Welcome to the jungle
A new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book is on a national tour with the Children’s Touring Partnership. Written in 1894, Kipling’s
tale has been reimagined with a musical score and script. The Jungle Book tells of Mowgli,
West End debut for The Moderate Soprano
David Hare’s play The Moderate Soprano will make its West End premiere at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, with performances from April 5-June 30. Jeremy Herrin, whose celebrated
production played a sold-out run at Hampstead Theatre in 2015, will return to direct the play with new set and costume designs. Roger Allam and Nancy Carroll
(pictured) will reprise the roles of Glyndebourne founder John Christie and soprano Audrey Mildmay. The two great passions in John Christie’s life were opera and a beautiful young soprano, Audrey Mildmay, with whom he was completely smitten. Together they fuelled what many first saw as a monumental folly in the South Downs. Glyndebourne opera house was triumphantly born amid stiff manhattans, rolling lawns and the sound of sheep from nearby fields.
themoderatesoprano.com
King of rock ‘n’ roll tour
Marking 50 years since Elvis Presley’s televised special aired on NBC Television, This Is Elvis – Burkbank and Vegas has embarked on a national tour. Elvis is played by renowned
tribute artist Steve Michaels, who has previously played alongside some of Presley’s band members including drummer DJ Fontana and bassist Jerry Scheff.
travelgbi.com It’s 1968 – the musical event of
the year is the first live TV special for Elvis Presley in what would come to be known as ‘The ’68 Comeback Special’.
a boy raised by wolves who battles for survival in the jungle. With the help of his animal
friends, including Bagheera the panther, Balloo the bear and Kaa the python, Mowgli outwits the cruel and powerful tiger, Shere Khan.
The play is at the Richmond Theatre (February 7-10), then
moves on to Liverpool, High Wycombe, Bromley, Malvern, Cambridge, Newcastle, Plymouth, Norwich, Nottingham, Canterbury, Salford and finally reaches Blackpool (May 8-12). Playwright Jessica Swale
adapted the book for stage. She said: “I jumped at the chance to adapt The Jungle Book because it’s such a vivid world – yet, for a writer, there’s so much opportunity to imagine the jungle afresh.”
junglebooklive.co.uk
Comedy drama examines family life
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‘RAZZLE DAZZLE’ RETURNS: The world’s longest- running American musical, Chicago, returns to London’s West End after a five-and-a-half-year absence. Following a successful UK and international tour, Chicago will transfer to London, with performances at the Phoenix
Theatre from March 26.
chicagowestend.com Twelve months later Elvis stars in
Vegas, performing live and securing his place in history as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
The tour will visit Windsor,
Blackpool, Edinburgh, Dartford, Aylesbury, Weston-Super-Mare, Wimbledon, Birmingham, Stoke, Malvern, Cardiff, Liverpool, Woking, Leeds, Manchester, Sunderland, Darlington, Brighton, Bristol and Torquay.
atgtickets.com/shows/this-is-elvis
London-based theatre company Mongrel Thumb has announced casting for the world premiere of Stephanie Jacob’s new comic drama, Again. Hannah Price directs Rosie Day (Izzy), Chris Larkin (Tom), Natasha Little (Louise) and Charles Reston (Adam). A once close-knit family reunites after a long period of estrangement. In this warm and touchingly comic new drama, Stephanie Jacob peels away the facades and re-sets the clock. As the four characters tussle for what they think they want, the audience peers in to the recesses of that unknowable unit which so shapes each of our lives: the family. Again will run at Trafalgar Studios until March 3.
mongrelthumb.com
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