The Award-Winning Cabaret Returns to Birmingham Rep this September
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
CABARET
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Rufus Norris
Wednesday 2 to Saturday 19 September 2009
Press Night: Monday 7 September 7.00pm
The multi award-winning production of CABARET returns to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from September 2nd – 19th following its sell-out run last year.
Directed by Rufus Norris this production features a star cast including world-renowned dancer and TV favourite Wayne Sleep as the notorious Emcee and Siobhan Dillon, the hugely popular runner-up from the hit BBC series How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria, as Sally Bowles.
Dillon, from Lichfield, entered Andrew Lloyd Webber’s search for a West End star in 2006 and was watched by millions as she made it through to the finals, eventually finishing as a runner up to Connie Fisher. The 24-year old has since gone on to appear in the West End in Grease and is due to release her debut album this Christmas.
Since its Broadway premiere in 1966 and the famous movie version, with Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey, CABARET has won a staggering number of stage and screen awards including eight Oscars, seven BAFTAs and 13 Tonys.
This “Sensational” Double Olivier Award Winner and Variety Club Awards ‘Best Musical’, turns Weimar Berlin of 1931 into a sassy, sizzling haven of decadence. And at its heart is the legendary Sally Bowles, who performs nightly at the infamous Kit Kat Klub in ‘a shimmering masterpiece of a show guaranteed night after night!’
From the creators of the hit musical Chicago, CABARET features show-stopping choreography, dazzling costumes and some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre including Mein Herr, Maybe This Time and of course Cabaret.
Joining Wayne Sleep and Siobhan Dillon in the cast will be Henry Luxemburg as Clifford Bradshaw and Jenny Logan as Fraulein Schneider.
Director, Rufus Norris recently directed Death And The Kings Horseman at the National Theatre and Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway. His credits also include Market Boy at the National Theatre and Festen, for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Director and won the Critics’ Circle Award for Best Director 2005 and the Evening Standard Award for Best Director 2004.
Design for CABARET is by Katrina Lindsay, choreography by Javier de Frutos, lighting design by Jean Kalman, sound by Ben Harrison and musical direction by David Steadman.
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