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Joe McElderry – Joseph

JOE McELDERRY COMES HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

IN A STRICTLY LIMITED RUN OF THE MUSICAL PHENOMENON JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR® DREAMCOAT

 

 

AT NEWCASTLE’S METRO RADIO ARENA

FROM 19 – 31 DECEMBER

 

Joe McElderry will return home this Christmas in his celebrated and critically acclaimed role in the sparkling family musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat. The musical will run at Newcastle’s prestigious Metro Radio Arena for a strictly limited Christmas season from 19 – 31 December 2017.

This special Christmas homecoming will complete Joe’s hugely successful year touring the UK playing the title-role – his first major theatrical appearance which has been met with Five Star reviews and standing ovations up and down the country. It also follows the release of his new recording of the ‘Joseph’ soundtrack which reached the top of the Amazon Musical Soundtrack Charts; his top 5 entry in the official charts with his new hit single Gloria, released last month; as well as the announcement of his highly anticipated fifth album Saturday Night at the Movies and supporting concert The Gloria Tour this summer.

Joe said:

“I am so excited to be bringing this wonderful show back home for Christmas! I have had an amazing year touring with Joseph so far and we have had fantastic audiences, so to bring it back to the north east in Newcastle over Christmas is very special and is really the icing on the cake to an already fantastic year! I cannot wait to see everyone at the shows over the festive period.”

 

Newcastle Christmas Performance Schedule:

 

 

Tues 19 Dec: 7.30pm

Wed 20 – Fri 22 Dec: 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Sat 23 Dec: 2.00pm, 5.00pm & 8.00pm

Sun 24 Dec: 1.00pm & 4.00pm

Tues 26 – Fri 29 Dec: 2.30pm & 7.00pm

Sat 30 Dec: 2.00pm, 5.00pm& 8.00pm

Sun 31 Dec: 1.00pm & 4.00pm

 

Having garnered sensational reviews and standing ovations at every performance since its inception over 36 years ago, Bill Kenwright’s ‘amazing’, ‘superb’, ‘wonderful’ and ‘brilliant’ production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s family musical has now sold an estimated 20 million tickets.
This vibrant and exciting retelling of the biblical story about Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours sings out to young and old alike with a score which is crammed wall to wall with hits, including Jacob and Sons, Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.
The UK tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat has also just extended into the Autumn and will open at the Southend Cliffs Pavilion on Tuesday 5th September before visiting Woking, Dunfermline, Lowestoft, Liverpool, Richmond, Manchester, Stoke, Hull and Swansea.
Earlier this year the Number 1 and Platinum selling artist delighted fans by confirming that he had been back in the studio recording his eagerly anticipated fifth studio album Saturday Night at the Movies. The album includes iconic hits from film and theatre such as I’m into Something Good, Love is All Around, Daydream Believer as well as the hit single Gloria and will be released later this year. To celebrate the release of his album Joe will embark on a nationwide live tour from 14th July, named THE GLORIA TOUR.
Joe, who hails from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, was just 18 when he won the sixth series of ‘The X Factor’, having been mentored by Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole. He soared to number one on the UK Singles Charts with his rendition of Miley Cyrus’s The Climb and his debut album Wide Awake went straight in at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. He has since gone on to have two more Top 10 albums.

Tour Details

Bill Kenwright by special arrangement with the Really Useful Group presents

 

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR® DREAMCOAT

Lyrics by TIM RICE

Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

 

25 – 29 Apr – NOTTINGHAM Theatre Royal – 0115 989 5555 – trch.co.uk

2 – 6 May – BRISTOL Hippodrome – 0844 871 3012 – atgtickets.com/bristol

9 – 13 May – CARDIFF Wales Millennium Centre – 029 2063 6464 – wmc.org.uk

16 – 20 May – TRURO Hall for Cornwall – 01507 613100 hallforcornwall.co.uk

23 – 27 May – STOCKPORT Plaza Theatre – 0161 480 3818 – stockportplaza.co.uk

30 May – 3 Jun – LONDONDERRY Millennium Forum – 028 7126 4455 – millenniumforum.co.uk

6 – 10 Jun – BELFAST Grand Opera House – 028 9024 1919 – goh.co.uk

13 – 17 Jun – CHELTENHAM Everyman Theatre – 01242 572573 – everymantheatre.org.uk

5 – 9 Sept – SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion – 01702 351135 – southendtheatres.org.uk

12 – 16 Sept – WOKING New Victoria – 0844 871 7645 – atgtickets.com/new-victoria-theatre

19 – 23 Sept – DUNFERMLINE Alhambra Theatre – 01383 740384 – alhambradunfermline.com

26 – 30 Sept – LOWESTOFT Marina Theatre – 01502 533200 – marinatheatre.co.uk

3 – 7 Oct – LIVERPOOL Empire Theatre – 0844 871 3017 – atgtickets.com/liverpool-empire

10 – 14 Oct – RICHMOND Theatre – 0844 871 7651 – atgtickets.com/richmond-theatre

17 – 21 Oct – MACHESTER Palace Theatre – 0844 871 3019 – atgtickets.com/palace-theatre-manchester

24 – 28 Oct – STOKE Regent Theatre – 0844 871 7649 – atgtickets.com/regent-theatre

31 Oct – 4 Nov – HULL New Theatre – 01482 300 306 – hulltheatres.co.uk

14 – 18 Nov – SWANSEA Grand Theatre – 01792 475715 – swansea.gov.uk/swanseagrandtheatre

19 – 31 Dec – NEWCASTLE Metro Radio Arena – 0844 493 6666 – metroradioarena.co.uk

 

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Dick Whittington

JULIAN CLARY, PAUL ZERDIN & NIGEL HAVERS

RETURN TO THE LONDON PALLADIUM IN QDOS ENTERTAINMENT’S

 

DICK WHITTINGTON

 

FOR STRICTLY LIMITED 5 WEEK FESTIVE SEASON RUN

Initial casting is announced for Qdos Entertainment’s London Palladium production of Dick Whittington. Following the success of Cinderella last year, the production will see the return of Julian Clary who will play Spirit of the Bells, Paul Zerdin as Idle Jack and Nigel Havers as Captain Nigel. Further casting and creative team will be announced shortly.

Dick Whittington will run at the London Palladium for five weeks only over the festive season from Saturday 9 December 2017 to Sunday 14 January 2018.

Dick Whittington is produced by Nick Thomas and Michael Harrison for Qdos Entertainment, the team behind last year’s twice Olivier-nominated London Palladium production of Cinderella, which broke box office records for the highest grossing week in West End theatre history. Dick Whittington will be directed by Michael Harrison.

Julian Clary returns to the London Palladium following his triumphant success last Christmas as Dandini in Cinderella. Having begun his career as a camp comic thirty years ago, and despite the fervent wishes of the general public, he shows no signs of slowing down. His TV debut came in 1989 with ITV quiz show Trick or Treat and Channel 4’s Sticky Moments. Julian Clary is a best-selling author, a regular panelist on Radio 4’s Just a Minute and last year toured his one man show The Joy of Mincing.

Ventriloquist Paul Zerdin took the US by storm when he won America’s Got Talent, which was swiftly followed by his own residency at the legendary Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Also a household name in the UK, Zerdin has appeared on The Royal Variety Performance no less than three times, was seen on Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show (BBC1) and last year appeared as Buttons in the London Palladium’s Cinderella.

Nigel Havers is one of the country’s best known actors thanks to his roles in Chariots of Fire, Passage to India, Empire of The Sun, Don’t Wait Up and Man Child. More recently his credits include Coronation Street, Downton Abbey, the hit BBC4 series The Life of Rock, Stop/Start for BBC Comedy Playhouse and Benidorm. His numerous West End appearances include playing Serge in both the touring and London productions of Art. Subsequently he has appeared in hugely successful touring productions of Rebecca, Alan Bennett’s Single Spies and Nick Fisher’s comedy Basket Case, as well as several sell out seasons in pantomime. More recently Havers reprised the role of Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest both at the Harold Pinter Theatre and on UK Tour, and last year played the Lord Chamberlain in the London Palladium pantomime Cinderella.

Nick Thomas is the founder and Chairman of Qdos Entertainment Group. The business that he started in 1982 is now one of the largest entertainment companies in Europe. Aside from the company’s credentials in pantomime, it is the UK’s second largest regional theatre and concert hall operator, and employs 1,800 full time staff.
Michael Harrison has previously produced over 100 pantomimes for Qdos Entertainment where he is also Managing Director. He has directed 12 consecutive pantomimes at Newcastle Theatre Royal and 7 productions at Birmingham Hippodrome and as a producer in the West End his credits include Gypsy, The Bodyguard and forthcoming productions of Annie and Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein.

Info

9 December 2017 – 14 January 2018

London Palladium, Argyll St, London W1F 7TF

Tickets from £22.50 | All ticket prices include a £1.25 Theatre Restoration Levy

 

Performances:

Saturday 9 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Sunday 10 December 2017 1pm & 5pm,

Tuesday 12 December 2017 7.30pm,

Wednesday 13 December 2017 2.30pm & 7pm,

Thursday 14 December 2017 7.30pm,

Friday 15 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Saturday 16 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Sunday 17 December 2017 1pm & 5pm,

Tuesday 19 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Wednesday 20 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Thursday 21 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Friday 22 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Saturday 23 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Sunday 24 December 2017 11am & 4pm,

Tuesday 26 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Wednesday 27 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Thursday 28 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Friday 29 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Saturday 30 December 2017 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Sunday 31 December 2017 11am & 4pm,

Tuesday 2 January 2018 230pm & 7.30pm,

Wednesday 3 January 2018 7.30pm,

Thursday 4 January 2018 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Friday 5 January 2018 7.30pm,

Saturday 6 January 2018 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Sunday 7 January 2018 1pm & 5pm,

Tuesday 9 January 2018 7.30pm,

Wednesday 10 January 2018 7.30pm,

Thursday 11 January 2018 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Friday 12 January 2018 7.30pm,

Saturday 13 January 2018 2.30pm & 7.30pm,

Sunday 14 January 2018 1pm & 5pm

 

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