MICHAEL HARRISON & DAVID IAN
PRESENT
THE UK AND IRELAND TOUR OF THE
CURVE PRODUCTION OF
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S
SUNSET BOULEVARD
STARRING RIA JONES AS NORMA DESMOND
AND DIRECTED BY NIKOLAI FOSTER
OPENING AT CURVE
ON SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2017
Michael Harrison and David Ian are delighted to present the UK and Ireland tour of the Curve production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical SUNSET BOULEVARD. Starring Ria Jones as Norma Desmond and directed by Nikolai Foster, SUNSET BOULEVARD will open at Curve on Saturday 16 September 2017 before touring the UK and Ireland. Tour schedule below with more dates to be announced soon.
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One of the all-time great musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award®-winning (Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical) masterpiece SUNSET BOULEVARD is a compelling story of romance and obsession, based on Billy Wilder’s legendary film, with Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s wonderful book and lyrics. This much-loved score includes the title number Sunset Boulevard, With One Look, As If We Never Said Goodbye, The Greatest Star Of All and The Perfect Year and will be performed by a full orchestra.
In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, faded, silent-screen goddess, Norma Desmond, lives in a fantasy world. Impoverished screen writer, Joe Gillis, on the run from debt collectors, stumbles into her reclusive world. Persuaded to work on Norma’s ‘masterpiece’, a film script that she believes will put her back in front of the cameras, he is seduced by her and her luxurious life-style. Joe becomes entrapped in a claustrophobic world until his love for another woman leads him to try and break free with dramatic consequences.
Last year, Ria Jones played the role of Norma Desmond at the London Coliseum when Glenn Close was indisposed, receiving rave reviews and standing ovations for her performance. Ria has recently starred as Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Her West End credits include Fantine in Les Misérables, Grizabella in Cats and Florence in Chess. Her touring credits include Alex in The Witches of Eastwick, Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques – The Musical, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes and The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Director Nikolai Foster is Artistic Director at Curve, one of the UK’s leading regional theatres. His work at Curve includes Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing and Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, both on tour and in the West End; A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and the musicals Grease and Legally Blonde. He directed the hugely successful recent productions of Annie starring Craig Revel Horwood and Calamity Jane starring Jodie Prenger
SUNSET BOULEVARD UK AND IRELAND TOUR 2017/18
SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
CURVE, LEICESTER
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ON SALE NOW
TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE
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ON SALE 21 FEBRUARY
MONDAY 9 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER
NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL
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ON SALE 17 MARCH
MONDAY 23 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER
MANCHESTER PALACE
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ON SALE 21 FEBRUARY
MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER
HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE, ABERDEEN
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ON SALE 10 FEBRUARY
MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER
BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME
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ON SALE 6 FEBRUARY
MONDAY 20 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER
BORD GAIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN
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ON SALE SOON
TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER
MILTON KEYNES
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ON SALE SOON
2018
TUESDAY 9 JANUARY – SATURDAY 13 JANUARY
BRISTOL HIPPODROME
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ON SALE 21 FEBRUARY
TUESDAY 16 JANUARY – SATURDAY 20 JANUARY
SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER THEATRE
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ON SALE 20 FEBRUARY
MONDAY 22 – SATURDAY 27 JANUARY
NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING
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ON SALE 21 FEBRUARY
MONDAY 29 JANUARY – SATURDAY 3 FEBRUARY
CLIFFS PAVILION, SOUTHEND
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ON SALE SOON
MONDAY 5 – SATURDAY 10 FEBRUARY
THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BRADFORD
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ON SALE SOON
FURTHER CITIES TO BE ANNOUNCED
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