Will Keith for Theatre Syndicate London and Starting Over Theatricals Ltd in association with Kyle Tovey for AKT Management present

Soho Cinders

Music by George Stiles
Lyrics by Anthony Drewe
Book by Anthony Drewe & Elliot Davies

When impoverished student Robbie becomes romantically involved with engaged London Mayoral candidate James Prince, his lap-dancing step-sisters become the least of his problems! James and Robbie's worlds collide, forcing them to fight for their own fairy-tale ending. Celebrating London's most colourful district and mixing politics, sex-scandals and true love, Soho Cinders is a deliciously naughty musical update of the Cinderella story with an infectious score that you'll be humming long past the stroke of midnight!

12+/Parental discretion is advised

Cast: Michael Mather (from 23 Dec), Livvy Evans (from 23 Dec), Lewis Asquith, Tori Hargreaves, Michaela Stern, Hollie Taylor (from 02 Dec), Dayle Hodge (from 23 Dec), Robert Grose (from 23 Dec), Hollie Taylor (from 02 Dec), Melissa Rose, Jade Bailey, Thomas Ball, Luke Byrne, Ben Darcy (until 21 Dec), Laura Fulgenzi, Liam McHugh (from 23 Dec), Savannah Reed.

Luke Bayer, Millie O'Connell, Ewan Gillies, Christopher Coleman, Ben Darcy and Danny Lane will not perform after 21 December. Natalie Harman will not perform after 30 November.

Creatives: Director - Will Keith, Musical Director - Sarah Morrison, Choreographer - Adam Haigh, Associate Musical Director - Joe Louis Robinson, Set Designer - Justin Williams, Lighting Designer - Jack Weir, Sound Designer - Andrew Johnson, Costume Designer - Nicole Garbett, Casting Director - Harry Blumenau

• Mainstage

Stiletto

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In Italy during the 18th century, an average of 5,000 boys were castrated annually. Almost exclusively, they came from poor families. Their treble voices intact, castration promised those who survived a chance to earn fame and fortune by singing female roles in the opera. A few made it, but most didn’t and were swept aside.

Stiletto, a new musical with Music and Lyrics by three-time Grammy nominee, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Matthew Wilder (Disney’s Mulan), Book by double Olivier Award nominee Tim Luscombe (Noël Coward’s Easy Virtue, Terrence Rattigan’s The Browning Version and Harlequinade), is set in Venice, Europe’s opera capital.

During the winter of 1730-31, Venice is a city bristling with opportunity where fortunes can be made but life is cheap. A city of lustre and intrigue with plenty of chances of success for Marco, who was castrated as a child to retain his perfect voice. Opera stars being the rock stars of their day, Marco is on course to be an 18th-century Jagger or Bowie, to snag a powerful patron and play leading roles.

In a busy square he meets Gioia, confident, strong willed...and supremely talented. But despite her musical gifts, being the daughter of an African slave, there’s no chance for her to fulfil her dreams. Marco recognises her talent and, sensing that they are both outsiders as well as sharing a love for music, they fall in love.

In an attempt to get her on stage, Marco introduces Gioia to society and his patron, the Contessa Azzurra, but at the end of the evening, a body lies dead and Gioia is hauled off to prison. To free her, Marco must overcome the demons of his past and the morally corrupt forces of the present.

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Creatives:

Music & Lyrics: Matthew Wilder

Book: Tim Luscombe

Director: David Gilmore

Staging Consultant: Anthony Van Laast

Musical Director: Jae Alexander

Orchestrator: Simon Nathan

Set Designer: Ceci Calf

Costume Designer: Anna Kelsey

Lighting Designer: Ben Ormerod   

Sound Designer: Andrew Johnson

Casting: Neil Rutherford

Executive Producer: Guy Kitchenn

Produced by Patrick Bywalski for the Robert Stigwood Organisation and Steven M. Levy for Charing Cross Theatre Productions Limited.

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