![]() Featuring a new cast, the production visited Wimbledon, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Oxford, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Norwich, Canterbury, Plymouth, Southampton, Dublin, Belfast, Sunderland, Woking and Eastbourne. ![]() Ī further 47-week tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland commenced at the New Wimbledon Theatre, on 12 August 2014, running until July 2015. Although the production's run had been extended until April 2014, it closed on 26 October 2013. ![]() A final cast change took place after Gaumond left to play Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical: Russell-Leighton Dixon, previously the understudy for Alberto, took over the part. Charlotte Gooch took over the role of Dale Tremont in November 2012 on 5 February 2013 Gavin Lee took over the role of Jerry, Broadway star Kristen Beth Williams took over as Dale, Clive Hayward became Horace and Alex Gaumond became Alberto. The production then moved to the West End's Aldwych Theatre on 19 April 2012, with its opening night on 9 May and an initial booking until the end of January 2013. An additional pre-West-End tour took place in spring 2012, at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking from 13 to 17 March and the Bristol Hippodrome from 21 to 31 March. The original cast included Summer Strallen as Dale Tremont, Tom Chambers as Jerry Travers, Martin Ball as Horace, Vivien Parry as Madge Hardwick, Ricardo Alfonso as Alberto Beddini and Stephen Boswell as Bates. The show had its world premiere on 16 August 2011 at the Milton Keynes Theatre, at the beginning of a 17-week UK tour stopping in Birmingham, Southampton, Salford, Plymouth, Norwich, Canterbury, Edinburgh and Leeds. Two of Berlin's daughters described the show as "a beautiful production": "It could definitely give new life to these songs and to Top Hat for a younger generation". Astaire's daughter was in the audience for the show's opening in London, and described Chambers as "wonderful": "There will always be comparisons, but what this show has done is bring a version to the world to see for the future". During the competition Chambers was compared to Astaire, his hero. The producers for the original tour and the West End production cast Strictly Come Dancing winner Tom Chambers in the role originated by Fred Astaire. The show was directed by White with choreography by Bill Deamer, set designs by Hildegard Bechtler, costume design by Jon Morrell, lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Gareth Owen, new orchestrations by Chris Walker and musical supervision by Richard Balcombe. Featuring a 31-person cast, the production was adapted from the original screenplay by Matthew White and Howard Jacques. The show features fourteen songs by Berlin, six more songs than the original production. A first read-through of the adapted script was held at Sadler's Wells in November 2010, and it was performed for the first time 76 years after the original film. It took the show's producer, Kenny Wax, sixteen months to obtain the rights from Berlin's estate to adapt the film into a stage musical. If there's a way to do it better.The musical is based on the 1935 film of the same name, with music by Irving Berlin. The Directors set the plan and the Leader engages and empowers the team to deliver on that plan. Knowing the difference between the Director Hat and the Leadership Hat is also fundamental. After all it is your people who must be engaged in your plan for it to become a reality. Getting your structure right is the next most important component of business success after developing your strategy.
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