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C’mon everybody, it is a newElvis musical


A NEW musical inspired by and featuring the music of Elvis Presley, is coming to the Bristol Hippodrome from June 15-20. Love me Tender is an hilari-


ous feel-good musical featur- ing Elvis Presley’s greatest hits. In a small town in 1950s America, a guitar-playing, hip-swivelling stranger rides his motorbike into town. Is he The Devil in Disguise


or a Hound Dog in his Blue Suede Shoes? The townsfolk are about to


be All Shook Up and could be headed for Heartbreak Ho- tel, but for Natalie, the love- struck, tomboy mechanic, it really is Nowor Never. Packed with 25 of the best-


loved songs by the King, Love me Tender, by the writer of the award-wining West End and Broadway smash hit Memphis, is a funny and mov- ing tale of hope, second chanc-


LOVE ME TENDER: Mica Paris


es and the healing qualities of rock’ n’ roll. Adam Spiegel Productions,


Robert G Bartner and the Am- bassador Theatre Group have nowannounced the full cast for the UK tour. Joining Mica Paris as Sylvia


will be Sian Reeves as Mayor Matilda Hyde and Shaun Wil- liamson as Jim, with Ben Lewis as Chad. The rest of the company includes: Mark Anderson as Dennis’ Aretha Ayeh as Lorraine; Chris How- ell as Sheriff Earl; Felix Mosse as Dean; Laura Tebbutt as Natalie; Kate Tydman as Miss Sandra; Sophie Ayres; Jamie Hughes-Ward; Will Jeffs; Jacob Maynard; Matthew McKenna; Elliot Powell; Stephanie Rojas; Ruthie Stephens; Paulo Teix- eira; Lindsey Tierney; Sharon Wattis and T’Shan Williams. For further details visitwww. LoveMeTenderMusical.com


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Clueless sleuth has even cast laughing


IN A year that sees the 125th anniversary of the birth of Agatha Christie, a group of performers are paying trib- ute to this most famous of crime novelists by putting on a spoof sleuth. The latest production from Abergavenny Theatre Group (ATG) to come to the town’s Borough Theatre is David Tristram’s Inspector Drake’s Last Case, a comical celebra- tion of the whole murder- mystery genre. Following the success of


Spoof Drama


last year’s comeback show Black Comedy, the group are sticking with the comedy theme to produce a play that puts an audience’s deduc- tion skills fully to the test while also ensuring laughs come aplenty. “It can best be described as


‘Agatha Christie meets Air- plane meets Python’,” said Mari-Anne Gibson, publici- ty officer for ATGand one of


SPOOF SLEUTH: Inspector Drake’s Last Case


the many ‘suspects.’ There are certain scenes in which, despite rehearsing many times, we still can’t stop our- selves from laughing.” “Hopefully, this will be the audience’s reaction too!” Long-serving member


John Geraghty and recent A4B award winner Deirdre Mahon take a break from treading the boards to direct the show which includes manyATGfamiliar faces but also welcomes some new- comers to the stage. ATG regular Les Hayes


takes up the title role of the hapless Inspector Drake, who, aided by his imbecilic sidekick PC Plod (Nick Wat- kins), interrogates a number of interesting and colourful suspects for the murder of a wealthy widow in a 1930s manor house. “As PC Plod says in his nar- ration, just when you think you know who the culprit is, it’s time to think again!” Inspector Drake’s Last


WHODUNNIT?: The cast of Inspector Drake’s Last Case Harry and Paul live


LOADSAMONEY, the Old Gits, Smashie and Nicey, Kevin the Teenager, Julio Geordio, The Scoucers, The Writer and the Landlady, The Surgeons, to name but a few… Harry Enfield and Paul White- house have been working to- gether for 25 years. Now, for the first time ever, they will all appear live in a UK tour which comes to Cardiff later this year, that promises to revive and re- vitalise a quarter of a century of classic comedy characters. What’s happened to Kevin?


Has Loadsamoney still got the dosh? Does Smashie still do a lot of good work for charity and love all the Lidl people? Does Nicey still have his knighthood? Does Mr Cholmondley Warner think Women Know Their Lim- its? Aviva of ‘em said to the


other “Now I’m considerably richer than you?” Should Harry and Paul think


again before embarking on this countrywide celebration of their legendary partnership? “Oi! Enfield! Whitehouse! No!” Harry said: “We’ve wanted to


put ourTVcharacters into a live tour for a while and now seems the right time. We’ve never performed them live before, so we’re really looking forward to the tour.” Paul said: “I’m really looking forward to performing the characters again and this time for a live audience. I hope the shows will bring back some great memories.” Tickets for Harry Enfield &


Paul Whitehouse at Cardiff Mo- torpoint Arena on October 26 are available online from ticket master.co.uk.


Case will run at Abergaven- ny Borough Theatre from, June 11-13, at 7.30pm nightly. Tickets cost £8 (£7 conces- sions) and can be booked online at www.boroughthe- atreabergavenny.co.uk or on 01873 850805.


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