Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce that booking for the Cameron Mackintosh and Chichester Festival Theatre production of
โHALF A SIXPENCEโ
at the Noรซl Coward Theatre has been extended for a second time to 2 September 2017.
From 20 March, there will be an additional midweek matinee performance on Thursdays at 2.30pm. Listings schedule below.
Tickets are priced from ยฃ12.50 – ยฃ77.50.
A limited number of ยฃ20 seats are released each day from 10.00am in person at the box office.
www.halfasixpence.co.uk
The entire Chichester cast have transferred to the West End, starring newcomers Charlie Stemp as โArthur Kippsโ and Devon-Elise Johnson as โAnn Pornickโ โ alongside three times Olivier-nominated actor Ian Bartholomew as โChitterlowโ and three times Olivier-nominated actress Emma Williams as โHelen Walsinghamโ.
This new stage version of โHALF A SIXPENCEโ, the musical adaptation of H.G. Wellsโs semi- autobiographical novel โKipps: The Story of a Simple Soulโ, is a completely fresh adaptation which reunites book-writer Julian Fellowes (Oscar-winning screenwriter and creator of Downton Abbey) with George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, the musical team that co-creator Cameron Mackintosh first put together to create the hit stage adaptation of โMary Poppinsโ with Disney. The score is inspired by and features several of composer David Henekerโs exhilarating songs from the original production, including โFlash Bang Wallopโ, โMoney To Burnโ and โHalf A Sixpenceโ.
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Arthur Kipps, an orphan and over-worked draperโs assistant at the turn of the last century, unexpectedly inherits a fortune that propels him into high society. His childhood companion, Ann Pornick, watches with dismay as Arthur is made over in a new image by the beautiful and classy Helen Walsingham. Both young women undoubtedly love Arthur โ but which of them should he listen to? With the help of his friends, Arthur learns that if you want to have the chance of living the right life, you need to make the right choices.
โHALF A SIXPENCEโ is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh who recently directed Wind in the Willows, as well as the Olivier nominated Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Open Air Theatre.ย The production is designed by Paul Brown, with choreography by Andrew Wright (Chichester/West End production of Guys and Dolls, the UK Tour of Barnum and Moby Dick at the Union Theatre) with orchestrations by William David Brohn. The musical supervisors are Stephen Brooker and Graham Hurman, who also conducts; with lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Mick Potter and video design by Luke Halls. The original 1963 musical was written by Beverley Cross and David Heneker.
Photography – Manuel Harlan
ย LISTING
NOรL COWARD THEATRE
St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4AU
Tickets: Prices are from ยฃ12.50 –ย ยฃ77.50. A limited number of ยฃ20 seats will be released each day at 10am in person at the box office.
Performance Times until 18 March
Monday โ Saturday at 7.30pm
Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm
From 20 March 2017 the new performance schedule will be:
Monday at 7.30pm
Tuesday at 7.30pm
Wednesday at 2.30pm (no evening performance)
Thursday at 2.30pm &ย 7.30pm
Friday at 7.30pm
Saturdayย at 2.30pm &ย 7.30pm
Box Office 0844 482 5140ย
www.halfasixpence.co.uk
Currently booking until 2 September 2017.
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