This Is London - December

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Photo: Michael Le Poer Trench. Photo: Matt Crockett.
LES MIS – THE STAGED CONCERT
DATES EXTENDED
Performances are to begin on
5 December for Les Misérables –The
Staged Concert at the Sondheim Theatre.
Extra performances until 28 February have
also been added to enable the public who
have so far been unable to get tickets to
see the show. Public excitement for Les
Misérables – The Staged Concert was
exceptional and tens of thousands of
people had to be turned away. Before
public booking opens for the new
performances at 10.00 on 4 December,
priority booking will be given to patrons
who need to be re-seated.
This spectacular production has a
Company of over 50 actors and musicians
drawn from the alumni of several
productions of Les Misérables. In
preparation for the opening Cameron
Mackintosh has connected the Sondheim
with his other theatre next door, the
Gielgud, in order for the production to
utilise backstage facilities and dressing
rooms, doubling the backstage space to
ensure the maximum safety of the
performers and the staff. For the
new performances the majority of
the Company will be able to
continue, with the four principals
– Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie
Hope Fletcher and Matt Lucas –
only be able to play a limited
number of these dates due to
previous commitments.
Cameron Mackintosh’s
production of Les Misérables is
written by Alain
Boublil and Claude-Michel
Schönbergand is based on the
novel by Victor Hugo
.
UTE LEMPER: RENDEZVOUS WITH
MARLENE
When Marlene Dietrich phoned a
young singer out of the blue, the icon
stayed on the line for an unforgettable
three hours... 30 years later West End
and Broadway star Ute Lemper reveals
all in her 5-star critically acclaimed
show ‘Ute Lemper: Rendezvous With
Marlene’.
Now, following a sold out London
season, ‘Ute Lemper: Rendezvous With
Marlene’ will be streamed globally on
Saturday 5 December, after being filmed
at Club Cumming in New York with Alan
Cummin and Ute Lemper as producers.
Ute Lemper in Rendezvous With Marlene.
Ute said: ‘This is a magical fusion of
theatre and cinema with gorgeous music
that will take you on an intense journey.’
Awarded the Moliére Award for her
performance as Sally Bowles in ‘Cabaret’
in Paris, Ute Lemper decided to write a
postcard to legendary Hollywood icon
Marlene Dietrich, who was also living in
the French capital, to apologise for all
the media attention that had hailed Ute
as a new star and compared the
youngster to the legendary icon.
Photo: Russ Rowland.
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