Alexandra Burke To
Dazzle As Rachel Marron In Smash-Hit Musical The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Tuesday 23 July – Saturday 3 August
2019
Alexandra Burke is set to make
a triumphant return to Newcastle Theatre Royal as ‘Rachel Marron’ in the
award-winning blockbuster musical The
Bodyguard at the evening performances from Tuesday 23 July to Saturday 3 August
2019.
The X Factor winner
Alexandra previously wowed Theatre Royal audiences when she previously
performed the role to packed audiences during the musical’s run in 2015 and
received praise for her performance as ‘Deloris Van Cartier’ in Sister Act in 2017.
Most
recently, Alexandra has appeared as ‘Svetlana’ in Chess at the London Coliseum and can
currently be seen as ‘Roxie’ in Chicago at
the West End’s Phoenix Theatre. Last year she reached the final of Strictly Come Dancing and her debut
single Hallelujah reached number one and sold over one million
copies in the UK, a first for a British female soloist.
Based
on Lawrence Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. movie starring Whitney
Houston and Kevin Costner, The Bodyguard,
the musical tells the story of former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard,
Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown
stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in
love. A romantic thriller, The Bodyguard features a host of
irresistible classics including Queen of
the Night, So Emotional, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, Run to
You, I Have Nothing, I Wanna Dance with Somebody and one of
the biggest hit songs of all time – I
Will Always Love You.
Directed
by Thea Sharrock with book by Oscar winning (Birdman) Alex Dinelaris, The
Bodyguard had its world premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West
End in 2012 and was nominated for four Olivier Awards. A sell out 18 month UK
and Ireland tour followed, before the show returned to the West End at the
Dominion Theatre. The
Bodyguard has also played in the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, Canada,
Italy, Australia, Madrid, France, and on tour throughout the US and can currently
be seen in Stuttgart.
Photos:
Paul Coltas
Please note: Alexandra Burke is scheduled to perform the
role of ‘Rachel Marron’ at all evening performances only.
Tickets:
The Bodyguard plays at Newcastle Theatre
Royal from Tuesday 23 July – Saturday 3 August 2019. Tickets are priced from
£22.50 and can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk
or from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 (calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s access charge).
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