Rouge your knees and pull your stockings down!
Rouge your knees and pull your stockings down!
Why see Chicago?
Start The Car, I Know A Whoopee Spot!
Join Roxie Hart and her merry murderesses as they battle for fame and freedom in this satirical look at the world of celebrity and justice. Set in the roaring twenties Chicago has everything you want from a musical, sex, murder and good old Razzle Dazzle that has you intoxicated from start to finish.
With hit tunes like 'Cell Block Tango', 'Razzle Dazzle' and 'All That Jazz' as well as the sassy original choreography by the great Bob Fosse, Chicago breathed a sense of fresh air onto the stage when it first opened in Broadway in 1975. Now 40+ years on Chicago is heralded as a pioneer of both Broadway and the West End and is a firm favourite in countries across the world. The 1997 revival ran on London's West End for 15 years and won an Olivier Award before closing in 2012.
What Is Chicago About?
Set in the Prohibition Era in Chicago famed vaudeville performer Velma Kelly is incarcerated behind bars awaiting trial for murdering her cheating husband and her traitorous sister. Fortunately Billy Flynn a renowned lawyer with a perfect track record, and a master at manipulating public opinion in favour of his clients is on her defense team. Everything is looking rosy until Roxie Hart a fame-hungry wannabe turns up. After being accused of killing her lover Roxie sets about stealing both Velma's limelight and her lawyer.
Each battling for their 15 minutes of fame, the women go head to head in the race to become Chicago's most notorious criminal and escape the rope.
Key Information
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Cast
- Faye Brookes as Roxie Hart
- Brenda Edwards as Mama Morton
- Kevin Clifton as Billy Flynn
- Djalenga Scott as Velma Kelly
- Joshua Lloyd as Amos Hart
- Jordan Lee Davies as Mary Sunshine
- Sinitta as Mama Morton (Bradford and Stoke)
Further cast
Bethany Adamson, Victoria Anderson, Josh Crowther, Joe Dale, Jessica Keable, Robin Kent, Annabelle Laing, Jacob McLay Reid, Jonathan Milton, George Olney, Oliver Ramsdale, Elly Shaw, Lucy Anne Stacey, Matthew Sweet and Ria Tanaka.
Creative
- Music and Lyrics by Kander and Ebb
- Book by Ebb and Bob Fosse
- Choreographed by Gary Chryst after Ann Reinking (in the style of Bob Fosse)
- Direction by Stacey Haynes after Walter Bobbie
- Design by John Lee Beatty
- Costume by William Ivey Long
- Lighting by Ken Billington
- Original sound design by Rick Clarke
- Re-creation of original sound design by Matt Grounds
- Script adaptation by David Thompson
- Orchestrations by Ralph Burns
- Musical supervision by Ian Townsend
- Musical direction by Andrew Hilton
- Dance music arrangements by Peter Howard
Reviews
Customer reviews
Jules
The best cast yet!
Gina
Chicago 26th May Manchester matinee
Jean Johnson
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