Russ Abbot as Fagin from June 14th Russ Abbot will be take over the role of Fagin in the hit musical Oliver! from 14 June. Russ has played the role of Fagin before at the Palladium, at the Theatre Royal and also on tour. His other credits include Grandpa Potts in hit musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Most recently, Russ played the role of Hobbo in the latest series of BBC 1′s Last of the Summer Wine. Russ takes over from that other favourite entertainer Griff Rhys Jones. Griff has played the role for the last 5 months but he bids farewell to Oliver! on Saturday 12 June.
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Oliver – new Fagin
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May 24 2010, 12:40pm | Comments »
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Stephen Gately Dies Aged 33
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I expect everyone has heard the sad news of the untimely death of Stephen Gately. Stephen Gately was probably best known as a leading member of the boyband Boyzone. He went on to star in the West End and in touring productions of several musicals. He took the lead in Bill Kenwright’s production of Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the New London Theatre in 2003. He later went on to play the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 2004. He’ll probably be best remembered for singing the lead vocals on “No Matter What,” a song taken from the score to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ill fated musical Whistle Down the Wind.
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October 12 2009, 2:57pm | Comments »
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Hairspray - Brian Conley New Edna from July
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Brian Conley will take over as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, currently running at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre, according today’s Daily Mail. Conley will take over from Michael Ball on July 27 2009. Michael Ball says that the show “has without doubt been one of the happiest and most fulfilling experiences of my professional life.”
Brian Conley started out at Pontin’s and used to be warm-up man for Terry Wogan, Noel Edmonds and Kenny Everett. Since then he’s gone on to have his own TV shows “Brian Conley: This Way Up” and “The Brian Conley Show,. He’s probably best known for presenting The National Lottery Show Live. His West End credits include ‘Me and My Girl’ where he took the lead role of Bill Snibson in the Adelphi Theatre production. More recently he played Caractacus Potts in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” at the London Palladium in 2005.
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April 10 2009, 11:10am | Comments »
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