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Kevin Gray to Star in New UK Tour of The King and I, Opens January 2005

By: Jan. 09, 2005
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Kevin Gray will reprise his Broadway role as the King alongside esteemEd English actress Elizabeth Renihan as Mrs Anna in a brand new production of the much-loved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King & I, which will open at the Liverpool Empire in January 2005 ahead of a year-long national tour.

Directed by Stephen Rayne, this new production will use as its inspiration Anna and the King of Siam, the original Margaret Landon novel on which this all-time classic musical is based. Celebrating the fiftieth year since the release of the famous Oscar Winning film, it will explore and correct some of the myths behind this enchanting story, which is set in the early 1860s in the Royal capital city of Bangkok in the Kingdom of Siam.

Kevin Gray's extensive US theatre credits include Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, the Engineer in Miss Saigon and Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, whilst Elizabeth Renihan has worked extensively here in the UK with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre.

The King and I is set to one of the most glorious, beautiful and unforgettable scores ever written for the stage, including 'Shall we Dance?', 'I Whistle a Happy Tune', 'Hello Young Lovers', 'Getting to Know You', 'I Have Dreamed' and 'Something Wonderful'. The original production of The King and I with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Richard Rodgers, opened on Broadway in 1951 and has captured millions in the decades since with its delightful story of Anna Leonowens, brought to the court of Siam as tutor to the King's 67 children.

The King and I is directed by Stephen Rayne with choreography by Nikki Woolaston, musical supervision by John Rigby and sound design by Colin Pink.

This production is presented by NETworks Presentations International. Established in 1995, NETworks has offices in New York City, NY and Washington DC and London. Heading UK operations is NETworks Presentations Executive Producer Seth Wenig, a long established theatrical producer, who has worked on over 20 Broadway touring shows including The Sound of Music, Starlight Express, Gypsy, Cinderella and many more. NETworks are currently producing the US tours of the Royal National Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! and Cameron Mackintosh's production of Oliver!

 

UK DATES AND VENUES 

Liverpool  

Empire Theatre 

Box Office: 0870 6063536

Sat 22 – Sat 29 Jan

Manchester 

Palace Theatre

Box Office: 0870 4013000

Tue 1 – Sat 12 Feb

Eastbourne

Congress Theatre

Box Office: 01323 412000

Tue 15 – Sat 26 Feb

Llandudno

North Wales Theatre

Box Office: 01492 872000

Tue 1 – Sat12 March

Northampton

Derngate

Box Office: 01604 624811

Tue 15 – Sat 26 March

York

Grand Opera House

Box Office: 0870 606 3595

Tue 29 March – Sat 2 April

Oxford

New Theatre

Box Office: 0870 606 3500

Mon 4 – Sat 9 April

Canterbury

Marlowe Theatre

Box Office: 01227 787787

Tue 12 – Sat 23 April

Bradford

Alhambra Theatre

Box Office: 01274 432 000

Tue 26 April – Sat 7 May

Nottingham

Royal Concert Hall

Box Office: 0115 9895555

Tue 10 – Sat 21 May

Edinburgh

The Playhouse

Box Office: 0870 6063424

Tue 24 May – Sat 4 June

Blackpool

Opera House

Box Office: 01253 292029

Tue 7 – Sat 18 June

Birmingham

Alexandra Theatre

Box Office: 0870 6077533

Tue 21 June – Sat 2 July

Bournemouth

Pavilion Theatre

Box Office: 0870 111 3000

Tue 5 – Sat 16 July

Bristol

Bristol Hippodrome

Box Office: 0870 6077500

Tue 19 – Sat 30 July

Wimbledon

New Wimbledon Theatre

Box Office: 0870 0606646

Tue 30 Aug – Sat 10 Sept

Leicester

De Montfort Hall

Box Office: 0116 233 3111

Tues 13 – Sat 17 Sept

Sheffield

Lyceum Theatre

Box Office: 0114 2496000

Tue 20 Sept – Sat 1 Oct

Sunderland

Empire Theatre

Box Office: 0870 6021130

Tue 4 – Sat 15 Oct

 

 

Glasgow

The King's Theatre

Box Office: 0141 2401111

Tue 18 – Sat 29 Oct

Torquay

Princess Theatre

Box Office: 0870 2414120

Tue 1 – Sat 12 Nov

Cardiff

New Theatre

Box Office: 029 20878889

Tue 15 – Sat 26 Nov

 

 

 




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