This Is London - May Holiday 2017

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Photo: Darren Bell.
KINKY BOOTS NEW CAST AND
EXTENDED BOOKING PERIOD
Simon-Anthony Rhoden will take on
the role of Lola and Verity Rushworth,
will star as Lauren in Kinky Boots from
Monday 10 July. Winner of every major
Best Musical award, the show recently
played its 700th performance at
London’s Adelphi Theatre and has a new
booking period until 24 March 2018.
With a book by Broadway legend and
four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey
Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles), and
songs by Grammy® and Tony®
winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this
joyous musical celebration is about the
friendships we discover, and the belief
that you can change the world when you
change your mind.
Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots
takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory
in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks
of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to
live up to his father’s expectations and
continue the family business of Price &
Son. With the factory’s future hanging in
the balance, help arrives in the unlikely
but spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous
performer in need of some sturdy new
stilettos.
For tickets, telephone the box office
on 020 3725 7060.
SVEN RATZKE: STARMAN
PREMIERES AT WONDERGROUND
Starman, the hit show from last year’s
Edinburgh Fringe Festival debuts in
London 7 – 9 June at the London
Wonderground’s Spiegel Tent. Starring
Sven Ratzke, the international supernova
of cabaret who mixes the beautiful
universe of Bowie with his own unique
style of storytelling and reinterpretations
of the stars legendary music.
This brilliant bold homage to David
Bowie combines many of the artist’s
famous numbers such as ‘Space Oddity,’
‘Rebel Rebel,’ ‘Heroes,’ and ‘Rock and
Roll Suicide’ with classic album tracks
plus inspired original songs by Ratzke
and Rachelle Garniez. More than a mere
tribute show, Starman is a one-man rock
musical with unique characters and bold
reinventions of glam rock classics.
BP BIG SCREENS 2017 FROM THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
The Royal Opera House and BP
continue their big screen partnership,
broadcasting three productions live from
Covent Garden this summer to 18
locations nationwide, including Trafalgar
Square and The Scoop London Bridge.
The first screening is The Royal
Ballet’s triple-bill of works from founding
choreographer Frederick Ashton: The
Dream, Symphonic Variations and
Marguerite and Armand on Wednesday
7 June. The Dream is an enchanting
dance adaptation of Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the
breath-taking abstract work on the
beauty of pure movement Symphonic
Variations is Ashton’s first masterpiece,
and Marguerite and Armand, inspired by
the celebrated dance partnership of
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, is a
tragic love story of great lyrical beauty.
Following this is the sumptuous
La traviata on Tuesday 4 July, and
Turandot, which includes the worldfamous
aria ‘Nessun Dorma’ on
Friday 14 July.
La traviata’s story of a beautiful
Parisian courtesan prepared to make the
ultimate sacrifice for love is told through
thrilling ensembles and choruses,
impassioned duets and stunningly
beautiful lyrical arias.
With exclusive backstage footage,
competitions and a new digital app the
screenings continue to be a part of the
summer social calendar with over
22,000 people attending a BP Big
Screen in 2016.
This year, the productions will be
screened to new locations across the
country, including Alexandra Palace,
The Scoop by London Bridge, Brighton
Marina, Teesside University, Newcastle
and Hull the UK’s ‘City of Culture 2017’.
The partnership between BP and the
Royal Opera House has been in place for
28 years. It was the success of the
original Big Screen in 1987 – in the
Covent Garden Piazza – which led to the
concept being rolled out across the UK.
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