The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
From: Saturday, 5th March 2011
To: Saturday, 21 May 2011
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Synopsis
Following the international smash-hit success of Brief Encounter in London and New York, the innovative theatrical creative force Kneehigh return to the West End with their exciting new adaptation of cult French musical film The Umbrella's of Cherborg.
It's 1957 and we are in the French port of Cherbourg . Jazz, sailors and vin rouge dance deliciously in the air, and l'amour laps against the shores of the heart! Boy (young auto mechanic Guy Fouchier) loves girl (umbrella shop sales assistant Geneviève Emery). They whisper "je t'aime" with the certainty of youth, but when war comes between them, Geneviève has to choose between waiting for her homespun hero or plumping for the dashing diamond dealer asking for her hand... quel dilemme! Oh, and did we mention the baby that's on its way? Zut alors!
The Umbrellas of Cherborg musical is based on the film by Jaques Demy, with the score of Grammy and Oscar-winning composer Michel Legrand (Yentl, Windmills of your Mind), featuring two of his greatest songs Watch What Happens and I Will Wait for You, and lyrics translated by Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof), Kneenigh's new production of The Umbrellas of Cherborg sails into the Gielgud Theatre following a limited run at Curve Leicester.
The outstanding cast includes Olivier Award-winning Joanna Riding and international cabaret sensation Meow Meow.
With KNEEHIGH back in the West End you can expect romance, glamour and naughtiness so book your The Umbrellas of Cherborg tickets now!
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 23 March 2011
The first time a stage version of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand’s beautiful 1964 movie, appeared in the West End (in 1980), with these same lyrics by Fiddler on the Roof writer Sheldon Harnick, it lasted twelve performances and disappeared without trace.
I feared the worst, having recently seen the new print of a favourite film. But I reckoned without Kneehigh and director Emma Rice.
After a disastrous first 15 minutes of drift, in which the cabaret artiste known as Meow Meow is allowed to faff around “bon soir”-ing and insisting she’s a “mâitresse not a mattress,” and an awkward sequence of puppetry and ground level miniature scene-setting (invisible in most of the stalls), things pick up splendidly.
The story of young love in an umbrella shop, interrupted by the garage boy’s posting to the Algerian War, is recycled so as to bring back the film for those ...
Latest User Review
stanis3004 - 27 April 2011:
A great romantic Musical with mooving music by Michel Legrand and a good cast: a special hats off to Carly Bawden for her very mooving performance in the main role of Genevieve: the music is very well played as well: a great time...
Cast
Joanna Riding (Madame Emery)
Meow Meow (Lola)
Carly Bawden (Genevieve)
Gareth Charlton (Sailor)
Andrew Durand (Guy)
Cynthia Erivo (Madelaine)
Dominic Marsh (Cassard)
Aki Omoshaybi (Sailor)
Laura Brydon (Ensemble)
Matt Wilman (Ensemble)
Creative
Michael Legrand (based on the film by Jacques Demy) (Music)
Daniel Sparrow (Producer)
Mike Walsh Productions (Producer)
Curve Leicester (in association with City Lights Productions) (Producer)
Kneehigh Theatre (Company)
Emma Rice (Adaptation)
Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) (Translation)
Emma Rice (Director)
Lez Brotherston (Design)
Malcolm Rippeth (Lighting)
Simon Baker (Sound)
Nigel Lilley (musical supervision) (Music)
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