From the 5th March 2011, Love Never Dies gets a new Raoul in the form of David Thaxton taking over the role from Joseph Millsom.

David Thaxton

Sierra Boggess is also leaving the cast, to head for Broadway where the former Christine will star in Master Class with Tyne Daly.

The role of Christine in Love Never Dies will be taken over by the current Christine’s understudy, Celia Graham.

Other changes are that Celia Graham (who is currently Christine’s understudy) will take over the role from Sierra Boggess who is heading to Broadway to star in Master Class with Tyne Daly.

Ramin Karimloo stays on as The Phantom extending his contract for an undsiclosed period, but he’ll be one of the few Love Never Dies originators since Summer Strallen  is also leaving to go on a tour of Top Hat the Musical with Tom Chambers.

Haley Flaherty (Rocky Horror Show, Mamma Mia, Follies, Grease, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever) is taking over as the new Meg Giry.

Tags: Broadway, Celia Graham, Christine, David Thaxton, Haley Flaherty, Joseph Millsom, Love Never Dies, Meg Giry, phantom, Ramin, Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Summer Strallen, Tom Chambers, understudy

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Betty Blue Eyes

Posted by admin on 13/2/11 • Categorized as Betty Blue Eyes

Betty Blue Eyes

Betty Blues Eyes is based on Alan Bennett’s screenplay A Private Function.

Previews start at the Novello Theatre on 19th March 2011 and the show opens on 14th April. It is currently booking until 22nd October 2011.

The cast is led by Reece Shearsmith playing the hen-pecked chiropodist Gilbert Chilvers and Sarah Lancashire as his wife. Ann Emery who played Billy’s gran in the musical Billy Elliott is playing Mother Dear with David Bamber (Swaby), Jack Edwards (Allardyce), Mark Meadows (Lockwood) and Adrian Scarborough (Wormold).

They will be joined by cast members Ian Conningham, Claire Machin, Kirsty Hoiles, Annalisa Rossi, Rachael Archer, Laura Medforth, Andy Mace, Gemma Wardle, James Barron, Dan Burton, Neil Ditt, Chris Howell, Hollie Taylor, Howard Jones, Holly Dale Spencer, Veronica Hay and Rebecca Louis.

Written by Alan Bennett, adapted by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, with a score by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

The company also includes David Bamber as Swaby, Jack Edwards as Allardyce, Ann Emery as Mother Dear, Mark Meadows as Lockwood and Adrian Scarborough as Wormold, directed by Richard Eyre.

Tagged as: Adrian Scarborough, Alan Bennett, Alan Bennettâ, Andy Mace, Ann Emery, Annalisa Rossi, Anthony Drewe, Betty Blue, Betty Blues, Chris Howell, Claire Machin, Dan Burton, Daniel Lipman, David Bamber, Gemma Wardle, George Stiles, Gilbert Chilvers, Hollie Taylor, Holly Dale Spencer, Howard Jones, Ian Conningham, Jack Edwards, James Barron, Kirsty Hoiles, Laura Medforth, Mark Meadows, Neil Ditt, novello theatre, Private Function, Rachael Archer, Rebecca Louis, Reece Shearsmith, Richard Eyre, Ron Cowen, Sarah Lancashire, Veronica Hay

After a great opening in London, an acclaimed first year and a partial redesign and rewrite, Love Never Dies takes its first step away from the Adelphi Theatre soon as the Australian production opens in Melbourne in June 2011.

Love Never Dies Australian Cast

Love Never Dies Australia Cast

The Australian Christine is to be played by a previous Christine from The Phantom Of The Opera. Anna O’Byrne has already played the part to great acclaim in an Australian tour of The Phantom of the Opera. Anna is an award-winning classically trained singer, and has performed as Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera and appeared in works by Mozart, Puccini and Ibert for The Victorian Opera, Victorian College of the Arts and Victorian Youth Opera.

The Phantom  in the new Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is being played by Ben Lewis.

Ben’s previous stage credits include the original Australian cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical, Sir Galahad in the original Australian cast of Monty Python’s Spamalot, two-seasons as Count Carl-Magnus in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, Urinetown with Sydney Theatre Company and Polites in The Odyssey for Black Swan and the Malthouse.

Performances begin in Melbourne on May 29th 2011 at the Regent Theatre.

Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anna O’Byrne, Australia, Ben Lewis, Christine, Love Never Dies, Melbourne, musical, Phantom of the Opera, the phantom of the opera

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