Hairspray continues at the Waterside Theatre, Ayelsbury until 11 September 2021 and then tours until 2 April 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s the first show at Aylesbury Waterside since before the pandemic hit and heartbreakingly forced many of our theatres to shut. With the doors now fully open, what […]
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Casting for Hairspray 2021/2022 UK and Ireland tour
Alex Bourne, Brenda Edwards and Norman Pace will be hitting the high notes in Hairspray when the UK and Ireland tour relaunches at Plymouth Theatre Royal on 24 June 2021. Bourne (Annie, Mamma Mia!) will step into the distinctive high hair and high heels of Edna Turnblad opposite comedy star Pace (Chicago, The Rocky Horror […]
Hairspray – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and Touring
Hairspray was reviewed at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; the tour then continues until 3 June 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Off to a head start (if you’ll forgive the pun) in the Donald Gordon Theatre at Wales Millennium Centre, this brand new touring production of Hairspray ticks most of […]
Hairspray tour – casting details
Casting has been revealed for the touring production of the hit musical Hairspray which will begin its second major UK and Ireland tour in Cardiff on 16 August 2017. Comedian and actor Norman Pace [pictured left] will play Wilbur Turnblad, while Rebecca Mendoza makes her professional debut playing Tracy Turnblad. Matt Rixon (Edna Turnblad), Brenda Edwards […]
The Rocky Horror Show tour – Norman Pace joins cast
Comedian and actor Norman Pace will join fellow comedian Steve Punt and former Coronation Street star Charlie Condou in the new touring version of Christopher Luscombe’s 40th Anniversary re-working of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Show. The trio will share the role of The Narrator in the well-received production, with Pace making his Rocky Horror […]
Annie Get Your Gun – Opera House, Manchester
Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Opera House, Manchester before touring until 4 October 2014. When the London production of Annie Get Your Gun premiered at the Coliseum on 7 June 1947, the Times’ unnamed critic was in no doubt that the Broadway import’s success belonged to Irving Berlin’s “many amusing and attractive songs” and also the […]
Annie Get Your Gun – Jason Donovan and Emma Williams are cast
A major new production of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun, with Emma Williams as Annie Oakley, Jason Donovan as Frank Butler and Norman Pace as Buffalo Bill, will tour the UK from May this year. As part of the Ambassador Theatre Group’s ‘Manchester Gets It First’ initiative, the production, directed by Ian Talbot, will […]
