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London Palladium |
Currently showing:
Sinatra At The Palladium |
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The London Palladium is one
of the most famous of London's West End theatres. Built
by Frank Matcham, a famous theatrical architect who
designed two famous London theatres: the London
Palladium and the London Coliseum. If you top the bill
at the Palladium, you're a star. The annual Royal
Variety Performance, the most prestigious Variety event
of all, is staged at the Palladium.
It is also one of London's largest theatres, boasting
2,286 seats.
In the 1950s and 60s it was the setting for the
top-rated ITV variety show Sunday Night at the London
Palladium which was broadcast live every week and hosted
first by Tommy Trinder, then by Bruce Forsyth. The
programme was made by ATV, which was owned by the famous
theatrical impresario Lew Grade. Production was by Val
Parnell.
In the late 1980s the venue was once again the setting
for the popular ITV1 variety show, Live from the
Palladium, compered by Jimmy Tarbuck.
During this time, the theatre was under the ownership of
the Stall Moss Theatres Group.
In 2000, ownership of the theatre changed once again
when it was acquired by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really
Useful Group. This was followed by a revival of Rogers &
Hammerstien's The King & I starring Elaine Paige.
In 2002, the famous (but outdated) revolving stage was
removed to make way for more modern technology.
From2002 to 4 September 2005, the Palladium played host
to a theatrical version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Throughout its three and a half year run at the venue,
the production starred many celebrities including
Michael Ball, Richard O'Brien, Russ Abbott, Brian
Blessed, Brian Conley, Gary Wilmot, Paul O'Grady, Derek
Griffiths, Stephen Gately, Wayne Sleep, Lionel Blair and
the final cast on Jason Donovan, Jo Gibb, Christopher
Biggins, Louise Gold, Tony Adams and Alvin Stardust as
the Childcatcher. The production also played a
successful run at Broadway's Hilton Theatre and is now
on a massive UK national tour to Sunderland, Manchester,
Birmingham, Bristol, Southampton and Edinburgh.
For Christmas 2005-6, the venue played host to Bill
Kenwright's production of Scrooge - The Musical which
closed on 14 January 2006. The show starred Tommy Steele
who returned once again to the Palladium.
From February 2006, the theatre will play host to a new
musical production entitled Sinatra At The London
Palladium which will feature a live band, large screen
projections and dancers performing Frank Sinatra's
greatest hits. |
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