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Dusty extends at Charing Cross Theatre

The show will now run until November, with a press night in September

Ellie Ann Lowe (Mary O'Brien) in Dusty
Ellie Ann Lowe (Mary O'Brien) in Dusty

Dusty, the new "multi-media show" celebrating Dusty Springfield, has announced an extension to its run at the Charing Cross Theatre until 21 November 2015.

The press night, which was postponed twice earlier this month, will now take place on 7 September.

According to press material:

With original music by the legendary artist Dusty Springfield, audiences see and hear Springfield on stage using the most up-to-date 3D technology and digital media. Combined with a musical theatre format of live performance, music and dance, Dusty follows the highs and lows of Springfield's rise from middle class suburban London to the recording of her seminal album Dusty in Memphis.

The cast comprises Ellie Ann-Lowe (Mary O'Brien), Francesca Jackson (Nancy), Stewart McCheyne (DJ Dave Dean), Ben Tolley (Johnny Franz), Leo Elso (Dion O'Brien/Tom Springfield), Joe Vetch (Douggie Reece), Joan Walker (Kay O'Brien), Graham Kent (Gerard 'OB' O'Brien), Tristan Pate (Vic Billings), Allyson Ava Brown (Martha Reeves), Danielle Kassarata (Maddie), Arabella Rodrigo (Norma) and ensemble members Danielle Harrison, Bex Leung, Cleo Jaeger and Marianna Neofitou.

Written by Kim Weild and Duncan Sibbald with dramaturg Jack Bradley, Dusty is directed by Ben Woolf with set designs by Phil Lindley, lighting by Richard Williamson, choreography by Lyndon Lloyd and sound by Paul Gavin and James Nicholson. Musical direction is by Dean Austin.

Dusty is produced by Freddie Madden, Patrice Wilson and Darren DeVerna with Andrew Green as executive producer and Paul Howes as associate producer.