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    <title><![CDATA[UK Tickets - Event - Hairspray - London]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hairspray: Tickets from £21.50!]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Best available Grand Circle seats &pound;21.50 and best available top price &pound;38.50. Valid Tuesday to&nbsp;Friday from&nbsp;5th&nbsp;January to 18th&nbsp;March 2010.Subject to availability.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hairspray Welcomes Phill, Belinda and Sharon]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hairspray hailed the arrival of new cast members Phill Jupitus, Belinda Carlisle and Sharon D Clarke with a meet and greet event at the Teatro Members Bar in London last night. UK Tickets staff were delighted to attend and welcome the new arrivals.&lsquo;Don&rsquo;t Forget Sundays!&rsquo; That was the message from Phill Jupitus to the assembled throng. From 8th November Hairspray will introduce a 3pm Sunday Matinee to give fans an even greater choice when booking those weekend tickets. Phill&rsq...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hairspray and Conley Hold Audience Spirits High]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Stepping into Michael Ball&rsquo;s high heels can&rsquo;t have been easy but Brian Conley is clearly having a whale of a time playing larger than life mother Edna Turnblad in the sparkling bubblegum musical Hairspray.Monday&rsquo;s audience gave another standing ovation to the young cast and stage veteran Conley, not to mention Nigel Planer, unrecognisable from his many TV credits as loving husband, easy-going father and eccentric joke shop owner Wilbur Turnblad. Song and Dance SpectacularAfter ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hairspray Exclusive - Phil Jupitus to play Edna]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[UK Tickets can exclusively reveal that Phil Jupitus will be joining the Hairspray cast in October taking over from Brian Conley.Edna TurnbladJuiptus will play Tracey&rsquo;s mother Edna Turnblad. The role of Edna keeps gaining momentum, with theatre legend Michael Ball having already played the role and funny man Brian Conley, who joined the cast last month, currently performing.  New recruit Phil Juiptus famous for BBC Two&rsquo;s popular music quiz &lsquo;Never Mind the Buzzcocks&rsquo;, will ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ben James Ellis]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Is ben james ellis leaving when michael ball is ?
If not when is he?
Thanks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brian Conley as Edna Turnblad: New Pictures]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Producers of Hairspray have released the first pictures of Brian Conley as Edna Turnblad, and UK Tickets thinks he looks fantastic.When UK Tickets caught up with Brian at celebrity hotspot The Ivy, he told us all about his new role. &ldquo;I love it,&rdquo; he laughed, &ldquo;but I think it&rsquo;s hilarious that I have to wear less padding than Michael Ball!&rdquo; With a new actor taking the role, designers took the opportunity to rethink some of the costumes.&ldquo;All that dancing with those...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Nigel Planer leaving Hairspray?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I know he hasn't been in it for long but is Nigel Planer leaving Hairspray when Michael Ball does in July?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 11:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hairspray: What's going right?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As Hairspray approaches its first major cast change in almost two years in the West End, UK Tickets takes a look at what has fast become one of London&rsquo;s most popular shows.Based on the quirky cult 1988 film, written and directed by the eccentric John Waters and starring such cultural legends as Sonny Bono, Debbie Harry and Divine alongside a young Ricki Lake, Hairspray made its first appearance on Broadway in 2002. On the surface, Hairspray was a big, bright, fun show, but like the movie i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 09:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Confirmed: Brian Conley is new Edna]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As previously hinted by UK Tickets, Hairspray&rsquo;s producers have now confirmed that Brian Conley will be taking over the role of Edne Turnblad after Michael Ball leaves the show on 25 July. As we predicted, Wicked&rsquo;s Liam Tamne and newcomer Chloe Hart will complete the principal line-up Link Larkin and Tracy Turnblad, taking the roles over from Ben James Ellis and Leanne Jones.   Chloe Hart, Brian Conley and Liam TamneHairspray fans are already excited about Brian Conley&rsquo;s arrival...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hairpsray: the New Kids?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Gossip regarding Hairspray&rsquo;s new principal line-up has settled and we are now awaiting official confirmation. Michael Ball, Ben James Ellis and Leanne Jones (Edna, Link and Tracy respectively) will all be leaving the show in July after almost two years. As previously reported, British comedian, actor and singer Brian Conley has been pointed to as a new Edna, and the same story appeared in the Daily Mail late last week. Conley had previously revealed that he was studying the script in an i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brian Conley as the new Edna?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ It has been suggested that TV comedian Brian Conley will be stepping into Michael Ball's fat suit as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.Michael Ball is due to leave the show on 25 July after the longest unbroken contarct in a single show of his twenty-five year career, and his replacement has been the subject of rumour since his first contract expired early last year. Other names mentioned have included Cheers star George Wendt who played the role on Broadway, Freddie Starr and Peter Kay.Brian Conley (...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Planer and Rushworth join Hairspray]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From February 2, smash hit musical Hairspray will see the arrival of Nigel Planer and Verity Rushworth as Ian Talbot and Elinor Collett leave the show. Nigel Planer, as already reported by UK Tickets, will take over the role of Wilbur Turnblad, bumbling and lovable husband of Michael Ball&rsquo;s hilarious, big, blonde and beautiful Edna.  Verity Rushworth, best known as Emmerdale&rsquo;s Donna Windsor-Dingle, makes her professional stage debut as Penny Pingleton, Tracy Turnblad&rsquo;s socially...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nigel Planer in Hairspray?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nigel Planer, star of We Will Rock You and Wicked is rumoured to be joining the cast of Hairspray next month. Probably best known as depressed hippy Neil in the anarchic 1980&rsquo;s sitcom The Young Ones, Planer&rsquo;s other television credits have included the series Shine on Harvey Moon, French and Saunders, Blackadder the Third, The Grimleys and Filthy, Rich &amp; Catflap. Having had some novelty music success in the early 1980&rsquo;s as Neil and with spoof rock band Bad News alongside You...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Michael Ball: from big hair to big top?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hairspray star Michael Ball is said to be in talks with Cameron Mackintosh&rsquo;s planned production of Barnum. The show is in very early stages of development and is, for the moment, scheduled to open somewhere in the West End in early 2010, so there is still time for Michael to extend his contract with Hairspray one more time. Michael has already extended twice and has been vocal about how much he is still relishing the role, his longest unbroken run in one show of his entire career. His faul...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[michael ball]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Who plays Edna when Michael Ball is off? Is it a man or a woman?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Nicest (Newest) Kids in Town]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today the musical phenomenon Hairspray welcomes some new faces into its cast. The role of spiteful mother and daughter Velma and Amber von Tussle will now be played by Liz Robertson and Zoe Rainey, and young Inez will be played by sixteen year old newcomer Raquel Jones.Robertson is a veteran of musical theatre, having appeared in The Phantom of the Opera and a number of West End premieres as well as frequent roles on Broadway. Zoe Rainey was recently seen in the Donmar Warehouse&rsquo;s 2007 rev...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Michael Ball: Big, Blonde and Beautiful till April 2009]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Good news for Hairspray fans: producers announced this week that Michael Ball has renewed his contract and is to remain in the role of Edna Turnblad until 25th April 2009.A musical theatre legend, Ball won the Best Actor title at the 2008 Olivier awards for his hilarious portrayal of busty Edna which was surprisingly his first Olivier in a long and varied career. Beginning in rep at Basingstoke, Ball got his big breaks in Pirates of Penzance at the Manchester Opera House in 1984 and, more import...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hairspray: The School Musical]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This autumn, Sky One will broadcast Hairspray: The School Musical, an eight part series following the process of staging the international smash hit musical Hairspray in a school. Denise Van Outen presents as students from Kingsmead Comprehensive in Enfield try out and get cast in what will be the show&rsquo;s first amateur production. The &lsquo;nicest kids in town&rsquo; (who include a girl unfortunately named Bronte) are helped along with the expertise of Any Dream Will Do judge Zoe Tyler, St...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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