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Dateline: 1st December, 2003 Brighton Theatre Royal's Spring Season The new season at Theatre Royal Brighton goes on sale on Friday 4 December and it is expected to be one of the quickest selling seasons so far at the South Coast's leading entertainments venue. The new season certainly contains something for everyone from Julian Clary to Penelope Keith to Hollywood legend Joan Collins. The Spring 2004 season contains some of the strongest female actresses the country has to offer; Wendy Craig (Butterflies, The Royal) kicks off the season as the redoubtable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 January) alongside Keeping Up Appearances star Josephine Tewson, whilst the following week award-winning actress Penelope Keith (The Good Life, To The Manor Born) leads and impressive cast as Mrs Conway in J B Priestley's Time and the Conways (Monday 26 - Saturday 31 January) prior to the West End. Liza Goddard and Susan Penhaligon star in Somerset Maugham's classic comedy The Constant Wife (Monday 23 - Saturday 28 February) before Tara Fitzgerald takes on the role of Nora in Ibsen's much-loved classic A Doll's House (Monday 1 - Saturday 6 March). Tara has many TV and film credits to her name including Brassed Off and Hear My Song and is renowned for her award-winning performance as Ophelia opposite Ralph Fiennes' Hamlet. The biggest star of the season is undoubtedly Hollywood Legend Joan Collins. In a rare stage appearance, one of the most glamorous stars of our time heads the cast in the comedy Full Circle (Monday 26 April - Saturday 1 May) where she plays a best-selling novelist who unexpectedly confesses to her children that the handsome man in the portrait above the fireplace is not, after all, their father! This is a not to be missed chance to witness Joan's outstanding skills and charismatic beauty whilst enjoying an evening of wit, comedy and sophistication in the company of a much loved icon! The new season at Theatre Royal Brighton should hit the right note with musical lovers as six much loved shows visit the South Coast's most prestigious theatre. Roger & Hammerstein's much loved musical Carousel runs from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 February. The show sees Sam Kane give the 'performance of his career' and contains the classic songs If I Loved You, What's the Use in Wonderin' and the heart-rending You'll Never Walk Alone. March brings an Andrew Lloyd Webber double bill as Brighton Theatre Group present Jesus Christ Superstar (Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 March) the week before the smash hit West End musical Tell Me on a Sunday (Monday 15 - Saturday 20 March) comes to the city. Brighton Theatre Group had a huge hit on their hands last year with their sensational production of La Cage aux Folles and this year they bring the magnificent rock musical to Brighton for the first time. Tell Me on a Sunday has been playing to packed houses in the West End since its revival earlier in the year. The one-woman show follows a young English girl as she makes her way to New York in the search for a new life and a new love. The updated version of the musical contains eight new songs as well as the classic blockbusters Tell Me on a Sunday, Take That Look Off Your Face and Unexpected Song. Julian Clary stars in Boy George's hit musical Taboo (Monday 12 - Saturday 17 April). This portrait of a brief and remarkable era in the 1980's contains some of Boy George's greatest hits including Do You Really Want to Hurt Me and Karma Chameleon as well as 20 brand new songs that he has penned. Taboo is about young people finding love, living life, discovering identity and becoming famous, even notorious! Following that, the Theatre Royal Brighton will embrace 1912 Paris as the Moulin Rouge becomes the setting for The Merry Widow (Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 April). The scene is set for the rich and glamorous widow Hannah to play her dangerous dating game, but will it be for love or money? The show has a cast of over 50 singers and musicians and promises an intoxicating evening of seductive decadence. Tickets have also just gone on sale for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind (Monday 31 May - Saturday 12 June). The last time this show visited the city tickets were hard to come by some book early to avoid disappointment! The new season also sees a new era for Theatre Royal Brighton as Theatre Royal Brighton Productions is launched. For the first time in its history, Theatre Royal Brighton, which normally plays host to other theatres', shows is producing The Holy Terror which will tour the UK before it goes into the West End. Starring Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mystery of Charles Dickens) and written by one of the UKs leading playwrights, Simon Gray, The Holy Terror is a moving and funny portrait of a flawed genius. It will be directed by Laurence Boswell who directed Madonna in her West End stage debut Up For Grabs and Eddie Izzard in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. The show previews on Wednesday 4 February and then runs from Thursday 5 February until Valentine's Day. This production will be a landmark in British Theatre and a huge milestone in the history of Theatre Royal Brighton. One of the highlights for many people will be the return of Rambert Dance Company which is presenting a world-class triple bill for their visit to Brighton on Wednesday 24 - Saturday 27 March. There will be a mix of new works and established classics that will wow the audience. Having recently worked with Kylie Minogue, Rambert are as cutting edge now as they were sixty years ago when they first visited Theatre Royal Brighton! The Season has no shortage of Drama with two notable plays in April. The Shape of Things to Come (Tuesday 6 - Saturday 10 April) is a fast moving and thrilling piece of theatre set on a college campus in small-town America. It's a play about relationships, art and friendships where nothing is quite what it seems. The play opened at London's Almeida Theatre in May 2001 where it sold every ticket for every performance before transferring to New York. Philadelphia, Here I Come! is a compelling drama that deals with the all-too familiar but disquieting truth of unfulfilled ambition. It is set in 1964 and tells the story of a young man's final night in Ireland before he leaves, clutching a plane ticket, a suitcase and not much more! It is moving and often brutally funny play penned by the world-renowned playwright Brian Friel and is being directed by Irish film star Adrian Dunbar (Crying Game, My Left Foot, Hear My Song). General Booking opens on Thursday 4 December. For more information or to book tickets call the Box Office on 01273 328488. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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