apologizing to her girlfriends for
not going partying with them in Ibiza!” he says, in recognition
of the fact that Webb, for whom the origional version was written, is
now approaching sixty. The new version, he adds, will be closer to the
original.
Liaisons
to Close Early
The revival of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses
at the Playhouse is to close on 10th January, after a run of only one
month. It was originally booking to 27th March.
New Dowie Show at the
Drill Hall
Claire Dowie, who created the "stand-up theatre" genre,
will be previewing her latest show, H to He, at the Drill Hall
from 5th to 15th February. Her first novel, Creating Chaos, will
be published in April by Methuen and will be launched at the Drill Hall
at 8.00pm on 3rd April.
Dowie and Ken Campbell will be performing together at Tony Allen`s
Performance Club, downstairs at the Kings Head, Crouch End Broadway,
London N8, on Tuesday 6th January (doors open at 8pm and the show starts
at 9pm) and at Ginglik (the bar under the Green), 1 Shepherds Bush Green,
London W12, on Thursday 8th January (Show at 8.45pm).
New Abigail
Tour
The 25th anniversary tour of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party kicks
off in Truro on 19th January before miving on to Bath, Coventry, Nottingham,
Liverpool, Plymouth, Oxford, Malvern and Woking. It is hoped that additional
venues will be announced soon.
Nightingale to open
in January
The Nightingale, Brighton-based Prodigal Theatre's new home, is to open
on 27th January, with the first performance night being on 28th. The
first proeuction will be a revival of their 2002 Edinburgh Fringe success
The Tragedian Part I – The Rise to Fame of Edmund Kean.
The theatre's patron is Steven Berkoff.
Big Extension for Jerry
(Sorry: couldn't resist the double entendre!) Jerry Springer
- The Opera has extended its booking period by more than nine months
to 8th January 2005.
Film Critics' Circle
Awards Nominations
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World has been nominated
in six cateorgies, and Young Adam in seven in the London Film
Critics' Circle Awards. Among the nominations are Russell Crowe (Master
and Commander) for Best Actor and Paul Bettany (Master and Commander)
and Ewan McGregor (Young Adam) for Best British Actor. David
Mackenzie (Young Adam) is also nominated for Best British Director,
Best British Screenwriter and Best British Newcomer.
The nominations for Best Film are Master and Commander, The
Hours, Far From Heaven, Mystic River and The Lord
Of The Rings: Return Of The King.
Extending
The following shows have announced extended booking periods:
- Bombay Dreams to 26th September
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to 9th February,
2005
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