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A Little Night Music in the West End Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music is an elegant waltz time musical which transferred to the West End’s Garrick Theatre in April after an acclaimed run at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Based on Ingmar Berman’s film, Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music the musical is set in Sweden at the turn of the century. A romantic and heartfelt piece of theatre, A Little Night Music contains the much-loved song Send in the Clowns.

The cast includes

Maureen Lipman as Madame Armfeldt an elderly lady who has had a highly successful career as a courtesan and Desiree’s mother. Hannah Waddingham as Desiree a young and fairly self-absrobed actress who largely neglects her own duty as a mother. Jessie Buckley as Anne, the pretty young wife of Fredrick who is naive and obsessed by material trinkets and new dresses.

Jessie Buckley Jessie Buckley was a popular contestant on the BBC’s I’d Do Anything, coming second in the contest to find the new Nancy for Oliver. A Little Night Music marks Jessie’s professional debut. A Little Night Music Theatre Breaks Theatre Breaks to see A Little Night Music are available up until September 5th 2009 ** book A Little Night Music Theatre Breaks **

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A Little Night Music - West End Transfer http://www.theatrebreaksblog.co.uk/items/view/116/a-little-night-music-west-end-transfer

A Little Night Music, Sondhiem’s classic musical transfers to the Garrick Theatre in March after a sell out run at the Mernier Chocolate Factory. The show will preview from March 28, with press night on April 7 and is booking until July 25. Tickets are sure to be snapped up quickly as the show has been sold out for sometime. A Little Night Music The Story of A Little Night Music Based on Ingmar Bergman’s film Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music is set in turn-of-the-century Sweden. The show has been described as ” a fairy tale for adults”. Middle-aged Fredrik Egerman brings his 18-year-old bride Anne to a play starring his former mistress, DesirĂ©e Armfeldt. Soon, Fredrik and DesirĂ©e resume their romance, incurring the wrath of her current lover, a pompous Count. The couples, various, all come together at a country estate weekend party. And there, under the summer night, things are set to right as a kind of midsummer magic works on them all. The Songs of A Little Night Music So many Sondhiem classics that it’s hard to pick out just one or two. Send in the Clowns, of course, The Miller’s Son, A Weekend in the Country and many others. The Cast of A Little Night Music The cast includes Hannah Waddingham, Maureen Lipman, Grace Link, Alexander Hanson, Kelly Price and Jessie Buckley. A Little Night Music is directed by Trevor Nunn.

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