A smash hit in New York and Chicago, the Tony® award-winning MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET tells the electrifying story of the night ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, CARL PERKINS and JERRY LEE LEWIS came together to make music, and ended up making history...
Inspired by the actual event, that took place on 4 December 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis, this ecstatic and engaging musical is a story of fame, friendship, discovery, divided loyalties, professional jealousy and incredible music as four of the music industry's most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, made music together for the first and only time in their careers.
The legendary meeting was masterminded by Sun Records' founder SAM PHILLIPS, who discovered all four of the musicians, and brought ELVIS PRESLEY (and his then girlfriend) back to the recording studio that launched him to stardom. Together with Sun Records' fast-rising new superstar JOHNNY CASH and CARL PERKINS, who was still chasing his next big hit after writing and recording Blue Suede Shoes, the fourth member of this impromptu "quartet" was Phillips' latest signing, JERRY LEE LEWIS.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET features over 20 classic hits from a golden era of music including: Blue Suede Shoes, Folsom Prison Blues, Fever, Memories Are Made Of This, That's All Right, Down By The Riverside, Sixteen Tons, (There Will Be) Peace In The Valley, I Walk The Line, I Hear You Knocking, Great Balls Of Fire, Hound Dog, Riders In The Sky, See You Later Alligator and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Now girls who wouldn't give anything to be Fran in this Shot? 
English actress Kristin Scott Thomas will join next season, the programming of the Théâtre du Châtelet with A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim.
Kristin Scott Thomas is incredible. It is one of the few actresses to pursue a career both in film and theater, one day triumph on Broadway for the next day be acclaimed in London and eventually to be ovationnée Paris. While the star is currently on view of dream wedding to the film and it stands on the boards of Broadway role in The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, we have to learn the future of the current Parisian actress.
Next spring, the Théâtre du Châtelet present A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, music in which Kristin Scott Thomas is glad to share the stage with Lambert Wilson, Leslie Caron, David Curry, Rebecca Bottone, Francesca Jackson, Nicholas Garrett, Deanne Meek, Celeste of Veazey, Damian Thantrey, Kate Valentine, James Edwards and soprano Daphne Touchais.
, Directed by Lee Blakeley, under the musical direction by Jonathan Stockhammer, this production will be fully interpreted in English but will be considered as an opera, therefore too many problems on the horizon for those who have difficulty with the language of Shakespeare.
This multi-musical award in the United States and England is directly inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film and we dove into the love lives of several couples in Sweden.
We bet that once again the only reason why Kristin Scott Thomas will have nothing to be ashamed to do with his artistic choices, but will instead be caused by the applause of the Parisian public.
The following four stars from The West End will be performing in Shrewsbury to present an evening of current and classic musical theatre.
Graham Newell (Footloose, White Christmas, Babes In Arms, Grease.)
Francesca Jackson (Cant' Smile Without You, Finalist in the BBC show I'd Do Anything, Rent with Denise Van Outen, Tonights The Night.)
Joel Elferink (Les Miserables, Imagine This, Cosi, Into The Woods, Home And Away.)
Gemma O'Duffy (We Will Rock You, Footloose , Voice of Musical Theatre 2006, currently appearing in Spring Awakening.)
There will be two performances at 3pm and 6pm at The Ashton Theatre at Shrewsbury School (to be confirmed). All tickets will be £10.
If you are interested in tickets drop me a message or send me an email...graham_a_newell.com More info to follow shortly.
Primavera presents a one-off performance of one of the most popular thrillers of all time - The Woman in White. In his own time, novelist Wilkie Collins was as well known as a playwright as he was as the writer of The Moonstone and The Woman in White. His most enduringly popular novel has been adapted for the big and small screens, and even as a musical, but nothing proves as spine-tingling and haunting as Collins's own adaptation for the stage...
An exciting cast including Joanna Christie (Jill opposite Daniel Radcliffe in Equus), Francesca Jackson (Rent), and Anthony Howell (Foyle's War), present the LAST of Primavera's 'Forgotten Classics' rehearsed readings at the King's Head this year.
You can book tickets in advance from just £5 concessions (including Equity and students) and only £7 full price. Come along for what will be a fun night - the cast and audience always stick around for a drink in the theatre afterwards. The King's Head is easy to get to by bus or tube.
