March 22, 2007

Evita - The Musical

I have fallen head over heels for Evita again... Michael Grandage’s dynamic production

Evita is the story of Eva Peron, the second and most famous wife of the Argentine dicator Juan Peron. She was born Maria Eva Duarte on 17 May 1919 in Los Toldos, a village 150 miles west of Buenos Aires. She was youngest of five illegitimate children. Her childhood was unremarkable, her family ordinary.

She died Eva maria Duarte de Peron, the First ladt of Argentina, on 26 July 1952. She had become the most powerful and famous woman Latin America had ever seen and she was mourned by millions - she won international acclaim and adoration from her own people as a champion of the poor, whilst glamour, power and greed made her the world's first major political celebrity.

Preview of Evita, the show (video)



Mary Poppins - The Musical

Mary Poppins, the sensationally inventive stage musical takes off like a rocket

Her carpet bag is packed, her umbrella is unfurled, and now at last the world's most famous nanny is about to alight on London's musical stage! Mary Poppins...

Is it Jane and Michael Banks who need a nanny? Or is it their parents, George and Winifred who actually need more looking after? Only one thing is certain - after Mary Poppins arrives at 17 Cherry Tree Lane, with her no-nonsense approach to making the right choices in life, nothing will ever be the same again.

Preview of Mary Poppins, the show (video)



The Lion King - The Musical

THE LION KING... SEE IT NOW... REMEMBER IT FOREVER!

Set against the majesty of the Serengetti Plains and the the evocative rhythms of Africa, Disney's multi award-winning musical The Lion King will redefine your expectations of theatre.

"The Lion King is a ravishing spectacle, the cat's whiskers no less, and an unmissable treat for the whole family... I can hardly wait to see it again or, more tantalising, to see the effect of the breathtakingly opening few moments of pure animal magic on the faces of the my children. A more imaginatively concieved carnival of creatures is impossible to conjure... An intensely theatrical experience." The Mail on Sunday

Preview of The Lion King, the show (video)



The Lord of the Rings - The Musical

Stage version of JRR Tolkien's trilogy Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Rings comes to London in 2007 following its World Premiere at The Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Canada in March 2006.

The stage version of Lord of the Rings is adapted and written by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus and features a score by India's most popular composer A.R. Rahman and the renowned Finnish group Värttinä, collaborating with Christopher Nightingale. It is directed by Matthew Warchus with designs by Rob Howell and choreography by Peter Darling.

Preview of The Lord of the Rings, the show (video)



Wicked - The Musical

Wicked - the untold story of the witches of Oz

Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz... One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular.

How did these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch? Find out at the London Premiere of the award-winning Broadway musical Wicked!

Preview of Wicked, the show (video)

We Will Rock You - The Musical

We Will Rock You: The Queen Musical!

The time is the future, in a place that was once called Earth. Globalisation is complete. Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It's a safe, happy, Ga Ga World. "Is this the real life? Is it just fantasy?"....

Legend persists that somewhere on Planet Mall instruments still exist. Somewhere, the mighty axe of a great and hairy guitar god lies buried deep in rock. Placed there in the golden age against a time when it would be needed to inspire the kids anew. The Bohemians need a hero to find this axe. A crazy rebel with a heart of solid rock who will draw the guitar from the stone and play the ancient anthems.

Preview of the show (video)