Bourne's Edward Scissorhands Will Tour After London Run
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 22, 2005
Matthew Bourne's dance piece based on Tim Burton's gothic fantasia Edward Scissorhands will soon be snipping at London before embarking on a UK tour.The
show will first play Plymouth's Theatre Royal from November 14-19th in
a trial run before moving to London's Sadler's Wells on November 22nd,
with a closing date set at February 5th, 2006; the official opening
will be on November 30th. After the London run, the piece will play other theatres across the UK.
The tour venues and dates have been announced as: Southampton Mayflower (February 14th-18th), Lowry Salford (February 21st-25th), Norwich Theatre Royal (February 28th-March 4), New Wimbledon Theatre (March 7th-11th), Wales Millenium Centre (March 14th-18th), Birmingham Hippodrome (March 21th-25th), New Victoria Theatre of Woking (March 28th-April 1st), Nottingham Theatre Royal (April 4th-8th), Glasgow Theatre Royal (April 11th-15th), Newcastle Theatre Royal (April 18th-22nd), Wyncombe Swan (April 25th-29th), Bradford Alhambra (May 2nd-6th) and Milton Keynes Theatre (May 9th-13th).
Edwards Scissorhands will tell through dance the story that the 1990 Johnny Depp-starrer first unspooled: that of a socially-crippled man with scissors for hands who becomes fascinated with a young woman (played by Winona Ryder in the film). Dancers Richard Winsor and Sam Archer (both of whom have appeared in 3 other Bourne shows) will switch off in the gothically-attired title role, while Bourne's frequent collaborators Scott Ambler and Etta Murfitt will also be on hand for the production (as associate directors, with Murfitt co-starring in the piece). Terry Davies, with whom Bourne worked on The Car Man and Play Without Words, will adapt his music from Danny Elfman's film score (which complemented Caroline Thompson's screenplay).
Edward Scissorhands' design team will comprise Lez Brotherston (set and costumes), Howard Harrison (lighting) and Paul Groothuis (sound).
One of the most successful choreographers working today, Bourne takes his inspiration from films (The Car Man, based upon The Postman Always Rings Twice, Play Without Words, based on Joseph Losey's The Servant), and from classics (Nutcracker!, Highland Fling). His Swan Lake was a smash on both sides of the Atlantic, and picked up two 1999 Tonys, with Bourne garnering the awards for Best Choreography and Best Direction of a Musical; the show stirred up some controversy, too, regarding dance pieces and the Tonys. As for his musical theatre credits, Bourne choreographed Trevor Nunn's revivals of My Fair Lady and South Pacific, as well as co-directing Mary Poppins with Richard Eyre.
For more information on the show and for tickets to either the London production or tour stops, visit www.edwardscissorhands.co.uk.
The tour venues and dates have been announced as: Southampton Mayflower (February 14th-18th), Lowry Salford (February 21st-25th), Norwich Theatre Royal (February 28th-March 4), New Wimbledon Theatre (March 7th-11th), Wales Millenium Centre (March 14th-18th), Birmingham Hippodrome (March 21th-25th), New Victoria Theatre of Woking (March 28th-April 1st), Nottingham Theatre Royal (April 4th-8th), Glasgow Theatre Royal (April 11th-15th), Newcastle Theatre Royal (April 18th-22nd), Wyncombe Swan (April 25th-29th), Bradford Alhambra (May 2nd-6th) and Milton Keynes Theatre (May 9th-13th).
Edwards Scissorhands will tell through dance the story that the 1990 Johnny Depp-starrer first unspooled: that of a socially-crippled man with scissors for hands who becomes fascinated with a young woman (played by Winona Ryder in the film). Dancers Richard Winsor and Sam Archer (both of whom have appeared in 3 other Bourne shows) will switch off in the gothically-attired title role, while Bourne's frequent collaborators Scott Ambler and Etta Murfitt will also be on hand for the production (as associate directors, with Murfitt co-starring in the piece). Terry Davies, with whom Bourne worked on The Car Man and Play Without Words, will adapt his music from Danny Elfman's film score (which complemented Caroline Thompson's screenplay).
Edward Scissorhands' design team will comprise Lez Brotherston (set and costumes), Howard Harrison (lighting) and Paul Groothuis (sound).
One of the most successful choreographers working today, Bourne takes his inspiration from films (The Car Man, based upon The Postman Always Rings Twice, Play Without Words, based on Joseph Losey's The Servant), and from classics (Nutcracker!, Highland Fling). His Swan Lake was a smash on both sides of the Atlantic, and picked up two 1999 Tonys, with Bourne garnering the awards for Best Choreography and Best Direction of a Musical; the show stirred up some controversy, too, regarding dance pieces and the Tonys. As for his musical theatre credits, Bourne choreographed Trevor Nunn's revivals of My Fair Lady and South Pacific, as well as co-directing Mary Poppins with Richard Eyre.
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