Hairspray Theatre Breaks in London
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I wasn’t really thinking about theatre breaks in London when I watched Jonathan Ross on Friday night until Michael Ball came on. I thought he was surprisingly interesting and funny. I suppose I hadn’t thought of him as a character actor before and I was struggling to imagine him in the Divine role but I really warmed to him and by the end of the programme I was starting to think I’d quite like to see him in Hairspray.
The original 1988 John Walters film starred Divine and Ricki Lake. Hairspray is set in Baltimore in 1962. It’s the story of Tracy Turnblad, a fat but beautiful girl with really big hair . She wins a spot on a local TV dance programme becomes a teen icon. But will she be able to change the world and win the boy she loves? What do you think?
It became a cult classic film, the musical version has been running on Broadway since 2002 and now it’s available for theatre breaks in London. It’s been a huge hit, won lots of awards and was made into another film recently (with John Travolta as Edna, the Mom – ooh I’ve got to see that!). Now it’s showing in the West End.
Michael Ball is playing Edna and on Friday night with Jonathon Ross he said the secret would be to not play it as drag but to play Edna as a real woman. I like the sound of that so I went and had a look at the official web site. The music sounds great on the website and you can even sneak a peak of the rehearsals ! The production starts on October 11th and it looks like it should be a massive hit.
If you missed Michael he covers much of the same ground in a video on the production blog. Isn’t it great that so many shows are doing this now? I love reading the ups and downs and watching cast behind the scenes footage. It’s like the extras you get with DVDS
I think this one would be great for a ‘girls’ (who are we kidding?!) weekend, a relaxing train ride down, hit the London shops, and a great, girly night out, hopefully with less of a hangover than the last one! I really prefer to book a whole package when I’m organising London theatre breaks like this because it just makes life so much easier and it’s often cheaper too!
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Sister Act producer Whoopie Goldberg has teamed up with radio station Magic 105.4 to help promote Sister Act. The radio station will run “Drive Time with Angie Greaves and Whoopi Goldberg” from the 22 of April and run until previews for Sister Act start on the 2nd of May. Magic will run both on-air and online promotions Whoopi herself will introduce an interactive radio promotion on Angie Greaves’ Drive Time show. The promotion will take the form of a competition. The ACM Gospel Choir (as seen on Jonathan Ross) performing a capella versions of songs from the Magic drive time playlist. Then listeners will be asked a series of questions based on the songs. Prizes will include VIP tickets to a performance of Sister Act. Sister Act - Whoopi with Angela
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