Adam Cooper and Carly Mercedes Dyer will take the lead in Leicester Curve’s eagerly-awaited new production of classic Broadway musical A Chorus Line this Christmas. Currently reprising his acclaimed performance in the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Singin’ in the Rain at Sadler’s Wells, award-winning dancer and choreographer Cooper (Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Swan […]
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Rescheduled dates and cast for Curve’s rescheduled reopening season
Leicester Curve has revealed new dates and further casting for the highly anticipated reopening season delayed by the current national lockdown. Live theatre will now return to Leicester Curve for the first time since the venue closed its doors to the public in March, on 18 December (four days later than originally planned) with the […]
Peter Andre to join Curve’s Grease tour
Pop star and television personality Peter Andre will play Teen Angel for a number of dates when Curve’s hit version of Grease hits the road in 2019. The first new production of the much-loved musical in 25 years will follow its sold- out run in Leicester with tour dates from mid-June 2019. Directed by Curve’s […]
Curve reveals White Christmas will be 2018 festive musical to mark 10th birthday year
A brand new adaptation of festive favourite Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will be the 2018 festive musical at Curve. Chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster have exclusively revealed Curve will be producing the classic musical and have hinted at other plans they have in store to celebrate 10 years of Curve. Curve […]
Grease at Curve this Christmas – casting revealed
Casting has been revealed for for Curve’s Christmas production of hit musical Grease. Dex Lee and Jessica Paul lead the cast as Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski with Keisha Atwell, Darren Bennett, Sophie Camble, Jonny Fines, Courtney George, Luke George,Shobna Gulati, Patrick Harper, Abigayle Honeywill, Sophie Isaacs, Max Jorquera, Sinead Kenny, Nathanael Landskroner, Michael Lin, Martin McCarthy, Sam Murphy, Djalenga Scott, Justin Thomas and Natalie Woods completing the company. The production opens on 1 December, with previews from 26 November, and runs until […]
Verity Rushworth – Chicago-bound
Former soap star Verity Rushworth is taking on the role of Velma Kelly at the Curve, Leicester, in a brand new production of Chicago. As the show’s memorable opening line states, it’s ‘a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery’. Bit like an episode of Emmerdale, really. Born in West Yorkshire, Rushworth […]
Hot Stuff dazzles, sizzles and giggles
Playing at the Curve, Leicester until May 26. There is an insatiable appetite in Leicester for the rock musical Hot Stuff, an audacious, impudent, high-energy re-working of the Faust legend in which Joe Soap abandons his sweetheart, Julie, on the dance floor and sells his soul to Lucy Fur for fame and fortune as a rock singer. […]
