ANNOUNCES AN ASTONISHING LINE-UP OF JAW DROPPING NEW ACTS AND RETURNING FAVOURITES FOR ITS WINTER RUN IN LONDON’S GLITTERING WEST END. JOINED BY ITS BRAND NEW FAMILY-FRIENDLY SHOW, LA PETITE SOIRÉE, THE SHOW WILL RESIDE AT THE ALDWYCH THEATRE UNTIL FEBRUARY 2018.
“We are beyond excited to be coming to London’s West End this Christmas to create havoc in the grand Aldwych Theatre with La Soirée and our brand new afternoon offspring La Petite Soirée. This glamorous old dame of a theatre has allowed us to present work above and beyond our beloved spiegeltent, so prepare to meet a whole host of new gravity defying artists that will make your head spin and as your sides split with laughter! And whilst the opportunities to dazzle have expanded we will still be performing on our little round, red stage and the much-loved intimacy of La Soirée shall remain. So we dare you…come on up to the Aldwych stage and get up close and personal with these astounding performers.”
Brett Haylock, Creative Producer of La Soirée.
La Soirée’s heady cocktail of intimate cabaret, comedy, circus sideshow and contemporary variety is more potent than ever and this is their most daring line up to date. Putting the Aldwych Theatre in a spin, La Soirée will transform this traditional theatre into an intimate cabaret club with La Soirée’s much-loved, in-the-round seating still in place. So step in from the cold, leave your troubles at the door and prepare to be charmed, astonished and electrified by the very loveable crème de la crème of the cabaret world.
DAZZLING AND DANGEROUS DEBUTS INCLUDE:
THE CHILLY BROTHERS CRADLE ACT featuring NATHAN BRISCOE AND MAXIME BLANCKAERT
MALLAKHAMB INDIA! featuring RAJESH AMRALE WITH RAJESH RAO
LEA HINZ on ARIAL HOOP
LJ MARLES on his unique TENSION STRAPS
MICHELE CLARK on HULA HOOP
HAIRHANG by FANCY CHANCE
HAND TO HAND featuring LEON FAGBEMI and KLODI DABKIEWICZ
SYMONÉ on HULA HOOP
RETURNING FAVOURITES FROM THE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY:
AMY G
CABARET DECADENSE featuring ANDRÉ-ANNE LE BLANC AND STEPHEN QUINLAN
DAREDEVIL CHICKEN CLUB featuring JONATHAN TAYLOR AND ANNE GOLDMAN
This Christmas will also be the first time that La Soirée is offering La Petite Soirée, a family-friendly, fun and daring hour-long show for cabaret fans of all ages that promises all the spirit of the Olivier Award winning entertainment but less of the sauce. La Petite Soirée will play at 3pm on Saturdays and throughout the Christmas holidays.
More artists for La Soirée and La Petite Soirée to be announced soon.
La Soirée and La Petite Soirée are presented by Brett Haylock, Mark Rubinstein and Mick Perrin
LA SOIRÉE
24 November 2017 – 3 February 2018
Monday – Friday at 8pm | Saturday at 6pm & 9pm
Aldwych Theatre
Tickets from £19.50 | Early bird offer: £10 off all shows up to and including 7 December if you book by 15 November 2017.
Running Time is approximately 2 hours including interval
La Soirée may contain nudity and is recommended for ages 17+
LA PETITE SOIRÉE
Saturdays at 3pm
Extra performances on 27, 28, 29, 30 December 2017 & 2 January 2018
Tickets from £15
Running Time is approximately 1 hour with no interval
La Petite Soirée family friendly performances are suitable for all ages
Photography by – Matt Hennem, SweetLips photography, Pablo Wunsch Blanco, Brinkhoff-Moegenburg, Perou, Tom Watkins, GOP Variety, Chris Gardner and Claudio Raschella
The West End production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, based on the early life and career of legendary singer songwriter Carole King, will complete its run at the Aldwych Theatre on 5 August 2017.
The UK tour of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will open in Bradford on 9 September 2017 and continues in Plymouth, Southampton, Norwich, Southend, Nottingham, Belfast, Cardiff, Birmingham, Newcastle, Hull, Edinburgh, Manchester, Dublin, Aberdeen, Sheffield, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Woking, Sunderland, Bristol, Leeds, Stoke on Trent, Liverpool and Oxford, with all venues currently on sale.
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical received its Broadway premiere in January 2014 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre where it continues to play to packed houses. The London premiere was in February 2015 and a US tour began later that year. An Australian production will open in Sydney in September this year.
During its two and a half year run in the West End, the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning show had two visits from Carole King, when on both occasions she surprised the cast and audience at the curtain call. Both times she was greeted with a standing ovation at the Aldwych Theatre as she took to the stage to sing her classic hit You’ve Got A Friend. Joining King for London’s opening night were fellow composers Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, whose story is also told as part of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical.
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is the untold story of her journey from school girl to superstar; from her relationship with husband and song-writing partner Gerry Goffin, their close friendship and playful rivalry with fellow song-writing duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, to her remarkable rise to stardom. Along the way, she became one of the most successful solo acts in music history, and wrote the soundtrack to a generation.
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical features the Carole King classics including So Far Away, It Might as Well Rain Until September, Take Good Care of my Baby, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Up on the Roof, Locomotion, One Fine Day, You’ve Got a Friend, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman and I Feel the Earth Move, along with hits from songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil like You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, On Broadway and Uptown.
The West End cast comprises Cassidy Janson in the title role, Matthew Seadon-Young as King’s husband and song-writing partner Gerry Goffin, Stephanie McKeon as song-writer Cynthia Weil, Ian McIntosh as song-writer Barry Mann, Joseph Prouse as music publisher and producer Donnie Kirshner and Barbara Drennan as King’s mother Genie Klein.
They are joined by Gavin Alex, Georgie Ashford, Koko Basigara, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Ashford Campbell, Treyc Cohen, Natasha Cottriall, Michael Duke, Matthew Gonsalves, Jammy Kasongo, Leigh Lothian and Earl R. Perkins who play iconic musical performers and band members of the era and swings Derek Aidoo, Rosie Heath, Dominic Hodson, Emma Louise Jones, Jessica Joslin, Vicki Manser, David O’Mahony and Jaime Tait.
