Carnaby Street
From: Saturday, 6th April 2013
To: Sunday, 14 April 2013
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Synopsis
Set in London's West End in the sixties with its iconic clubs, fashion and characters, Carnaby Street tells the story of Jude, a working class boy from Liverpool, new in London and armed with nothing but his guitar and his dreams of fame and fortune. The musical follows the passion and heartbreak of his journey in pursuit of stardom. There will be 30 classic hits including numbers by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann, The Animals, The Searchers, The Kinks. ?Let's spend the night together', ?You really got me', ?Don't let me be misunderstood', ?Sweets for my sweet', ?Roll over Beethoven', ?Doo Wah Diddy'.
Our Review:
11 April 2013
What do you get if you ask the entire cast of The Big Bang Theory – and gay hairdresser Bobby from The Only Way Is Essex – to dress up for a night out in Dalston and then punctuate an extended medley of Sixties hits with some vague semblance of a storyline about an ambitious Liverpudlian musician? Carnaby Street, apparently.
If you enjoy singing along to Sixties hits, you should dig out your old LPs. If you enjoy singing along to live covers of Sixties hits, you should go to a sing-along show. If you enjoy singing along to very articulate, carefully enunciated covers of Sixties hits and sitting through overacted, but simultaneously sleep-inducing, dialogue between each hit, you should go to Carnaby Street.
This should never have been a musical. Following Liverpudlian musician Jude (Matthew Wycliffe) as he makes the move to London, gets signed by Arnold (Hugo Harold-Harrison) and forgets girlfriend Jane ([Tricia Adel...
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julie - 13 April 2013:
just come back from seeing the show a second time, first on opening night, and today. drove all the way from Newmarket, went with friends, they said they loved it, and would love to see it again. julie...
Cast
Aaron Sidwell (Jack)
Matthew Wycliffe (Jude)
Verity Rushworth (Penny)
Tricia Adele-Turner (Jane)
Mark Pearce
Paul Hazel
Hugo Harold-Harrison
Tom Connor
Cici Howells
Jonny Bower
Mike Slader
Lauren Storer
Gregory Clarke
Dan Smith
Lilly Howard
Claude Pelletier
Craig Anderson
Matthew Quinn
Creative
Carl Leighton-Pope (Author)
Robert Johns (Author)
Carnaby Street Promotions (in association with Hackney Empire) (Producer)
Bob Tomson (Director)
Matthew Wright (Design)
Colin Cattle (musical supervision) (Music)
Carole Todd (Choreographer)
Nick Richings (Lighting)
Ben Harrison (Sound)
Colin Cattle (musical supervision) (Music)
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