Back to the 1980s with White Wedding???
Date: 7 September 2004
Talk about ageless. Former DJ and
I'm a Celebrity reality TV star
Mike Read is trawling through the decades with his upcoming projects. After mounting his 1890s-set
Oscar Wilde bio-musical at London’s Shaw Theatre next month (See Today’s
News), he plans to take to the road with his new 1980s catalogue musical
White Wedding (taking its name from Billy Idol’s hit single), launching a UK regional tour in March 2005. And after that, he’ll turn back the clock another decade with
YMCA (See
The Goss, 26 Feb 2004), a catalogue musical about 1970s camp boys the Village People who had a hit with the arm-waving song of the title, which he plans to write and direct for a summer 2005 premiere. Last year,
Cliff - The Musical, the former DJ and television presenter’s self-penned bio-musical in which he appeared as one of four Cliff Richards, had a critically panned West End season at the Prince of Wales.
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