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DANIELLE HOPE Kicks off the Ruby Slippers!Plus KIDS OF THE WEST END, ROBBIE BOYLE, & MORE

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W E L C O M E t o # I s s u e 8 ! W e s a i d w e ’d b e b a c k i n t w o m o n t h s , a n d h e r e w e a r e ! W e w i l l b e o u t b i - m o n t h l y f r o m n o w o n , a n d l o o k o u t f o r u s b a c k i n p r i n t s o o n t o o .

W e ’ r e a l s o w o r k i n g o n a C a l e n d a r f o r 2 0 1 3 w i t h a l l y o u rf a v o u r i t e s h o o t s i n , s o l o o k o u t f o r m o r e i n f o o n t h a t s o o n .

O n c e a g a i n o u r t e a m h a s g r o w n a s t h i s m a g a z i n e , t h a t s t a r t e d o f f s o s m a l l i n i n n o c e n t , h a s g r o w n i n t o s o m e t h i n g m o r e t h a n w e e v e r h o p e d .

P e r r y J u b y i s n o w l o o k i n g a f t e r o u r o n l i n e c o n t e n t , a n d P e t e r H o l l a n d i s o n b o a r d a s e d i t o r a n d a l l r o u n d w i s e - g u y !

A s f o r w h a t t h e f o l l o w i n g p a g e s h a v e i n s t o r e , i t ’ s p u r b i g g e s t a n d b e s t w i t h e v e r y t h i n g f r o m a P u s s y c a t D o l l t o a G i r l f r o m K a n s a s .

I g e n u i n e l y h o p e y o u e n j o y i t a s m u c h a s w e d o !

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8. Love Hate / / 10. Side Stagey / / 12. Daniel le Hope / / 25. Clever Li t t le Buggers / / 30. Revolut ion with Adam Garcia & Kimberly Wyatt / / 42. On The Town / / 44. Stagey School / / 55. On the Road / / 58. Talent - Robbie Boyle / / 64. M-tube

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L O V ESMASH. St i l l . I t ’s great!

wil l . i .am. . . . Can we put him into a show?!

The constant leaks of the Les Mis f i lm set in Greenwich- i t looks amazing.

‘ONCE’ on Broadway. Apparent ly plans are under way for a UK product ion and we cannot wai t ! !

A Glass of Wine at The Duke of York theatre for POSH cost just £2.75

H A T EThat Broadway gets ‘BRING IT ON’ the musical , and we don’t . I t ’s fab!

The duet at the Oliviers between a certain Girls Aloud member and Boyzone front man. . . . . what were they thinking?!

The lack of Tony nominat ions for Elena Roger and Bernadet te Peters .

The HUGE amount of Revivals , where’s the new work?

Blatant s tunt cast ing. . . but hopeful ly we wil l eat our hats when i t comes to some!

S I D E S TA G E ( Y )

KIRK’S TOP TIPS ON WHAT ’S COMING UP IN THE WORLD OF MUSICALS.

words by KIRK JAMESON@jamesontweets

AND THE WINNER IS Roll up the red carpets and lay down a nice sprung floor, the Tony’s are coming to town and you’re positively encouraged to make a song and dance about it! New York will be crammed with stars all hoping those extra tap classes in 8th Grade will finally pay off and earn them a place in Broadway History. The ceremony, on June 10th, will once again be hosted the gorgeous Neil Patrick Harris and feature appearances from Hugh Jackman and Bernadette Peters who are both to be honouredduring the evening. Sure, the world might consider them the slightly sibilant, super showbiz cousin of the Oscars, but this is “the” event in the theatrical calendar and this year is set to be bigger than ever!

THE SOUND OF MUSIC(ALS ) Mark Shenton returns to the Soho Theatre for a second series of his live interviews; “These are a few of my favourite songs”. Each evening features a familiar theatrical face discussing the songs which have inspired them over the years. This seasons line up includes Jeremy Samms and Kerry Ellis for what will no doubt be a beautiful selection of music, though we’re guessing “Son of a preacher man” won’t be featuring of Kerry’s list... Season starts on 20th May.

WOULD SIR LIKE A HAPPY ENDING? Long before the DVD alternate ending, came this musical experience based on Charles Dickens’ novel, “The Mystery of Edwin Droi-od”. First produced on Broadway in 1986, the story centres around the disappearance of Mr Drood, the assumption he’s been murdered and the bid to discover exactly who dunnit. Mystifying indeed, not least because Dickens died before finishing the novel,making its conclusion the biggest mystery of all. In this most recent revival playing at the Arts (a transfer from the Landor), it’s the audience who must finish his handy work and choose from 525 possible endings to determine their preferred outcome. Starring Wendi Peters and running until June 17th.

UPFRONT AND CENTRE Sunday Nights are back on the theatrical map thanks to a new evening of music at The Palladium. “Live and Upfront” presents the hottest west end acts in cabaret, with support offered by newer and emergingtalents. Events are held on the first Sunday of every month with previous performers including M Magazine favourites Zoe Birkett and The Idolls! Follow @Liveandupfront

BETRAYALThe comedian Tim Minchin seems to be fast running into Musical Theatre, he’s here to stay apparently.After the resounding success of Matilda, he has now been cast as Judas in the Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour! An ‘out there’ bit of casting, that will hopefully pay off, along with the controversial announcement of DJ Chris Moyles and the Sporty one her self Mel C.... Whatever you think, it sure is intresting casting! Stay tuned to ITV to see who is cast as Jesus!

MOMENTOUS!Gareth Gates leads Rachael Wooding and Emma Williams in a night of MT songs at the New Wimbledon Theatre. It promises to be a sophisticated homage to musical theatre, featuring songs from much-loved shows including West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and Miss Saigon. Check it out.

WEST END WENDY WHITNEY There are only two things more satisfying than a diva. 1) A diva who’s a total bitch 2) A diva who’s a total bitch playing a diva who’s a total bitch. It’s no wonder then, that we took Whitney Houston’s 1992 performance in “The Bodyguard” so quickly to our hearts, not to mention, record collections! Twenty years on and Whitney has left us, but that track list still plays on and later this year will provide the backbone to a musical version of the film in London’s West End (Thank you, David Ian). Expect nothing but “Queen of the Night” realness, as broadway star Heather Headley steps into the shoes of Rachael Marron and out onto the Adelphi stage from November this year.

N O T I N K A N S A S

A N Y M O R EDANIELLE HOPE TALKS TO JAMES NOWELL AB OUT HER

ADVENTURES IN OZ AND TO WHERE THE BALLO ON HAS TAKEN HER SINCE LEAVING

words JA M E S NOW E L L

photography MAT T CRO CKET T

IT ’S easy to forget that people in the publ ic eye are rea l people, and in this i s ver y much the case with Danie l le , and I rea l ized that I ’d forgotten just how young she is . Hav-ing completed a year in The Wizard of Oz, and hanging up her Ruby Sl ippers f rom taking the lead role of Dorothy, Danie l le i s just twenty years old.   Amazing to think at just e ighteen this young per former was under taking a s tr ic t regime of rehearsa ls , inter views and l ive te levi-s ion per formances . A process c lear ly worthwhile as Dorothy was hers af ter a gruel ing 8 weeks . “I had no idea what I was le tt ing mysel f in for as I genuinely had never watched the Maria , Joseph or Nanc y show”.

On the subject of training Danie l le has had l it -t le t ime for formal MT educat ion. Amazing how lead roles at The Pal ladium can get in the way. “I think training is rea l ly important so when I had some t ime before star t ing rehearsa ls I joined Arts Ed for an intensive term”. Arts Ed is heav-i ly supported by Andrew L loyd Webber so it was the per fec t choice for Danie l le . Joining a course hal f way through however was a daunting pros-pect but , “ever yone was so charming and lovely and I s t i l l love going back and see ing the shows and I made some amazing f r iends”. A testament to Hope that she spent her f ree t ime in-between the T V Show and rehearsa ls training rather than just putt ing her feet up.

Describing her highest moment , Cynthia ta lks of “happy tears” when was told by Tony Award Winning Director Jerry Zaks that she’d got the role af ter audi t ioning in f ront of him personal ly. “I t was him that got me crying actual ly, he said ‘ i t ’s ok to be happy’ and I burst into tears . That was that . I was just a hot mess for the rest of the day.”

Fol lowing in the foots teps of West End and now Broadway Delor is Pat ina Mil ler, Cynthia has worked hard with Zaks to br ing a different dimen-sion to the role , ra ther than just creat ing an ident ical carbon copy. Al-though self-depicted as a “fresh Delor is” , she insis ts that age shouldn’t mat ter, “I don’t think Delor is needs to be boxed in an age, she just needs to be ful l of confidence and t ruth.”

Admit t ing to an already unheal thy obsession with Donna Summer, prep-ping for the role was a personal , as wel l as career or ientated, explora-t ion: “I haven’t been to a nunnery – or been chased by gangsters ,” she jokes, “– so I re l ied on research, and l is tened to a lot of disco music of the t ime.” As a cathol ic herself , Cynthia explains her recal l ing to Cathol ic ism to t ry to understand why Delor is could be perceived as disrespectful . However, insis t ing the show is l ight hear ted with no i l l -meaning intended, she says: “ i t ’s kind of special in that way as i t invi tes everyone who does or doesn’t bel ieve.”

Performing alongside a lavishing bundle of leading ladies , she descr ibes her cast mates as s imple “incredible”. West End pros Jul ie Antherton (Kate Monster) and Laurie Scar th (Tracy Turnblad) play Sis ter Mary Robert and Sis ter Mary Patr ick, and legend of the s tage and screen Jacquel ine Clarke plays Sis ter Mary Lazarus. More than just a Mother Superior on s tage, Cynthia fondly ta lks of Denise Black as the mother of the onstage family: “She’s got a real ly good intui t ion. I f I ’m not hav-ing a par t icular ly good day – which isn’t of ten – she knows and she’ l l be there for me. And she always gives me a kiss in the morning before I get s tar ted. Wonderful .” As for the men, Cynthia speaks s imilar ly of Michael Starke, Monsignor O’Hara, as a “big giant dad” and, giggles on the mention of baddie-playing Cavin Cornwall , f lut ter ing her eyelashes in musings of his deep deep voice: “oh my goodness i t makes the knees go weak.”

When not in her West End wig, Cynthia moonlights as a s inger/song-wri ter, composing for var ious ar t is ts and performing her own mater ia l , most recent ly support ing American Idol Winner Fantasia Barr ino at the 02 Indigo. Sharing exclusive news with M, Cynthia reveals that she is current ly wri t ing a debut a lbum, and wil l be recording i t af ter the tour. Loving to both perform as a musical character and as her raw self , she cannot choose between the two when asked: “I love the both of them just as much because they both al low me to express different par ts of myself ,” she muses, “one al lows me to te l l a proper s tory – someone else’s – and the other a l lows me to te l l my own.”

Sister act is now touring the UK. Visi t www.sis teract themusical .com for more detai ls .

I ’ V E B E E N L U C K Y E N O U G H T O N O T S T O P W O R K I N GS I N C E I L E F T R A D A

“ ““I LOVED MEETING PEOPLE AFTER THE SHOW, ESPECIALLY AS MANY OF THEM

HAD VOTED AND GIVEN ME THIS

AMAZING OPPORTUNIT Y”

The role of Dorothy carr ies some extra respon-sibi l ity I hadn’t considered, that of her co-star, a dog ca l led Toto. “I had quite a lot to remember with the dogs and each one was di f ferent which was rather a chal lenge”. One infamous show at OZ involved Danie l le and the dance captain chasing ‘R azzle’, one of the Totos around the s tage as he was l i tera l ly razzle- ing and some-thing worse. . . “It s tressed me out at the begin-ning being responsible for an animal on a ver y technical moving s tage but I got used to it and I rea l ly miss them”.

Hope’s att itude to enter ing the rehearsa l per iod for Oz s tr ikes me as being a sensible one. “Who am I? Basica l ly no-one. I had done one job, a term at Arts Ed and I had so much to learn. I d idn’t come in with any airs and graces because I hadn’t got any! ’. She treated the T V show as just a long audit ion process , but one in the pub-l ic eye. Michael Crawford was a big help to Dan-ie l le who learned a lot f rom the theatr ica l leg-end. “He came and chatted to me in my dress ing room ever y s ing le day, normal ly we just ta lked rubbish but he was great”.

The pressure of being a leading lady in a new show as wel l as one that won the par t through an audience voted program was maintained wel l by a ver y humble Hope. One of Danie l le’s high-l ights of her exper ience was meet ing people at s tage door. She remembers wait ing outs ide for per formers when she was younger so she was wel l up on the et iquette . “I had to say no to mat-inees just as I had no t ime. I would rather say, “hel lo” to no-one than rather just a few people out of ever yone that was there. S o matinees I s tayed in the theatre but I loved meet ing people af ter the show especia l ly as many of them had voted and given me this amazing opportunity”.

“I DIDN’ T C OME IN WITH ANY AIRS AND GRACES BECAUSE I

HADN’ T GOT ANY!”

“I FEEL INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO BE MOVING ONTO ANOTHER

WEST END ROLE SO QUICKLY”

S o onto pastures new and Daniel le’s new show couldn’t be fur ther away f rom Oz. Her cl icked heels have taken her f rom the spark ly c lean and emerald green to the dir ty “whorey” French rev-olut ion playing Eponine is Les Mis’.

It’s easy to assume that she walked into this par t or it was arranged due to her name and last per-formance but Hope audit ioned l ike ever ybody e lse . Les Mis has had an amazing few years with the 25th Anniversar y, a new tour, a revamped London show with an a l l s tar cast , a f i lm and most recent ly picking up the Audience Award at this year’s Ol iv iers . “I s tar ted audit ioning in my last week of Oz and had a fur ther three ca l l backs af ter. I ’m so thr i l led to be joining the show and it fee ls l ike the s tar t of something new for me and for my career”.

L ike any ac tor it’s hard to maintain a posit ive att itude a l l the t ime, and of ten wonder ing what the future holds . Danie l le has had her moments of quest ioning i f Oz was a , “one of f ” or won-der ing i f she would be able to move on and get another job. Eponine to Hope is her af f i rmat ion of her career choice and her ta lent . “It’s year’s contract , 8 shows a week, doing another char-acter in a west end show and I fee l incredibly lucky to move on to the other [West End Role] so quick ly”. Par t of the reason for going on to this par t was the chal lenge. It’s vocal ly di f ferent to what she used to do, It’s “belty” and big and not in the soprano Dorothy s ty le . A great choice for Danie l le to move on to something so di f-ferent and prove she isn’t a one hit wonder and per form a gr itt ier s ide.

Daniel le w i l l be appear ing Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre f rom June 18.

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B U G G E R SPETER LO OKS AT THE ALL NEW BRAT-PACK TAKING OVER THE WEST END.

words by PETER HOLL AND

I ’m an avid fan of musical theatre but the amount of t imes the presence of chi ldren on s tage has made me cr inge and recoi l with embarrassment and frustrat ion takes me to the point where I have of ten proclaimed…

I hate kids… in theatre .

Often young ‘ ta lent’ is dragged on s tage for l i t t le brat t ish s tage school performances that don’t a id the product ion or narrat ive at a l l , and are presented to a l low the blue r inse br igade the op-portuni ty to fuss and say how lovely the l i t t le dar l ings are , and how they remind them of their grandchi ldren, especial ly that t ime they saw them play shepherd number three in the nat ivi ty in 2002 with their best tea towel on their head.

Surely I am not on my own when I say I have sat in the audience of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat and every t ime the choir of local school chi ldren burst into the “fa la la la la la laaaah’ during ‘Close Every Door” you haven’t thought about smashing your head be-tween the f l ip-seat , or drowning your sorrows with copious amounts of gin to erase their beam-ing toothy smiles f rom your memory…

Angry ain’t I?

The worst offenders for chi ld performances that had me crumpling my programme in my hands at their agonis ingly twee rout ines that general ly resul t in them running across the s tage, shout-ing a l ine with no thought or emotion, and then smil ing at the audience t i l l they awww loudly have sparked this react ion for many a year. Watching Chit ty Chi t ty, Bang Bang at the Pal ladium would have been great had i t not been for the moment where Jeremy and Jemima take over the s tage and present a rendi t ion of Truly Scrumptious, then await their applause. Mary Poppins was ruined by some quaint performances from Jane and Michael who ran away with the idea of “act spoi l t” and had a tantrum night ly a t The Prince Edward theatre , me sat longing for a bi t more Bert and Mary, and wishing two other kids had wri t ten the le t ter for a nanny to give them a spoonful of sugar.

Breathe!

I get i t , some s tor ies require chi ld performers in order to te l l the ta le , a l though I’m not sure of the relevance of my eleven year old self s tanding on the s tage of the Nott ingham Theatre Royal s inging Cruel la DeVil le hoping for the opportuni ty to be cast as a Dalmatian - don’t ask. . . I was on the news!

But my ear ly preconcept ions of the chi ld performer, and perhaps the bi t terness of fa i l ing to make the second round to become Dalmatian number four in 101 Dalmatians Live s t i l l r i fe , there have been some award winning performances that real ly put these young performers in a league of their own.

I t took me qui te a while to s tomach the idea of s i t t ing through 2 and a half hours of a show about a chi ld cal led Bil ly El l iot , by the interval my common judgements had been replaced with a glass of wine and genuine admirat ion for a performer several years my junior (ahem 11 years junior) leading a West End product ion and doing i t fantast ical ly wel l . With incredible choreog-raphy, boundless amounts of energy, great vocals and just to make i t that much harder, throwing in a Geordie accent that says more than ‘why aye pet are yer off daan Grove?’

The difference with this performance from the younger s tars I have spoken of is the investment in the performers . In order for a chi ld to perform as a t r iple threat and keep the audience en-gaged in a bel ievable portrayal , comes from a team wil l ing to push the ta lent much fur ther. The hard work pays off and I would f ind i t d i ff icul t for even the hardest cr i t ic not to appreciate how hard Bil ly El l iot works, and how frustrated you are that especial ly during ‘Angry Dance’ that kid can dance l ike you could only dream. I t takes months to t ra in a new Bil ly El l iot up… they don’t just get thrown on the s tage.

Suddenly the tables have turned. . .

Enter four gir ls cal led Mati lda. . .

…Well not actual ly cal led Mati lda.

I f there was ever an advert for young performers being able to lead a product ion and show an emotional journey that r ivals their much older col leagues, whils t s inging rhyth-mical ly complex numbers and then f inishing by speaking in convincing Russian, Mati lda is the perfect showcase.

We associate young performers as 16-26 or as the young graduates f rom the weal th of drama schools the UK has to offer. The West End is lowering that age, with al l four Ma-t i lda’s , a t just ten years old picking up an Olivier Award for best Actress this month. As you would imagine I would have dreaded a product ion where chi ldren take the main fo-cus and rarely taking a moment off s tage but f rom the leading Lady to Bruce Bogtrot ter, the kids in Mati lda give the performance of their l i t t le l ives that ra ise the energy levels to compete and of ten exceed that of most es tabl ished performers in town.

So what does this mean? Where does i t s top? Wil l new born babies be tapping along night ly a t The Palace Theatre?

Whatever comes our way in terms of the young performer you cannot deny that youth has an incredible presence in the West End with some extraordinary ta lent amongst the Mati lda’s and Bil ly’s . These kids , sorry young actors have proved, to cr i t ical acclaim and ceremony that chi ldren in theatre are much more capable of working in theatre than running on s tage and banging out a few weak tunes. Instead they are taking the lead-ing role and earning rapturous applause night ly, and even I can acknowledge what great young Bri t ish ta lent we have.

So I charge my glass with another shot of Gordon’s and make a toast to the youngest performers in the West End, and ask that we are never subjected to opportuni t ies for an audience to aww and patronise anymore!

If the t rend cont inues an actor ’s l i fe span of being able to play “young” wil l be over be-fore they’re 15… now there’s a scary thought!

@PeterJHolland

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V I V A L AR E V O L U T I O N

photography MAT T CRO CKET T

words & shoot direc tion CHRIS CLEGG

set design JOEL WARHOL

shot at I .N.C Sp acewww.inc-space .com

' ‘LET ’S HOPE WE CAN KEEP STRAIGHT FACES-

WE HAVEN’ T WORKED ON THAT SO MUCH YET! ’ '

Kimberly

WHEN walking into I.N.C. Space you auto-matically feel like stepping onto the set of Star Trek. Th e stark, white, clean interior crosses spa-chic with sci-fi - cool. Th is is where our meeting with former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt and Adam ‘the hot guy from coyote ugly’ Garcia is taking place to talk about their new experimental, multimedia dance show. Th e relaxed setting of building, alongside the fun vibes from the two stars of the show, cre-ates the perfect setting for an aft ernoon chat-ting shop.

From the press materials, REVOLUTION promises to be a fast-paced, futuristic and in-spiring performance, showcasing some of the most recognised dancers in the UK at present from TV shows such as ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, ‘Got To Dance’ and ‘So You Th ink You Can Dance’. Our shoot takes place below one of the rehearsal rooms, and it sounds VERY fast paced - the building was literally jumping!

Th e line-up for the show has twenty super-tal-ented handpicked performers will include M. regular Aaron Renfree (former S Club Junior, We Will Rock You, Flashdance) Tobias Mead (Britain’s Got Talent fi nalist) Charlie Bruce (BBC’s ‘So You Th ink You Can Dance’) and Lizzie Gough (‘So You Th ink You Can Dance’ and & BBC’s ‘Alesha’s Dance Stars’ panellist) plus many more… and of course including Adam and Kimberly.

We meet Adam fi rst, looking sharp and ready for our exclusive shoot, and instantly we fall (even more!) for his charm! Aside from his looks, Adam has a quality that I’m sure many actresses wish their leading men had… man-ners! Garcia is extremely polite, and eloquent and we can’t help but just smile at him.

‘ THE PUB NEXT D O OR IS Ada

CRITICAL, IT REALLY IS ! ’am

Check out www.m-isfor.co.uk for more from al l the gir ls!

Kimberly enters next, she is a tiny little thing and damn gorgeous. She’s dressed and ready for the shoot looking similar to a sexy villain from a 60’s series of StarTrek!

Th e admiration, banter, and dare I say chemis-try between these two is amazing- you wouldn’t want anyone else to lead a cast of dancers, both are warm, fun yet it’s clear they are very pro-fessional but you can’t help but think how the pairs attitude must make for a great working environment. Th ough out the shoot and inter-view there is many a giggle and joke, it certain-ly makes the job easier!

Kimberly sounds genuinely excited to be in-volved with this project, ‘I truly hope the theatre audience embraces it! Th ere’s a lot of exposure for this kind of dance now thanks to shows such as Strictly and Got to Dance, and if anyone has got pre-conceived notions then come down and give it a chance - you will be entertained and they will want to embrace it when they see the show, talent, and just how hard everyone is working!’

So what exactly DOES the show have in store? ‘Th is show REALLY encompasses so many dif-ferent styles’, Kimberly enthuses, ‘it’s bringing contemporary to the masses, tap, street, street-infused commercial dancing. It does have a real futuristic feel that will fi t so well in such an old gorgeous building.’

‘I’m bringing Tap dance to the party’, interjects Adam, ‘because that’s the one I can get away with most- but Kim is bringing everything! Ballet, contemporary, jazz, street, commercial- doing a bit of it all’.

Kim comments- ‘what’s really exciting also is that we have a cast of twenty incredibly danc-ers too who bring a bit of everything. Th is real-ly gives them a chance to shine and show what they do.’

‘ THE CHALLENGE, THE ADRENALIN RUSH, AND

REFLECTION OF INSPIRATION YOU SEE ON THE PEOPLE

WATCHING YOU D O WHAT YOU LOVE TO D O. YOU

REALLY D O LIVE IN THAT PASSIONATE PL ACE’

Kimberly

Th e pair obviously has a lot of admira-tion for their fellow cast members. ‘It’s the rare occasion where dancers who have chosen one path, either commer-cial or theatre, get chance to cross over. People don’t get to see commercial danc-ers up close and live, and they get to play in front of a diff erent type of audience. Th e theatre dancers get to revisit styles they don’t always get a chance too. Ra-chel Muldoon, who’s a wonderful there dancer (and was in issue 4 of M!), is fan-tastic and shows more of her commercial side. It’s thrilling that audiences get to see the best commercial dancers in the UK live on stage!’ which, coming from a man who’s performed around the world on stage and screen is a big compliment!

Th e show is brainchild of Artistic Di-rector Chris Manoe, who is also MD of International Collective (I.N.C) and producer of REVOLUTION ‘I wanted to create a really innovative, cool edged and hard hitting dance show. We have some incredible dancers here in the UK and I want REVOLUTION to showcase the talent - we are also very excited to work with Kimberly Wyatt & Adam Garcia who are inspirational performers and a great addition to the team. Th e show will be perfect for any age, and it promises to be a really fun night out!’

Fun is key to their rehearsals- Adam and Kimberly struggling to keep their faces straight. ‘we have our moments togeth-er on stage’ says Kimberly. ‘Let’s hope we can keep straight faces- we haven’t worked on that so much yet!’.

Adam touches on the fact it’s an experi-mental show, and his knowledge of dance and theatre is pretty vast! ‘It’s diff erent, it really is new and experimental. We’re only dong 6 performances, but dance is strong. We had Susan Stroman’s ‘Con-tact’ a few years back, ‘Dirty Dancing’ is dance based, ‘Flashdance’ integrated more street styles, ZooNation commits to bring a younger audience into theatre. Th is is their culture

and how they move, and what they listen too. And hopefully the more traditional theatre goers are more open to cultural exchanges of this nature. Th is show could bridge the theatre - dance world- it’s not just vignettes but the production has a narrative and story to tell!’.

‘It really does appeal to get a crowd who maybe wouldn’t see a West End show! It will hopefully open their eyes to the pos-sibilities and the culture that the West End brings.’ says Kimberly, who’s travel-ling between London and LA, but loves the city - ‘it’s becoming my second home, I’m here more than LA! Th ere’s some-thing about the people and creativity here that inspires me.’

‘And I love London - I’ve been here for 17 Years now... And I think this is my tenth or eleventh show on the West End! Not bad for saying I’m only twenty!’ jokes Adam. Garcia loves the stage not only for what’s on it... ‘the pub next door is critical, it really is! And you’re going to fi nd out Kim, and getting into that com-munity of London theatre which is really important’.

As we begin to wrap up the pair seem to be more and more excited about the show, and their enthusiasm is really con-tagious, so I ask them what they’re most excited about and what they’re look-ing forward to. Adam compares it to his fi lms and TV work, ‘it’s thrilling, it really is and having to get it right every time’, ‘and the challenge, the adrenalin rush, and refl ection of inspiration you see on the people watching you do what you love to do. You really do live in that pas-sionate place’ adds Kimberly.

Th ere are some possibilities for the show aft er its initial run, but they’re being tight lipped and just enjoying the mo-ment. Kim wraps it up nice ‘hopefully people will come out, show their support and enjoy it and that will determine the future of it!.’

Dancers Inc. presents REVOLUTION, sponsored by D.inc.Wear at the Th eatre Royal Haymarket.For further information and tickets please visit www.dinc-revolution.com

SPRING TOUR DATES 2012

FEBRUARY

Sat 4 Norwich, Playhouse Theatre 01603 598 598

www.norwichplayhouse.co.uk

Thurs 9 Bedford, Corn Exchange

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607 www.thebroadwaybarking.com

Sat 11 Durham Gala Theatre 0191 332 40

41 www.galadurham.co.uk

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5 www.playhouseharlow.com

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ahouse.org.uk

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lban Arena 01727 844488

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www.rosestheatre.org

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MARCH

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rsham.com

APRIL

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Wed 18 Leamington Royal Spa Centre 0845 21835

40 www.royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk

Fri 20 The Theatre

, Chipping Norton 01608 642350 www.chippingnor

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Sat 21 Jersey Opera House 01534 511115

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Croydon, Ashcroft Theatre 020 8688 9291

www.fairfield.co.uk

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPER A2 5 T H A N N I V E R S A RY TOU R

Fol lowing the success of Les Miserables’ 25th Anniversar y product ion, Cameron Mackintosh has once again given L au-rence C onnor the envious task of re imagining Andrew L loyd Webber’s soar ing musical . Having a lready gained massive cr it ica l response f rom Plymouth and Manchester press , this v iv id and epic product ion boasts one of the s trongest cast’s tour ing the UK, John O wen Jones dons the mask, and is joined by Kat ie Hal l in the coveted role of Chr is t ine…This produc-t ion is so powerful i t i s l ike watching the product ion for the ver y f i rst t ime.

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It has to be said, when the announcement of this product ion f irst came to l ight , a lmost a l l quar ters of the theatre press , scof fed and mocked, i t would have been a l l too easy for the producers to pul l the show there and then, than to run the r isk of nat ional r idicule , but they have come back and smacked the naysayers f i rmly in the mouths for I Dreamed A Dream, has won cr it ica l acclaim f rom not only the regional press but a lso the nat ionals too. It would appear the Subo musi-cal about her l i fe and r ise to fame is this year’s dark horse. Whils t i t may be a jukebox biopic the creat ive team have given plenty of thought to how it i s presented with plenty of songs and a lso a powerful per formance f rom Elaine C Smith you rea l ly can’t go wrong with gett ing a t icket for this .

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L O SE RV I L L E

Gareth Gates leads the cast in the World Premier product ion of S on of Dork’s James B ourne’s new musical inspired by the a lbum Welcome to Loser vi l le . C o-written with E l l iot Davis and set in the 70 ’s Loser vi l le te l l s the s tor y of Michael Dork (A C omputer Geek) who has invented something that has changed the world, but wi l l h is new found discover y of women change things? Wil l the lady of his af fec t ions fee l the same? Wel l there i s only one way to f ind out , get across to Leeds and the West Yorkshire Playhouse to see it f i rst !

18th June – 14th Ju ly

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WON DE R F U L TOW N

This rarely per formed 1950’s musica l i s g iven a s te l lar out ing in a co-pro-duct ion between Manchester based inst itut ions ; The Lowr y, The Royal Exchange and The Hal le Orchestra . Starr ing C onnie Fisher and Michael Xavier, Braham Murray’s revival provides a more gent ler af fair than our other of fer ings this month – but that shouldn’t s top you seeing this beau-t i fu l ly per formed product ion, that has an air of grace that i s so of ten miss ing f rom more modern musicals .

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STA R L IG H T E X P R E S S

L ast seen in the UK in 2008, Andrew L loyd Webber’s a l l s inging a l l skat ing musica l about the re lat ionships of trains , sets of f on a UK tour in a new product ion being produced by Bi l l Kenwright . Original choreographer Ar-lene Phi l ips i s back on board for what i s promising to be the hottest t icket in the regions . S o jump on board and enjoy the r ide, but don’t forget you are going to need to buy your t icket f i rst !

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