'Hairspray' Announces Captioned Performances

There will be access performances for the smash hit award-winning musical Hairspray on 3, 10 and 17 April.

The 3.00pm and 7.30pm performances on Thursday 3 April will be captioned. The 3.00pm and 7.30pm performances on Thursday 10 April will be audio described. The 3.00pm and 7.30pm performances on Thursday 17 April will be accompanied by British Sign Language.

Hairspray stars Michael Ball as 'Edna Turnblad', Ian Talbot as 'Wilbur Turnblad', LeAnne Jones as 'Tracy Turnblad' and Ben James-Ellis as 'Link Larkin', who will all continue to star in the show until Saturday 25 October 2008. The musical continues to break all box office records at the theatre and is now booking until 4 April 2009.

The show opened in London on 30 October to universal critical acclaim and smash hit business, and has won the Evening Standard, the Olivier and the What's on Stage Awards for 'Best Musical'. Hairspray is produced in the West End by Stage Entertainment with Margo Lion, The Baruch/Viertel/Routh/Frankel Group and New Line Cinema in association with others from the Broadway producing team. 

Hairspray has a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman. The musical is based on the New Line Cinema film, written and directed by John Waters. The musical is directed by Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell. The scenic design is by David Rockwell, the costumes by William Ivey Long, the lighting by Kenneth Posner and the sound by Steve C. Kennedy. With orchestrations by Harold Wheeler and arrangements by Marc Shaiman, the musical direction is by Lon Hoyt. The West End production of "HAIRSPRAY" is staged by the entire original Broadway creative team. 

Performances times at the Shaftesbury Theatre are Mondays to Saturdays at 7.30pm, with Thursday and Saturday matinees at 3.00pm. Tickets, priced from £22.50 - £60, are available from the Shaftesbury Theatre Box Office on 0207 379 5399 or by visiting http://www.hairspraythemusical.com

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