KEVIN KENNEDY TO PLAY ‘DENNIS’,
ZOE BIRKETT ‘JUSTICE’,
JODIE STEELE ‘SHERRIE’,
LUKE WALSH ‘DREW’,
LUCAS RUSH ‘LONNY’,
ANDREW CARTHY ‘FRANZ’
VAS CONSTANTI ‘HERTZ’
AND RHIANNON CHESTERMAN ‘REGINA’
Rock
Of Ages
Sunderland
Empire
Tuesday
23rd – Saturday 27th July 2019
Dan
Looney, Adam Paulden, Jason Haigh-Ellery and Selladoor Worldwide are delighted
to announce further dates for the UK tour of the award-winning smash-hit
musical Rock Of Ages at Sunderland Empire Tuesday 23rd –
Saturday 27th July 2019.
Kevin Kennedy will play
‘Dennis’, North East’s Zoe Birkett ‘Justice’,
Jodie Steele ‘Sherrie’, Luke Walsh ‘Drew’, Lucas Rush ‘Lonny’, Andrew
Carthy ‘Franz’, Vas Constanti
‘Hertz’ and Rhiannon Chesterman
‘Regina’. Further casing to be announced soon.
“ROCK OF AGES” is an LA love
story lavished with over 25 classic rock anthems. Lose yourself in a city and a time where the dreams are as big as
the hair, and yes, they can come true!
This
hilarious musical comedy features the songs, including We Built This City, The Final Countdown, Here I Go Again, Can’t Fight
this Feeling and I Want To Know What
Love Is, played loud and proud by an awesome live band.
WARNING:
CONTAINS SERIOUS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL DEBAUCHERY!
Kevin Kennedy is probably
best known for his portrayal of ‘Curly Watts’ in “Coronation Street”. His West
End theatre credits include ‘Amos’ in “Chicago” at the Adelphi Theatre and “We
Will Rock You” at the Dominion Theatre. Kevin has played both ‘Caractacus Potts’
and ‘The Child Catcher’ in the hit musical “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”, becoming
the first actor to have played both roles. He has also appeared in the national
tours of the musicals “The Rocky Horror Show”, “The Commitments” and most
recently Kay Mellor’s “Fat Friends”.
North East’s Zoe Birkett
is probably best known as the highest placing female contestant in ITV’s Pop
Idol, 2002. She most recently appeared as ‘Rachel Marron’ in the UK tour of the
“The Bodyguard The Musical”. She has also appeared in the West End productions
of “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and originated the female lead in “Thriller
Live”. Her other theatre credits include the ‘Acid Queen’ in “Tommy” and
‘Maureen’ in “Rent”. She can currently be seen in Channel 5’s “Get
a Holiday Body”.
Jodie Steele has appeared
in the UK and International tour of “Wicked”, “War of the Worlds” in the West
End at the Dominion Theatre, “Heathers the Musical” and “Myth”, both at The
Other Palace, “Legally Blonde” at Kilworth House and the national tours of
“Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Fame”.
Luke Walsh has appeared
in many shows including “Boybands Forever” in Germany and ‘Caesar’ in “Antony
and Cleopatra”, ‘Billy’ in “The Rabbit King” and “Smorgasbard”, all at Another
Way Theatre. He has also appeared in the independent film “Don’t Let Go”.
Lucas Rush
appeared as ‘St Jimmy’ in “American Idiot”, both in the West End and on tour.
For this role he received a WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Supporting
Actor in a Musical. His West End credits include ‘Roger’ in “Grease” at
the Piccadilly Theatre and “We Will Rock You” at the Dominion Theatre. He has
also appeared in the World Arena Tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar”, ‘Joe Vegas’
in the national tour of “Fame” and most recently the national tour of
“Thoroughly Modern Mille”.
Andrew Carthy has appeared in the
West End productions of both “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and
“Loserville”. His other credits include “Guys and Dolls” at Kilworth House, the
UK tour of “The Wedding Singer” and “Wicked” in Germany.
Vas Constanti’s many West End
credits include “In the Heights” at King’s Cross Theatre, “Miss Saigon” at the
Theatre Royal Drury Lane and ‘Riff Raff’ in “The Rocky Horror Show” at the Duke
of York’s Theatre. He has also appeared in the national tours of “Oklahoma!”
and “Flashdance – The Musical”.
Rhiannon Chesterman was in the original cast of the musical “Mrs Henderson Presents” at the Theatre
Royal Bath and then the Noel Coward theatre in the West End. Rhiannon has also
appeared in the UK tours of “Grease” and “Hairspray”.
Now
a global smash with extensive runs in London’s West End, on Broadway and in Las
Vegas, the show has also been made in to a star studded Hollywood movie.
“ROCK OF AGES” has a book by Chris D’Arienzo and Arrangements
and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp. It
is
directed and choreographed by Nick
Winston (“The Royal Variety Performance”, “Annie” and “The Wedding Singer”)
designed by Morgan Large (“The Woman
in White”, “Top Hat” and “The Christmasaurus”) and has lighting design by Ben Cracknell (“Young Frankenstein”, “Sunset Boulevard” and “Annie”). Sound
design is by Ben Harrison
(“Hairspray”, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and Million Dollar Quartet”) and
musical supervision is by Barney
Ashworth (“Sunny Afternoon”, “Grease” and “Mrs Henderson Presents”).
Tickets:
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