X FACTOR CONTESTANT JOINS SHOW FOR 2012 COMING TO BLACKPOOL
Grand Theatre, Blackpool 23 - 28 Jan 2012
01253 290190 http://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/
Due to its phenomenal West End success, DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS, inspired by the million + selling albums, will continue its national tour throughout 2012. (See tour list below)
The dazzling success of the first four albums in the ‘Dreamboats and Petticoats’ series sent the message loud and clear. With over 2 million copies sold and several weeks at the Number One spot in the compilation charts, the Great British public were saying that they didn’t just want to listen to pure nostalgia: they’d love to see it as well. Thus ‘Dreamboats’ was born as a musical, and so was an evening of pure hedonistic affection for a more innocent era, when love was young and so was rock ‘n’ roll.
Joining the fantastic Dreamboats cast for the 2012 tour will be X Factor contestant TERRY WINSTANLEY. Scaffolder Terry (from Worthing) made it through to judge’s houses after he impressed with his audition rendition of Michael Bolton’s To Love Somebody, which won him a legion of fans on twitter.
In 1961 emotions run high as young musicians Norman and Bobby compete to win a national song writing competition – and, more importantly, the attention of the gorgeous Sue! But when Bobby discovers that shy Laura is no slouch on the piano, love and rock 'n' roll fame beckons...
The original tour premiered in February 2009 at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley to rave critical reviews and widespread audience acclaim. Having sold out its return there in November 2009, the national tour extended throughout 2011 and continues in 2012.
Written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, the team behind Goodnight Sweetheart, Birds of a Feather, The New Statesmen and Shine On Harvey Moon, this spectacular feel-good production will give you ‘the greatest time of your life’ – taking you back to a time when each passing week brought another classic track.
Featuring songs from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry and many more, including Let’s Dance, To Know Him Is To Love Him, Shaking All Over, Bobby’s Girl, Little Town Flirt, Only Sixteen, Sleepwalk, Runaround Sue, Happy Birthday Sweet 16, What A Wonderful World, Let’s Twist Again, Let It Be Me and many more hits from music’s golden era!
Cast: Terry Winstanley, Ben James Ellis, David Ribi, Samantha Dorrance, Dan O’ Brien, Anna Campkin, Patrick Burbridge, Christopher Wheeler, Matthew Quinn, James Nitti, Josef Pitura-Riley, Emma Jane Morton, Mike Slader. Rachel Nottingham
Crew Credits: Directed by Bob Tomson; Musical Supervision by Keith Strachan; Choreography by Carole Todd; Designed by Sean Cavanagh; Lighting Designed by Mark Howett; Sound Designed by Ben Harrison; Executive Producer Brian Berg.
FULL 2012 TOUR DATES AND BOOKING LINKS:
G Live, Guildford 9 - 14 Jan 2012 0844 7701 797 https://glive.co.uk/
Empire Theatre, Sunderland 17 - 21 Jan 2012 0844 871 3022 http://www.sunderlandempire.org.uk/
Grand Theatre, Blackpool 23 - 28 Jan 2012 01253 290190 http://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/
Bristol Hippodrome 30 Jan - 4 Feb 2012 0844 871 3012 http://www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk/
Grand Theatre, Swansea 6 - 11 Feb 2012 01792 475715 http://www.swansea.gov.uk/
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton 13 - 18 Feb 2012 02380 711811 http://www.mayflower.org.uk/
Marina Theatre, Lowestoft 20 – 25 February 01502 533200 http://www.marinatheatre.co.uk/
Scarborough Futurist Theatre 27 –Feb - 3 March 01723 374500/ 365789 http://www.futuristtheatre.co.uk/
Theatre Royal, Brighton 5 - 10 Mar 2012 08448 717 650 http://www.atgtickets.com/Theatre-Royal-Brighton
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 12 - 17 Mar 2012 01242 572573 http://www.everymantheatre.org.uk/
Princess Theatre. Torquay 19 - 24 March 0844 871 3023 http://www.princesstheatre.org.uk/
Congress Theatre Eastbourne 10 - 14 April 01323 412000 http://www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk/
Assembly Rooms, Derby 16 – 21 April 01332 255 800 http://www.derbylive.co.uk/
Embassy Centre, Skegness 30 Apr - 5 May 2012 0845 674 0505 http://www.embassytheatre.co.uk/
Orchard Theatre, Dartford 11 – 16 June 01322 220000 https://orchardtheatre.co.uk/
The Lighthouse, Poole 18 - 23 June 0844 406 8666 http://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/
Grand Opera House, York 25 – 30 June 0844 871 3024 http://www.grandoperahouseyork.org.uk/
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend 2 - 7 Jul 2012 01702 351135 http://www.thecliffspavilion.co.uk/
New Theatre, Oxford, 9 – 14 July , 0844 871 3020 http://www.newtheatreoxford.org.uk/
