Honk!
Synopsis
Following last summer’s hit production of The Dreaming, Curve Young Company proudly presents Honk!
Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling, Honk! tells the story of an odd looking baby duck, and his quest to find his mother after being seduced away by a wily cat who wants to eat him for dinner.
Along his way, he encounters a beautiful swan tangled in a fishing line and the two birds fall in love. However, the course of true love is never simple…
Brimming with memorable songs, this heart-warming musical is one not to be missed this summer.
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Credits & Acknowledgments
Music by GEORGE STILES
Book and lyrics by ANTHONY DREWE
Based on HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN’s The Ugly Duckling
Directed by TIM FORD
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Curve, Sadler’s Wells and Jonathan Church Theatre Productions are delighted to announce the full casting for the UK tour of Curve’s smash-hit production of A CHORUS LINE.
Joining the previously announced Adam Cooper as Zach and Carly Mercedes Dyer as Cassie will be Jocasta Almgill as Diana Morales, Lydia Bannister as Bebe Benzenheimer, Bradley Delarosbel as Gregory Gardner, Archie Durrant as Mark Anthony, Joshua Lay as Al Deluca, Katie Lee as Kristine Urich, Mireia Mambo as Richie Walters, Kanako Nakano as Judy Turner (and cover Connie Wong), Manuel Pacific as Paul San Marco, Ashley-Jordon Packer as Larry (and cover Paul San Marco), Kate Parr as Maggie Winslow, Rachel Jayne Picar as Connie Wong, Redmand Rance as Mike Costa, Chloe Saunders as Val Clarke, Toby Seddon as Bobby Mills, Amy Thornton as Shelia Bryant and Louie Wood as Don Kerr.
The cast is completed by ensemble members Yuki Abe (cover Kristine Urich and Judy Turner), Fin Adams (cover Mark Anthony and Mike Costa), Katrina Dix (cover Sheila Bryant and Bebe Benzenheimer), Imogen Rose Hart (cover Diana Morales, Maggie Winslow and Richie Walters), Laura Hills (cover Cassie and Val Clarke), Josh Kiernan (cover Bobby Mills and Gregory Gardner) and Joshua Steel (cover Don Kerr and Al Deluca).
A CHORUS LINE will open at Curve from 28 June to 13 July 2024, with a Summer run at Sadler’s Wells from 31 July to 25 August before embarking on a UK Tour, visiting The Lowry in Salford 23 to 27 July, Norwich Theatre Royal 27 to 31 August, The Marlowe in Canterbury 2 to 7 September, Birmingham Hippodrome 10 to 14 September, New Theatre, Cardiff, 16 to 21 September, Edinburgh Festival Theatre 24 to 28 September and Wycombe Swan 30 September – 5 October.
This production was originally staged at Curve, Leicester in Christmas 2021 and is directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (The Wizard of Oz, Billy Elliot the Musical, West Side Story) and choreographed by Ellen Kane (Dear England, the National Theatre, Matilda the Musical, Netflix, West Side Story, Curve). A Chorus Line features set design by Grace Smart (Hamlet, The Globe and My Beautiful Laundrette and Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual, both at Curve), Orchestration and musical supervision by David Shrubsole (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, UK tour), costume design by Edd Lindley (Billy Elliot the Musical, Curve), lighting design by Howard Hudson (& Juliet, Broadway, West End, Australia), sound design by Tom Marshall (Grease, Dominion Theatre) and musical direction by Matthew Spalding (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, UK tour). Casting is by Kay Magson CDG and Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting. The show’s orchestra will be supported by music licensing company, PPL.
New York City. 1975. On an empty Broadway stage, seventeen performers are put through their paces in the final, gruelling audition for a new Broadway musical. Only eight will make the cut. A Chorus Line is a musical masterpiece that revolutionised world theatre, with creator Michael Bennett using real-life testimonies from late-night recording sessions with dancers. Celebrate the lives of theatre’s unsung heroes, as they tell searing stories of ambition, shattered hopes, and what it really costs to follow your dreams. Directed by Nikolai Foster, with a book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban, A Chorus Line features iconic songs including One, I Hope I Get It, Nothing and the hit ballad What I Did For Love. Join us next summer for sensational choreography, heart-wrenching personal stories and musical theatre’s most unforgettable finale.
Throughout performances of A CHORUS LINE in Leicester, Curve will run a fundraising auction with ‘money can’t buy’ Made at Curve items to raise money for the theatre’s work as a registered charity (no. 230708). Further details of the auction will be announced in due course.
Tickets for A CHORUS LINE at Curve are now on sale. To find out more and book, visit www.curveonline.co.uk/whats-on/shows/a-chorus-line-2, call 0116 242 3595 or visit Curve’s Box Office in-person.
A CHORUS LINE
Conceived & Originally Directed & Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Edward Kleban
Co-choreographed by Bob Avian
Original Broadway Production produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival. Joseph Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc
A Chorus Line is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk