• Piaf transfers to the West End

    29 Aug 2008

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    Currently playing at the Donmar Warehouse, the critically acclaimed Piaf will transfer to the Vaudeville theatre for a limited 14 week season, after it closes its sell-out run at the Covent Garden venue on 20 September. Read more


Piaf

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Showing at: Vaudeville Theatre

Box Office: 0844 412 4663

Age: General

Genre: Play

Sub Genre: Drama

Elena Roger stars in this biographical play, transferred from its run at the Donmar Warehouse earlier this year. Piaf captures the glamour and the squalor of the life of extraordinary French singer Edith Piaf, who died tragically young after years of drug and alcohol abuse.

Playwright Pam Gems has reworked her 1978 piece which follows Piaf from a life on the streets of Paris to worldwide fame, exploring the rise and fall of this fragile, enigmatic performer. The play includes many of Piaf's famous songs, including Je Ne Regrette Rien.

Argentine actress Roger made her West End debut in the recent revival of Evita, playing the title role, before staying on in London to join the cast of Boeing Boeing.

For more information about Piaf read our First Night Feature which relates to the show's run at the Donmar Warehouse. 

Performance Details

  • previews from: 16 Oct 2008
  • opening night: 21 Oct 2008
  • closing: 24 Jan 2009

show times: Mon-Sat 19:45, mats Wed & Sat 15:00

ticket prices: £10-£45

duration: 1h30

 

cast: Elena Roger, Shane Attwooll, Phillip Browne, Lorraine Bruce, Luke Evans, Michael Hadley, Katherine Kingsley, Steve John Shepherd

author: Pam Gems

director: Jamie Lloyd

music by: Edith Piaf, Ben and Max Ringham

sound: Christopher Shutt

lighting designer: Neil Austin

designer: Soutra Gilmour

producer: Arielle Tepper Madover & CMP Limited and Donmar Warehouse

 

map: View Map

address: Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 0NH

nearest tube: Charing Cross (200m) Embankment (300m)

nearest bus: 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 68, 7A, 91, 139, 176

nearest train: Charing Cross (100m)

parking: Westminter City Council car park at Spring Gardens (Trafalgar Square). NCP at Drury Lane.

air conditioned: Yes

 

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 020 7836 7969

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: Discounts are available for all disabled theatregoers and their companions, but vary depending on the current production.

limited mobility: Stall aisle seats and boxes have the most leg room. Book early if you wish to sit in these seats.

access description: There is a step of approx. 5cm then 2 sets of double doors opening into the foyer. Box Office counter on right. Staircases are all highlighted and have handrails on both sides. Stalls are 6 steps down from the foyer. 27 steps up to the Dress Circle (3 steps between rows). Upper Circle 54 steps up from foyer, though very narrow. Auditorium open 30 mins before performance.

hearing impaired: No facilities at present.

guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are allowed in the auditorium and boxes and staff can dog-sit at foyer cloakroom or management office by prior arrangement with the management.

wheelchairs: There are no spaces for wheelchair users in the auditorium and you are asked not to bring a motorised wheelchair. Transfer seating available to any aisle seat on left-hand side of Stalls – down 6 steps from foyer. Alternatively, access the Dress Circle through a side EXIT door on Lumley Court. Please notify a member of staff at the Box Office if you wish to use this entrance. No access to toilets from this level. 1 shallow step immediately inside door and 2 further steps to the left to row A. Box C up 2 fairly steep steps to the right, 74cm in width. Entrance to the box is 56cm wide – so it would be necessary to transfer to a moveable seat inside the Box from this entrance. The theatre is licensed to accommodate 2 wheelchair users per performance. Wheelchair users must bring a non-disabled companion.

toilets: Women’s 6 steps down from foyer, through 56cm wide door with cubicles. Men’s urinals 12 steps up from foyer. Men’s toilets 25 steps up from foyer.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilets to the right of the Stalls entrance.

legroom: Access guides available on request.

bars: Drinks brought to disabled customers in the auditorium. Dress Circle bar 22 steps up from the foyer with moveable seats. Further bar at Upper Circle level.

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