CRAZY FOR YOU
Sunderland Empire
Tuesday 24th – Saturday 28th April
2018
High energy, high kicking and gloriously glamorous, the acclaimed
Watermill Theatre production of Crazy For You is the ultimate feel-good musical starring Claire
Sweeney
as Irene, Tom Chambers as
Bobby and Charlotte Wakefield as
Polly. Following rave reviews, the tour is set to
reopen from
the 16 January 2018 at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, with a date at
Sunderland Empire in April 2018.
Mistaken identities, plot twists, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth of
memorable tunes, including I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Take That Away From
Me, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Embraceable You, all
feature in this exhilarating celebration of the great Broadway
musicals.
Claire Sweeney has a television and theatre career
which spans over 20 years. She is probably best known for playing the role of
‘Lindsey Corkhill’ in “Brookside”. Other television credits include
“Clocking Off” and “Merseybeat” along with a presenting role on “60 Minute
Makeover” and a panellist on ITV’s “Loose Women”. Claire’s West End roles
include ‘Roxie Hart’ in “Chicago” and ‘Miss Adelaide” in “Guys and Dolls”.
Claire previously played the title role in “Educating Rita” at London’s Menier
Chocolate Factory and prior to that, played ‘Paulette’ in the UK tour of the
award winning “Legally Blonde”. She most recently appeared as ‘Baroness
Bomburst’ in the National Tour of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”.
Tom Chambers created the role of Jerry Travers in the West End musical “Top Hat”,
for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. In
2008 he won the 6th season of “Strictly Come Dancing”. He can
currently be seen in the hit BBC drama “Casualty” and his other TV credits
include “Holby City” and “Waterloo Road”. His recent stage credits
include “Private Lives” and “White Christmas” in the West End.
Charlotte
Wakefield
made her West End debut as ‘Wendla’ in “Spring Awakening”, for which she was
nominated for an Olivier Award. She played ‘Maria’ in the critically acclaimed
production of “The Sound of Music” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre receiving
nominations for Best Actress in a Musical at both the Evening Standard and
Olivier Awards. Her other theatre credits include ‘Sophie’ in “Mamma Mia!” in
the West End, ‘Truly Scrumptious’ in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and Laurey in
“Oklahoma!”, both on national tour.
The cast is completed by Arthur
Boan, Daniel Bolton, Hollie Cassar, Neil Ditt, Kate-Anne Fenton, Cristopher
Fry, Stacey Ghent, Matthew James Hinchliffe, Kieran Kuypers, Kate
Milner-Evans, Emma Jane Morton, Kate Robson-Stuart, Ned Rudkins-Stow, Seren
Sandham-Davies, Mark Sangster and Abi Casson Thompson.
With a fabulous score from the Gershwin brothers’ songbook, Crazy For You is directed by The
Watermill’s Artistic Director, Paul
Hart, with musical arrangements by Catherine Jayes (The Color Purple, Broadway). It is choreographed by Nathan M. Wright (High Society, Old
Vic) and is designed by Diego Pitarch (The
Addams Family). Lighting design is by Howard
Hudson (In the Heights) with sound design by Tom Marshall (Legally Blonde).
Crazy For You
has
Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, Book by Ken Ludwig,
co-conception by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent. It is inspired by material by Guy
Bolton and John McGowan. Crazy For You was
originally produced on Broadway by Roger Horchow and Elizabeth Williams. Original
Broadway Choreography by Susan Stroman.
Tickets:
Tickets available in person at
the Box Office on High Street West, from the Ticket Centre on 0844 871 3022* or
online from our affiliate ATG Tickets at www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland*
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