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Sweet Charity
Tamzin Outhwaite leads the cast of this classic musical, which tells of the misadventures in love of one girl who always gives her heart to the wrong man.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
Sweet Charity
Haymarket, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, LondonThe Menier Chocolate Factory production of Sweet Charity transfers to the West End with its original lead, Tamzin Outhwaite.
Sweet Charity tells the story of Charity Hope Valentine, a gullible and guileless girl who always gives her heart and dreams to the wrong man. When she meets the nervy Oscar in a lift, she hopes to put her misfortune in love behind her.
Cy Coleman's score features the famous numbers Hey Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now and The Rhythm Of Life.
Sweet Charity premiered on Broadway in 1966 before opening in London a year later. A 1969 film version starred Shirley MacLaine.
This new production of Sweet Charity opened at the Menier Chocolate Factory last year, and becomes the latest musical to transfer from the intimate London Bridge venue into the West End, following Sunday In The Park With George, Little Shop Of Horrors and A Little Night Music.
For more about Sweet Charity read the First Night Feature (from its opening at the Menier Chocolate Factory) or the Big Interview with Mark Umbers.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Tamzin Outhwaite, Mark Umbers, Josefina Gabrielle, Tiffany Graves, Paul J Medford, Jack Edwards, Ebony Molina, Rachael Archer, Richard Jones, Gemma Maclean, Zak Nemorin, Richard Roe, Annalisa Rossi, Jez Unwin, Kenneth Avery-Clark, Matthew Barrow, Joanna Goodwin, Alexis Owen Hobbs, Laura Scott
director: Matthew White
music by: Cy Coleman
lyrics by: Dorothy Fields
book By: Neil Simon
sound: Gareth Owen
lighting designer: David Howe
costume: Matthew Wright
choreographer: Stephen Mear
designer: Tim Shortall
producer: Chocolate Factory Productions, David Ian Productions, Theatre Royal Haymarket productions and David Mirvish
Ticket Prices:
£17.50-£55
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Musical
- Sub-Genre: Musical-Comedy
- Show Times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Wed & Sat 14:30
- Duration: 2h40
- opening night:
- Box Office:
0845 481 1870 - Visit the Show Website
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Fri 19 Feb 2010 10:21Sweet Charity finds West End home
Venue InformationHIDE
Haymarket, Theatre Royal
Haymarket, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 4HT
- Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus (150m) Leicester Square (500m)
- Nearest bus: 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 38, 40, 88, 91, 94, 139, 159, 176,
- Parking: Westminter City Council car park at Whitcomb Street. NCPs in Denman Street and Leicester Place. Meters and 1 disabled parking space in Suffolk Place.
- Air conditioned: 1
- Download an Enabled Map
Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: Tel: 020 7930 8800
- Telephones: Public card and credit card telephone up one step from the Stalls bar.
- Discounts: Discounts available for wheelchair users and their companions.
- Limited mobility: There is more leg room in boxes A and B (4 steps into each box), or in seats F1, F21, G1 and G18 of the Stalls.
- Access description: Main entrance up three 15cm steps (staircases have handrails on both sides and are highlighted) through a set of double swing doors. Box Office counter to the right of the entrance. 18 steps down from the foyer to the Stalls, 28 steps up to the Royal Circle, and 60+ steps up to the Upper Circle and Gallery, through a separate entrance to the right of the main entrance. 4 steps in to each box.
- Hearing impaired: Sennheiser infra-red system with 20 headsets.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are not allowed into the auditorium but up to 6 can be looked after in the manager’s office.
- Wheelchairs: No steps to the auditorium through EXIT doors to the left and righthand side of the main entrance – please tell the Box Office in advance and they will be opened for you. 1 space for a wheelchair user at X18. The venue is suitable for scooters. Transfer seating available to any aisle seat for 1 scooter and 4 wheelchairs. The theatre can store 1 scooter and 4 wheelchairs per performance.
- Toilets: Women’s and men’s are down 11 steps from the foyer and at Royal Circle and Upper Circle level.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted toilet at Stalls entrance on street level.
- Bars: 1 licensed bar. Drinks in plastic cups can be brought to disabled customers in the auditorium. Stalls bar is 11 steps down from the foyer, Royal Circle bar is 28 steps up from the foyer, and there is another bar at Upper Circle level. No seating.
