Synopsis
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award®-winning (Best Musical, Best Original Score & Best Book of a Musical) masterpiece Sunset Boulevard, directed by Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster and starring Ria Jones, who received standing ovations every night when performing the role at the London Coliseum, as Norma Desmond and Strictly Come Dancing’s Danny Mac as Joe Gillis.
One of the all-time great musicals, Sunset Boulevard is a compelling story of romance and obsession, based on Billy Wilder‘s legendary film, with Don Black and Christopher Hampton‘s wonderful book and lyrics.
In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, faded, silent-screen goddess, Norma Desmond, lives in a fantasy world. Impoverished screen writer, Joe Gillis, on the run from debt collectors, stumbles into her reclusive world. Persuaded to work on Norma’s ‘masterpiece’, a film script that she believes will put her back in front of the cameras, he is seduced by her and her luxurious life-style. Joe becomes entrapped in a claustrophobic world until his love for another woman leads him to try and break free with dramatic consequences.
With its much-loved score (including Sunset Boulevard, With One Look, The Greatest Star Of All and The Perfect Year) performed with full orchestra, this “MAJESTIC, MESMERIZING AND TEASINGLY SEDUCTIVE!” (The Evening Standard) production promises to be a spectacular evening.
Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Tickets
£40* – £10*
DISCOUNTS
£18* Under 16s
£20 16 – 26 yrs
£2.50 off for over 60s and registered unemployed
£15 Under 18s school groups
£4 off for Groups 10+
£5 off for Groups 20+
15% off for Members or 241 Tickets for Members on Mon 18 Sep
THEATRE DAY
Wed 27 Sep 10.30am
A chance to meet the cast and creatives of Sunset Boulevard over a cup of tea, and participate in a backstage tour and onstage workshop before seeing the show.
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Credits & Acknowledgments
MUSIC BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
BOOK & LYRICS BY DON BLACK & CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
BASED ON THE BILLY WILDER FILM
DIRECTOR NIKOLAI FOSTER
DESIGNER COLIN RICHMOND
CHOREOGRAPHER LEE PROUD
MUSICAL DIRECTOR ADRIAN KIRK
LIGHTING DESIGNER BEN CRACKNELL
SOUND DESIGNER TOM MARSHALL
VIDEO DESIGNER DOUGLAS O’CONNELL
CASTING DIRECTOR DAVID GRINDROD
REHEARSAL AND PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY MANUEL HARLAN
Curve in association with Michael Harrison Entertainment and David Ian Productions.
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Reviews
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S MUSICAL IS A GLORIOUS, THRILL A MINUTE TRIUMPH
Daily Telegraph