Hairspray
From: Tuesday, 30th March 2010
To: Saturday, 24 April 2010
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Synopsis
Hairspray tells the story of geeky teen Tracy Turnblad - a big girl with a big heart, big dreams, a big stage mother and even bigger hair - who finds celebrity on TV dance programme. Can Tracy get the guy and still have time to change the world?
Our Review:
Julian Arney - 5 April 2010
Just a few days after closing in the West End, Hairspray has already embarked on its first national tour of the UK, opening its run at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. With an almost new cast the show has lost none of its effervescent exuberance and fully justified the standing ovation it received. This is not just due to Michael Ball’s return to the role of Edna Turnblad, but also to wonderful array of characters led by Laurie Scarth, as Tracy, who is full of energy, warmth and cheerful optimism.
The story takes us back to Baltimore in the early 1960s, where Tracy Turnblad is obsessed by the Corny Collins Television Show. She aspires to be one of the ‘nicest kids in town’ who dance on the show, or even to become ‘Miss Teenage Hairspray’. But, as her mother Edna says “girls of her size” don’t get chosen. However, Tracy has boundless energy and determination - she gets selected and the...
Cast
Michael Ball (Edna Turnblad - Glasgow/Southampton/Manchester/Cardiff)
Brian Conley (Edna Turnblad - some dates)
Phill Jupitus (Edna Turnblad - some dates - Liverpool)
Les Dennis (Wilbur Turnblad - some dates - Liverpool)
Sandra Marvin (Motormouth Maybelle)
Gillian Kirkpatrick (Velma Von Tussle)
Wayne Robinson (Seaweed)
Emma Dukes (Penny Pingleton)
Clare Halse (Amber Von Tussle)
Seliza Sebastian (Little Inez)
Michael Starke (Edna Turnblad - some dates)
Danny Bayne (Corny Collins)
Liam Doyle (Link Larkin)
Laurie Scarth (Tracy Turnblad)
Laurie Scarth
Shakira Akabusi
Kane Andrews
Richard Dale
Nyroy Dixon
Harry Francis
Darron Gifty
Mark Hilton
Debbie Jenkins
Natalie Kelly
Gemma Knight-Jones
Mia Lincoln
Agiona Omonua
Yohemy Prosper
Charles Ruhrmund
Jennifer Saayeng
Lauren Stroud
Emily Luke Taylor
Helen Ternent
Laura Thorogood
Matt Thorpe
Dina Tree
Creative
Mark O'Donnell (Book)
Thomas Meehan (Book)
Marc Shaiman (Music)
Scott Whitman (Lyrics)
Marc Shaiman (Lyrics)
Stage Entertainment (Producer)
Michael Ball (associate producer) (Producer)
Jack O'Brien (Director)
Jerry Mitchell (Choreographer)
David Rockwell (Design)
William Ivey Long (Costume)
Kenneth Posner (Lighting)
Steve C. Kennedy (Sound)
Harold Wheeler (orchestration) (Music)
Marc Shaiman (music arrangement) (Music)
Lon Hoyt (Musical Director)
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