Short London run of The Drowsy Chaperone
Short London run of The Drowsy Chaperone
#1Short London run of The Drowsy Chaperone
Posted: 3/11/17 at 5:59am
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE?
Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison?
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Box office: sedos.co.uk
Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Book of Musical and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone bursts to life on the Bridewell Theatre stage this May.
A Man sits at home, and looks for a cure for his “non-specific sadness”. He turns to his record collection and selects a little-known recording from the glory days of Broadway, “The Drowsy Chaperone”. As the record plays, we are transported into the world of a 1920s musical where there are gangsters, mistaken identities and a wedding that may or may not happen. While the musical comes to life around him, we not only learn more about the characters of the farcical production, but more about The Man and how he came to be sitting alone, feeling blue.
Both a riot of musical silliness, and a commentary on the transformative powers of story-telling, this short show will appeal to the theatre geek in all of us.
Bridewell Theatre
Bride Lane, Fleet Street
London EC4Y 8EQ
3-13 May 2017?
Evenings at 7.30pm, Saturday matinees at 2.30pm
Box office: sedos.co.uk
Tickets £14.50-23
Early bird offer: buy tickets before the end of March 2017 and get £1 off the price of a ticket (discount prices automatically shown on the box office for all tickets bought before 31 March)
