Cyberjam & Propeller Dream Extend London BookingDate: 16 September 2003
Two recently arrived productions - both of which had been booking up to 25 October 2003 - have this week extended their booking periods in the West End.
At the Comedy Theatre, Edward Hall's all-male Propeller company production of Shakespeare's best-loved comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, has extended by a fortnight to 8 November 2003 (See News, 6 Jun 2003). It first opened in February at the company's home venue, the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, ahead of a UK tour.
The production opened at the Comedy on 14 August 2003 (previews from 7 August), marking the company's second West End venture, after last summer's debut at the Theatre Royal Haymarket with Rose Rage, a two-part adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI trilogy, which was highly acclaimed and award-nominated.
The ensemble for A Midsummer Night's Dream are: Tony Bell (Bottom), Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (Lysander), Richard Clothier (Titania), Emilio Doorgasingh (Hippolyta), Matt Flynn (Theseus), Robert Hands (Helena), Vince Leigh (Demetrius/Snout), Jonathan McGuiness (Hermia/Snug), Chris Myles (Quince/Egeus), Simon Scardifield (Puck/Starveling), Guy Williams (Oberon) and Jules Werner (Flute). Hall directs, with design once again care of Michael Pavelka and lighting by Ben Ormerod.
Meanwhile, at the Queen's Theatre, ahead of its press night next Tuesday 23 September 2003 (following lengthy previews from 4 September), Cyberjam, the new show from the American troupe behind the 1999 hit Blast!, has extended its schedule by nearly two months. It is now taking bookings up to 20 December 2003.
Born in the American Midwest more than 15 years ago, Star of Indiana turned its world champion drum and bugle corps experience into a musical theatre spectacular. Its first professional production Blast! - featuring a 60-strong company of brass players, percussionists, baton twirlers, sabre tossers and other visual drill masters - premiered at London's Apollo Hammersmith in December 1999 before transferring to Broadway where it won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Theatrical Event.
Billed as a "spectacular fusion of music, dance and technology", Cyberjam aims to push "the boundaries of music performance into the 21st century" (See News, 2 Jul 2003).
- by Terri Paddock
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