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The brand-new British musical written by award-winning comedian Pippa Evans and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, NOW That’s What I Call A Musical comes to the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford from 15 – 19 October 2024 as part of a major UK and Ireland tour.
Award winning actress Nina Wadia OBE will star as Gemma. Renowned for her timeless sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, as well as her role as Zainab Masood in BBC One's EastEnders for which she won ‘Best Comedy Performance’ and ‘Best Onscreen Partnership’ at the British Soap Awards, Nina’s film credits include: Disney’s Aladdin, A Streetcat Named Bob, and its sequel A Gift From Bob. Her television credits include: Count Abdulla (ITVX) The Sandman (Netflix), The Hitmen (Amazon Prime), The Outlaws (BBC/Amazon Prime) and Still Open All Hours (BBC). Nina’s theatre credits include Bleak Expectations (Criterion Theatre), the Tony Award Winning The Vagina Monologues, Macbeth with Sir Mark Rylance and Matchbox Theatre (Hampstead Theatre).
Joining Nina will be Melissa Jacques who will take on the role of April. Melissa most recently appeared as Shelley in I Should Be So Lucky (UK and Ireland tour). Her other theatre work includes Margaret New in Everybody's Talking About Jamie (West End & LA Productions), Pirate Queen in Pirates Of Treasure Island and Queen Of Hearts in Alice In Wonderland (The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks), Carol's Mum in 42 Balloons concert version (Vaudeville Theatre), Trish in Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre), Midwife and Madame Morrible cover in Wicked (Victoria Palace Theatre), alternate Donna and understudy for all the Dynamos in the original cast of Mamma Mia! (West End), Company and Into the Woods (Derby Playhouse), The Full Monty (UK tour), Spend, Spend, Spend (West Yorkshire Playhouse and UK tour), A Slice of Saturday Night, Oliver! and Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Royal, Lincoln), Little Shop of Horrors (Millfield Theatre) and Me and My Girl and Crazy for You (Aberystwyth).
Joining the company are Kieran Cooper (Strictly Ballroom – UK tour) as Younger Tim, Christopher Glover (The Kite Runner - 2024 Ireland UK Tour) as Dad, Chris Grahamson (Phil Spector in TINA – The Tina Turner Musical) as Tim, Maia Hawkins (Cassie in A Chorus Line at Doreen Bird College) as Younger April, Lauren Hendricks (Much Ado About Nothing at the East London Shakespeare Festival) as Ms Dorian, Shakil Hussain (Frankie Goes to Bollywood – UK tour) as Frank, Nikita Johal (Wendla in Spring Awakening at Hope Mill Theatre) as Younger Gemma, Luke Latchman (Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre) as Younger Frank, Matthew Mori (professional debut) as Younger Steve, Phil Sealey (TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] - UK Tour) as Steve, Callum Tempest (Miss Saigon at Sheffield Crucible) as Barney and Poppy Tierney (Cabaret at Lido 2, Paris) as Mum.
The cast is completed by Emily Barnett-Salter (Annie - UK Tour), Molly Cheesley (Jane Austen’s Emma - UK Tour), Lizzy Ives (professional debut), Stefanos Petri (professional debut) and Martha Pothen (Oliver! at Leeds Playhouse).
The production in Bradford will also feature special guest star Jay Osmond who will be performing one of his biggest hits Crazy Horses.
Get ready to relive the playlist of your life by celebrating 40 years of the iconic and chart-topping compilations brand NOW That’s What I Call Music, which has sold an estimated 200 million copies worldwide. This fun-filled show is bursting with hits from Whitney Houston, Wham! Blondie, Tears For Fears, Spandau Ballet and so many more.
It’s Birmingham, 1989. Two school friends, Gemma and April, are busy with very important business - planning their lives based on Number One Magazine quizzes and dreaming of snogging Rick Astley. Cut to Birmingham 2009 and it’s the most dreaded event of their lives– the school reunion. Drama, old flames and receding hairlines come together as friends reunite and everything from the past starts to slot into place. The biggest question is: what was with all that hairspray?
The creative team will include Set and Costume Design by Tom Rogers & Toots Butcher, Musical Supervision, Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Mark Crossland, Lighting Design by Ben Cracknell, Sound Design by Adam Fisher, Wigs & Hair Design by Sam Cox, Associate Direction by Guy Woolf, Associate Choreography by Aaron Renfree, Associate Sound Design by Ollie Durrant, Casting by Annelie Powell CDG and Production Management by Setting Line.
NOW is produced by ROYO, Universal Music UK, SONY Music Entertainment and Mighty Village.
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 October 2024
Signed performance: Thursday 17 October 2024 – 7.30pm
Captioned performance: Friday 18 October 2024 – 7.30pm
Audio Described performance: Saturday 19 October 2024 – 2.30pm
Tickets £20.75 - £49.75
Call the Box Office on 01274 432000 or visit bradford-theatres.co.uk
All prices shown include booking fees but are subject to postage charge if applicable. Bradford Theatres’ usual terms and conditions apply.
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Celebrating 40 years of the iconic and chart-topping compilations NOW That's What I Call Music, which have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, this fun filled evening is bursting with 1980's hits from Whitney Houston, Wham!, Blondie, Tears For Fears, Spandau Ballet and so many more. It's Birmingham 1989. Two school friends, Gemma and April, are busy with very important business - planning their lives based on Number One Magazine quizzes and dreaming of snogging Rick Astley. Cut to Birmingam 2009 and it's the most dreaded event of their lives - the school reunion. Drama, old flames and receding hairlines come together as friends reunite and everything from the past starts to slot into place.
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