Sedos presents Victor/Victoria

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Posted: 10/5/14 at 10:08am

Victor/Victoria
26 November-6 December 2014, Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street
Box office: www.sedos.co.uk

A musical comedy about a woman pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman.

We know we’re in Paris, but is this person a he or a she? A man or a woman? What confusion... what fun!

Victor/Victoria is a musical comedy based on the 1982 film of the same name, which starred Julie Andrews in the lead role and features the iconic song ‘Le jazz hot’. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won the Oscar for best Original Music Score. It was adapted in 1995 as a Broadway musical, where Julie Andrews reprised the lead role receiving a Tony nomination.

Set in Paris in 1934, a penniless singer (Victoria Grant) colludes with a struggling nightclub singer to disguise herself as a man ‘Victor’, to entertain as a female impersonator ‘Victoria’ — and as a result becomes the toast of Paris. Complications arise when a macho Chicago gangster sees the act and finds himself attracted to the star. Much hilarity ensues until ‘Victor’ confesses ‘he’ is not a man and they fall in love.

Victor/Victoria
Book by Blake Edwards
Music by Henry Mancini & Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Additional Music by Frank Wildhorn

Originally produced on Broadway by
Blake Edwards, Tony Adams, John Scher,
Endemol Theatre Productions, Inc.,
Polygram Broadway Ventures, Inc.

Based on the theatrical motion picture owned and
distributed by TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

By arrangement with MusicScope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York

Bridewell Theatre, Bride Lane, off Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EQ
26 November – 6 December 2014
Evenings at 7.30pm (8pm on 29 November)
Matinees on Saturday 29 November and 6 December at 2:30pm
No performances 30 November and 1 December

Tickets: £16 (£13.50)
Premium seats: £18 (£15.50)

Box office: online at www.sedos.co.uk. No booking fee. Buy 10 tickets and get a 10% discount. Cash only on the door. Concessions: Sedos members, children, students, seniors and registered unemployed

Saturday 29 November, 8pm: Gala night — ‘Paris by night’
Join us for a night in Paris by wearing your most glamorous 1930’s outfit… cross dress if you dare! Join us after the show for a cabaret performance in the Bridewell’s very own Parisian bar. Ticket price includes a complimentary drink and programme. Tickets: £20 (£17.50); premium seats £22 (£19.50)

Thursday 27 November, 7.30pm: Charity night
50% of ticket price donated to Cardboard Citizens, Sedos charity of the year
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