Curve Production

THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

11 - 26 FEB 2011
THEATRE PERFORMANCE

DANIEL SPARROW and MIKE WALSH PRODUCTIONS with CURVE and CITY LIGHTS PRODUCTIONS LTD present THE RETURN OF KNEEHIGH

Directed and adapted by EMMA RICE
Music by MICHEL LEGRAND
Based on the film by JACQUES DEMY

Following the success of THE RED SHOES, Kneehigh return to Leicester with the premiere of their latest theatrical confection.

It's 1957 and we are in the French port of Cherbourg.  Jazz, sailors, vin rouge... and, of course, l'amour!

Boy meets girl, and music and rain dance in the air. Our lovers whisper "je t'aime" with the certainty of youth, but when confronted by war (and one dominatrix of a mother!), can their love survive?

In an exclusive pre-West End premiere, Kneehigh’s award winning Director Emma Rice returns to direct one of her first major new works since the West End and Broadway hit, Brief Encounter.  With a score by the Grammy and Oscar winning composer Michel Legrand (Yentl, Windmills of your Mind) UMBRELLAS features two of Legrand’s greatest songs “Watch what happens” and “I Will Wait For You”.

Expect romance, heart-break and surprise with this exciting new adaptation of the cult French musical film.

       

      

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Curve's Twodays offer applies for this performance - buy two tickets for the price of one on Tuesdays!

 

TICKETS
Performance Type Price Area A Price Area B Price Area C
Off-peak Price £16.50 £20.50 £24.50
Peak Price £18.50 £22.50 £26.50
       
Off-peak Previews £12.25 £10.25 £8.25
Peak Previews £9.25

£11.25

£13.25

 

 

DISCOUNTS
  Under 16s £10  
  16 - 26 £15  
  Over 60s and registered unemployed £2.50 off  
  Under 18s school groups £10  
  Groups of 10+ For further information contact Ticket Office on 0116 242 3595  
  2 for Twosdays! Join us on Tuesday nights, and
enjoy our special Twosday offer
of 2 tickets for the price of 1!
Great for trying something new!
Subject to limited availability,
on selected seats/shows.
We reserve the right to withdraw this offer at any time.

CREATIVE TEAM

Music by
Michel Legrand
Set and Costume Design
Lez Brotherston
Sound Design
Simon Baker
Lyrics translated by
Sheldon Harnick
Directed and adapted by
Emma Rice
Based on the film by
Jacques Demy
Lighting Design
Malcolm Rippeth
Musical Supervisor/Director
Nigel Lilley
Additional Lyrics by
Charles Burr

CAST

Meow Meow
Lola
Andrew Durand *
Guy
Cynthia Eviro
Madeleine
Gareth Charlton
Sailor
Matt Wilman
Ensemble
Joanna Riding
Mme Emery
Carly Bawden
Genevieve
Dominic Marsh
Roland Cassard
Aki Omoshaybi
Sailor
Laura Brydon
Ensemble

Leicester Mercury

‘heart-achingly beautiful’

BBC Leicester

‘superb’

Artsin Leicestershire magazine

‘Two hours of charm, atmosphere and pleasing entertainment’