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All star cast bring All
That Jazz back to Manchester
FROM Monday, 21 March to Saturday,
2 April 2016, an all star cast heads to the Opera House, Manchester, as
'Chicago' is to be brought to life , via stars John Partridge,
Hayley Tamaddon and Sam Bailey. The musical is about a nightclub singer, a
double murderess, a smooth talking lawyer and a cell block of sin - it would
be a crime to miss 'Chicago' when it returns to the Opera
House, with this all star cast...! Created by the musical theatre
talents of John Kander and Fred Ebb and legendary choreographer Bob Fosse,
the Tony and Olivier Award winning show includes includes classics like:-
'All That Jazz', 'Cell Block Tango' and 'Razzle
Dazzle.'
Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie
Hart shoots her lover and along with cell block rival, double-murderess
Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from death row with the help of smooth
talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.
The show stars:- John Partridge as Billy Flynn, Hayley Tamaddon as Roxie
Hart and Sam Bailey as Mama Morton.
Joining them will be:- Sophie Carmen Jones as Velma Kelly, Neil Ditt as Amos
Hart and A.D. Richardson as Mary Sunshine.
The rest of the company includes:- Daniele Arbisi, Nicola Coates, Frances
Dee, Adam Denman, Francis Foreman, Waylon Jacobs, Justin-Lee Jones, Dann
Kharsa, Chelsea Labadini, Ellie Mitchell, Peter Nash, Helen Siveter, Kerry
Spark, Lindsey Tierney and Emily Warner.
John Partridge recently appeared in Celebrity Big Brother, on Channel 5. He
is probably best known for playing the role of Christian Clarke in
EastEnders. His many musical theatre credits include Rum Tum Tugger in Cats
in the West End, on tour and the official film of the show, John in Miss
Saigon on the first UK national tour and most recently Zach in A Chorus Line
at the London Palladium. John was also a judge on BBC1's Over the Rainbow,
Andrew Lloyd Webber's search to find a Dorothy for the musical The Wizard of
Oz.
Hayley Tamaddon has just finished playing Andrea Beckett in Coronation
Street. She also played Del Dingle in Emmerdale. Her numerous theatre
credits include The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot and Janet in The Rocky
Horror Show. Hayley also won the 5th series of ITV1's Dancing on Ice.
Sam Bailey worked as a prison officer at HM Prison Gartree for three years
until 2013. At the end of that year Sam won the 10 series of The X Factor
receiving more than a million votes over the course of the final weekend.
Following her win, her debut single Skyscraper was released and achieved the
Christmas Number 1. This was followed in 2014 with her debut album, The
Power of Love, reaching number one in the album charts.
Sophie Carmen Jones' many West End credits including Jersey Boys, Wicked and
We Will Rock You. She will also appear in the forthcoming Disney film Beauty
and the Beast.
Neil Ditt has appeared in many West End productions including Mary Poppins
and Betty Blue Eyes. His other theatre credits include creating the role of
George Mole in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole at Leicester Curve and High
Society and A Midsummer Night's Dream, both at Regent's Park Open Air
Theatre.
A.D. Richardson's many theatre credits
include the International tour of The Pirates of Penzance, the UK tour of
HMS Pinafore, the RSC's Cyrano De Bergerac and Scrooge The Musical, at the
New Theatre Oxford. Chicago opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1997
to rave reviews, winning the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for
'Outstanding Musical Production' as well as the 1998 Critics Circle
Drama Award for 'Best Musical', and immediately became a sell
out hit running for 15 years.
Chicago is currently playing in New York
where it holds the record as the longest running musical revival and also
the 2nd longest running musical in Broadway history. Chicago, which is based
on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, has a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse,
music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. Scenic design is by John Lee
Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting by Ken Billington and
sound by Rick Clarke. Musical supervision is by Rob Fisher. Chicago is
choreographed by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse and directed by
Walter Bobbie.
The 2016 UK National Tour of Chicago will be produced by David Ian and
Michael Watt in association with the Broadway producers Barry and Fran
Weissler. For more information visit the shows
website
and to book click on
here or by call the Box Office on:-
0844 871 3019.
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