• Ballet star tries Dirty Dancing

    26 Sep 2008

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    Martin Harvey, who has been with the Royal Ballet since the age of 11, will lead the new cast of Dirty Dancing from 29 September. He is joined by stage and screen actress Leanne Rowe, who makes her West End debut in the production. Read more


Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage

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Showing at: Aldwych Theatre

Box Office: 0870 400 0845

Age: General

Genre: Musical

Hit musical Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage brings the action and music of the iconic movie to London’s Aldwych theatre.

Following the Houseman family, Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage tells of a vacation at popular holiday camp, Kellermans, where their youngest daughter, Frances 'Baby' Houseman, meets Johnny Castle, a dance teacher from the wrong side of the tracks. There begins a classic love story through which audiences learn that love can conquer all barriers and that nobody puts Baby in the corner!

The iconic film Dirty Dancing, which starred Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, was released in 1987 and has since become the benchmark by which all chick flicks are now judged. All the hits from the film's soundtrack, including Do You Love Me?, Hungry Eyes, She’s Like The Wind and Time Of My Life, are featured in the stage show along with some new numbers. The story has been re-written for the stage, but includes all of the movie's memorable moments as well as some added scenes.

Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage was first performed at the Theatre Royal Sydney, Australia, in November 2004. It followed this success with a sell-out 18 month tour of Australia and New Zealand. In 2006, the German production opened in Hamburg, while the London production opened at the Aldwych theatre later that year.

During the course of just one performance of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage, the actress playing Baby has a total of 21 costume changes. The whole cast of 35 has 55 hip-swivelling songs to sing and 73 scene changes.

Performance Details

  • previews from: 29 Sep 2006
  • opening night: 24 Oct 2006
  • booking until: 17 Oct 2009

show times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Mats Fri & Sat 15:00

ticket prices: £25-£59.50

Assisted Performances

audio described performance: By VocalEyes on Tue 28 Apr at 19:30 & Sat 5 Sep at 15:00, tickets £35 T: 020 7379 3367  E: access@aldwychtheatre.co.uk

sign language interpreted performance: By Donna Ruane - Theatresign on Sat 19 Sep at 15:00, tickets £35 T: 020 7379 3367  E: access@aldwychtheatre.co.uk

 

cast: Martin Harvey, Leanne Rowe, Steven Hartley, Carol Starks, Jessica Brooks, Basienka Blake, John Conroy, Nadia Coote, Jason Griffiths, Chris Holland, Richard Lloyd King, Brian Saccente, James Leece, David Firth, Robin Chalk, Josie Kidd, Jacquie Biggs, Wayne Anthony Cole, Cassandra Compton, Neisha-yen Jones, Toussaint Meghie, Sandy Moffat, Callum Powell, Cleopatra Royer, Kelly Smith, Zizi Strallen, Elia Lo Tauro, Hannah Vassallo, Alan Vincent, Maria Ward, Ed White, Karen Williams

author: Eleanor Bergenstein

director: James Powell

sound: Bobby Aitken

set designer: Stephen Brimson-Lewis

lighting designer: Tim Mitchell

costume: Jennifer Irwin

choreographer: Kate Champion

producer: Jacobsen Entertainment and Karl Sydow in association with Lions Gate Films and Eleanor Bergenstein

 

map: View Map

address: Aldwych,London,United Kingdom,WC2B 4DF

nearest tube: Covent Garden (500m)

nearest bus: 1, 4, 11, 13, 15, 68, 98 (Bus Stop outside theatre)

nearest train: Charing Cross (900m)

parking: NCP at Drury Lane/Parker Street. Parking meters outside theatre.

air conditioned: Yes

 

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 020 7836 5537 Minicom: 020 7240 9660 Fax: 020 7379 5776  EMAIL: access@aldwychtheatre.co.uk

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: Wheelchair users and their companions pay the third price, which may vary according to the production.

limited mobility: Dress Circle and any of the Boxes are the most easily accessible areas, and aisle seats are recommended. Seats J1-5, J19-23, C1 and C21 have the most leg room.

access description: 1 step then 5 more up to the main entrance which has double doors opening outwards, with 4 handrails. Box Office counter on the right. No steps from the foyer to the front of the Dress Circle, or 15 steps up to the back (2 steps between rows). 26 steps down from the foyer to the Stalls, and 50+ up to the Upper Circle. All steps are highlighted, with a handrail to the left-hand side on staircases. Theatre opens 30 mins before performance.

hearing impaired: Infra-red system in the auditorium with 5 headsets and 5 neckloops. Induction loop at left window of the box office.

guide dogs policy: One guide dog per performance allowed in Box D.

wheelchairs: Entrance to the auditorium is through a double EXIT door on Drury Lane, over a slight edge and down a ramp inside the door (handrail on the left-hand side), into a corridor which leads to the right-hand side of the Dress Circle. 2 spaces for wheelchair users plus one companion in Box D, through an outer door (76 cm wide) and inner door (69 cm wide). The doorway is too narrow for motorised wheelchairs. You will not be able to see some of the stage. Alternative space for a wheelchair user beside C1 in the Dress Circle, on a slight slope. Transfer seat at C1. Wheelchairs stored in the lobby. Each wheelchair user must bring a non-disabled companion.

toilets: Women’s and men’s at Stalls and Upper Circle level. Further women’s in main foyer and men’s at Dress Circle level.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilets off main foyer at Dress Circle level.

bars: 4 licensed bars. Dress Circle bar 24 steps up from the foyer. Further bars at the back of the Stalls and Upper Circle level.

Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage, the musical playing at London's Aldwych theatre

Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage

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