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Strictly Ballroom to Premiere in Sydney
The stage musical version of Strictly Ballroom will receive its world premiere in Sydney according to reports on BroadwayWorld com following an announcement by the show’s creator Baz Luhrmann and his fellow Australian producers As revealed last October Global Creatures and Bazmark the multimedia company founded by Luhrmann and Catherine ...
Dirty Dancing Announces London Closure
Dirty Dancing has posted closing notices at the Aldwych Theatre The popular show which opened more than four years ago in October and became the longest running show in the history of the venue has revealed performances will cease after July before embarking on a National Tour Producers Excited by ...
Charlie Bruce Takes Dirty Dancing Lead
Dancing champion Charlie Bruce has hot-footed it into the leading role of Frances 'Baby' Houseman in Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre this week Bruce the winner of BBC's So You Think You Can Dance has been playing the character of 'Gina' in the show since the summer and ...
Ghost the Musical to Open in 2011
Ghost the Musical will receive its world premiere in at the Manchester Opera House opening for a limited week season from March to May prior to a West End transfer The Piccadilly Theatre where Grease is currently in its third year is rumoured to be a possible venue Eurythmics Star’s ...
UKTickets Review: Dirty Dancing
After seeing the fantastic Burn the Floor last month at the Shaftesbury Theatre UKTickets felt the need this week for another fix of dance-floor fever It’s hard to believe that Dirty Dancing is coming up to four years at the Aldwych theatre With new cast members recently added including X-Factor ...
Quinn heads to the Aldwych
Pop star turned TV star turned West End regular Ray Quinn will join the cast of Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre from the July – November Ray QuinnIt’s hard to believe that Quinn first became a household name on the X-Factor up against the incredibly talented Leona Lewis Although ...
Film to Stage
The West End is seeing a big increase in the number of film to stage musicals opening within the last year and another on the way Although some regular theatregoers are panning the idea each of the shows has its own success story A few have said its degrading the ...
Still Dancing Dirty
The stage phenomenon Dirty Dancing will celebrate its rd Birthday this month with an extension taking it into its th birthday Birthday Dirty Dancing opened at the Aldwych Theatre to rave reviews on the th October smashing all box office records by selling £ million advance tickets The show ...
Dirty Dancing Star Loses Cancer Fight
Patrick Swayze star of the cult film Dirty Dancing lost his battle against pancreatic cancer and passed away on Monday in Los Angeles Swayze had continued working since being diagnosed with the disease in filming a TV drama series ‘The Beast’ despite the seriousness of his condition The son of ...
Dirty Dancing Valentine's Day Gala
At on Saturday February the London production of Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre will be hosting its third Valentine’s Day gala Previous galas in aid of Breast Cancer Care and domestic abuse charity Refuge will see the record breaking show helping out Capital FM’s own charity Help a London ...
