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Cambridge Theatre |
Currently showing:
Dancing In The Streets |
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The Cambridge Theatre in
London is a modern theatre, facing Seven Dials, built
using steel and concrete and is notable for its elegant
and clean lines of design. The theatre was refurbished
in 1950-the original gold and silver decor was painted
over in red, and candelabras and chandeliers were added.
In 1987, in order to restore the original decor, the
theatre was once again refurbished, this time by Carl
Toms.
Productions at the Cambridge Theatre have been
characterised by relatively short runs interspered with
several dark periods and the theatre was used for trade
film shows in the late 1930s and again in 1969 as a
cinema.
Notable productions include Tommy Steele in Half a
Sixpence in 1963 (678 performances), Bruce Forsyth in
Little Me in 1964 (334 performances) and in the late
1970s the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago ran for 590
performances. More recently the 'rock'n'roll' musical
Return to the Forbidden Planet which was based on
Shakespeare's The Tempest and used 1950s and 1960s songs
opened in September 1989 and lasted until early 1993,
winning the Olivier Award for Best New Musical-beating
the favourite, Miss Saigon.
The controversial show Jerry Springer - The Opera has
recently finished at the Cambridge Theatre, and was the
longest running show on record at the theatre. This was
followed by a month run of illusiotist Derren Brown's
Something Wicked This Way Comes tour, before the London
premiere of Flying Music's Dancing In The Streets which
opened on 7th July 2005. This will finish its run on 22
April 2006 prior to the transfer of Chicago moving
across Theatreland from the Adelphi Theatre, to continue
its London run into its tenth year. It will open at the
Cambridge from Friday 28 April, following its closure at
the Adelphi on 22 April. |
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