ENTERTAINMENT ANTON & ERIN
IT’S SHOWTIME
ANTON AND ERIN HEAD TO THE DANCE F LOOR
It’s been a long time coming, but the nation’s favourite ballroom couple are back on the dancefloor with a brand new tour. Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag have been beloved household names since they first appeared on the very first episode of Strictly Come Dancing way back in 2004 and are still as popular as ever, both on screen and in the live setting, where they have been regular fixtures up and down the country with incredible touring productions that have to be seen to be believed.
The pair had to postpone their 2021 tour due to coronavirus restrictions, but are now delighted to be back this year with a show that is going to be worth the wait - the incredible Showtime, coming to Birmingham at the end of the month.
With stunning costumes, fabulous live vocals, a high- energy West End dance ensemble and a sensational 23-piece orchestra, it’s a glittering celebration that pays tribute to some of the world’s greatest icons of entertainment, inspired by an array of classic performers including Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Liza Minelli, Elton John and many more.
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Anton couldn’t be more excited to get back to doing what he and his partner Erin do best, putting on a show that brings a smile to people’s faces.
He said: “The bottom line is you're putting on a show that's really entertaining, one where people will walk out saying: ‘What a great night!’, so you don’t want to reinvent the wheel with obscure music or make it a contemporary dance thing, because that's not what it says on the tin, it says Showtime. It’s a song and dance show that’s purely about entertainment. So the music has to be familiar with some pieces that people won't massively recognise, or won't have heard for a long time, but will love all the same, as they are iconic pieces.
“The choreography has to be spectacular and entertaining, too. Even the dresses are iconic. So what's being played and what you’re seeing, everything has to come together. We want people just to be able to sit down comfortably and be taken away.”
Both Anton and Erin are very involved in every aspect of the production, but the pair insist that it’s very much a team effort that they couldn’t possibly do all on their own.
Erin said: “We’re pretty hands-on to a certain extent. We have a lot of involvement and everything is run past us. We discuss the music and what’s going to happen, but we have a director now who comes in, makes suggestions and puts the pieces together,
“If we wanted to, we could do a lot less and just turn up, do
the pieces and go, but we like to have a lot of involvement. I go in and do all the costumes with them and all get together to do the music with everybody.”
Unsurprisingly, Anton is completely in sync with his dancing partner, saying: “Yes, the music choice is very much a group affair. So we have the MD, Richard Balcombe, Nikki Woollaston, who is our choreographer and director, and us all in a room talking about musical choices and talking about shape of show, talking about direction of the show, title and the sort of narrative that runs through the show. We are very involved in the five ballroom numbers, but the rest of the show is down to Nikki. She puts together all the ensemble pieces, the flow and the run of it because you can't do that when you're in it. We tried that first year, and learnt pretty quickly that you need to be out front to do that. Anybody that thinks they can do it from onstage, well they're either better than me at it, or better than us at it, or they've got three eyes.”
As well as the ballroom, Showtime covers lots of different dancing styles that aren’t especially in Anton and Erin’s wheelhouse, but they have the best team working with them and can rely on each other to make sure they all hit their marks every time.
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