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COMEDY: Popular duo Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer


COMEDY pair Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer have announced their first tour since 1995. The tour, 25 Years of Reeves


and Mortimer: The Poignant Years will be a celebration of the first 25 years of their pro- fessional collaboration. The tour, which comes to Car-


diff on November 21, will be a nostalgic moment in the annals of comedy history and a hotly anticipated ticket for fans hop- ing to catch a glimpse of their most popular characters. Mortimer said: “Some people


feel most alive when they are on fire or in Turkey, but for us the stage is where we thrive. “I will ensure Vic arrives at


all dates smartly dressed and unarmed. I promise not to men- tion football, JLS or apricots during the performances. “Should you choose to attend,


be warned, I will be not be wearing a toupé.” Call 02920 224488 for tickets,


which are available from £29.50 plus a booking fee.


Danielle delighted to take on iconic role


ONE of the greatest musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, comes to Cardiff’s New Theatre next week Starring Danielle Hope (Over


the Rainbow) and Steven Houghton (Coronation Street & London’s Burning) this new production based on Baroness Maria von Trapp’s autobiogra- phy will enchant and enthral the young and the young at heart. .


Playing the iconic role of Ma-


ria von Trapp is Danielle Hope, who captured the hearts of the country when she won BBC Tel- evision’s Over the Rainbow and made her professional debut as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. Danielle has since played Eponine in Les Miserables in London ’s West End and Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream- coat.


Danielle recently discussed her new role in The Sound of Music.


How did you get the role of Maria? I got involved through


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Bill Kenwright and I came into the office and did some singing for them and sang through the Maria music, which is just beautiful, and did a couple of scenes. They asked me if this was something I wanted to do, and I said, of course it is! I think it’s one of those amazing roles that is defining, and Julie Andrews is my hero, so to sing any- thing that she has done is just a gift.


Were you familiar with The film version of The Sound of Music? Yes. I’ve never seen


a stage production but that’s kind of nice be- cause I’m approaching it from a completely blank perspective and it’s all fresh, so I can make it my own. As a child, for me it was Mary Poppins but my grandmother, who I lost last year, we sat and watched How To Solve A Problem Like Maria programme (the 2006 BBC talent show cre- ated by Andrew Lloyd


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Webber to find a Maria for his stage production) and it’s the only programme that I watched any of because she put it on and said to me, ‘you’d be able to do something like this’. I said, ‘no, not me’, and we watched it to- gether every Sunday, and I will really, really cherish this role because it will always remind me of her and that gorgeous experience and memory that we shared. And it’s kind of funny because I did Over The Rainbow (Danielle won the 2010 BBC tal- ent show created by Lloyd Web- ber to find a Dorothy for his The Wizard of Oz production), and they searched for a Joseph (the 2007 BBC talent show created by Lloyd Webber to find a lead for his production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and I was in Joseph, and they searched for a Maria and now I’m playing Maria, so I think it’s Jesus next (laughs).


After playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, how does it feel to be in another iconic role? I’m really, really excited and I


think her character, kind of like Dorothy, she’s in that transitional phase, and it’s like the adult ver- sion of that and seeking what’s new and falling in love with the Captain and the children and the family. And it’s funny about hav- ing shoes to fill because I had


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DANIELLEHOPE talks about playing the iconic role of Maria in The Sound ofMusic


ICONIC ROLE: Danielle Hope plays Maria in The Sound of Music Picture: Pamela Raith


massive ruby shoes to fill the first time and then it was on to Les Miserables, which everyone has cherished for over 30 years now. But with Maria I’m just going to do my best to tell her story in my way and I’m really excited to meet the cast and start with them.


What would be your ultimate musical role to play? I would love to play Christine


in Phantom of the Opera. An- other one of Andrew’s shows and I just know that my dad would love to see me play that and it would be so special for me to be able to sing that for him. He’s a big fan and it’s the first thing he watched me sing live because I was so shy as a child, and I didn’t really start singing until I was 14, and it was the first time I let him come


to my high school and watch me perform. And I’ve always thought, if I could just play Christine for my dad. And for myself, I just love Andrew’s music and having worked with him from day one, it would be lovely to revisit one of his shows. Same with Eva Peron, it’s another one of my all-time favourites of his. Who do you count among your musical inspirations? Definitely Julie Andrews, of


course! Hannah Waddingham, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz with me, was one of my huge inspirations. I saw her in Into The Woods


at Regent’s Park before doing Dorothy, and I was like, wow, that woman is just on another planet, crazy good! Then it turned out she was my witch and got to scare me for the year, so that was really amaz- ing. The Sound of Music is at the


FAMILY FAVOURITE: The Sound of Music Picture: Pamela Raith


New Theatre from Tuesday March 17- Saturday March 28. Tickets are on sale now with tickets from £14to £45. For further details about the show or to book tickets* visit www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk or call the Box Office on (029) 2087 8889.


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