Master of musicals Dave Willetts (Phantom Of The Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar) and Helena Blackman (runner up in Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit TV show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?) star in the sensational premiere of South Pacific at the Grand Theatre from Friday 24th August to Saturday 8th September.
This is a spectacular new production celebrating Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical masterpiece with a score as breathtaking as the tropical setting. Its songs are entrenched in the classic show-song memory: Some Enchanted Evening, Bali H'ai, There is Nothing Like a Dame, Younger than Springtime, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, Happy Talk and many more.
Nellie Forbush, a naïve Navy nurse from small town Little Rock, Arkansas is making the most of her posting to a wartime Pacific island. Falling in love with middle-aged French planter Emile du Becque she is shocked to find that not only is he a widower, but that his wife was a Polynesian and he is the father of two half-caste children. Unable to shake off the restraints of her strict upbringing she cannot accept his situation.
Lieutenant Joe Cable is caught in a similar dilemma. Growing increasingly fond of Liat, daughter to the Asian peddler and mischievous matchmaker Bloody Mary, he overcomes his prejudice to pursue love. The distraught Du Becque decides to join Lieutenant Cable on a dangerous spying mission on a neighbouring island, it is only when Nellie comes to terms with the idea she may lose Emile that she realises her depth of feeling for him.
Will Joe Cables' story have such a happy ending, and will he and Liat live out their days on the idyllic paradise island?
There is nothing like a musical at the Grand Theatre...
Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific premieres at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool from Friday 24th August to Saturday 8th September (previews Friday 24th August at 8pm and Saturday 25th August at 2.30pm and 7.30pm). Tickets are priced from only £10.50 with concessions and Friends of the Grand discounts available. The matinee performance on Saturday 8th September at 2.30pm will be Audio Described by Pat Heyes, Irene Ryan and Kath Wilsdon. -- www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
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