Grease -- Fourth And Final Week on Sale Today
NEW SEATS ON SALE TODAY
DUE to overwhelming demand, a fourth and final week of London’s West End smash hit musical GREASE has gone one sale today.
Tickets are available from The
Edge www.buytickets.co.nz
Once these new
seats are sold, that’s it! There’s no possibility of
further extension.
The show – voted the
No.1 greatest musical of all time by Channel 4 UK – MUST
FINISH ON AUGUST 29TH AND LEAVE NEW ZEALAND.
MEDIA PLEASE NOTE: Cast will arrive
into New Zealand on August 1 and will be available for
interview.
Packed with explosive energy,
London’s high-octane rock ‘n’ roll party is ready to
rumble in Auckland from August 5 for a strictly limited
season. The 25-strong, spectacular international cast will
turn The Civic into Rydell High School in a stage production
that’s truly ELECTRIFYING!
Since the show’s Broadway
premiere in 1972, followed by the 1978 hit movie starring
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John – which went on to
become the highest grossing movie-musical of all time –
GREASE has triumphed across the globe,
striking a universal chord with its irresistible mix of
adolescent angst, vibrant physicality and 1950s pop culture.
Featuring all those unforgettable songs from the movie,
and dazzling costumes, GREASE is a perfect
period piece – a pastiche of the 1950s: “fast, furious
and thrilling, an injection of raw energy... and fun, fun,
fun”, according to The Daily Mirror (UK).
With 142 costume changes, 16 leather jackets and 59 wigs, 10 jumbo cans of hairspray and 8 pots of gel used each week, this new production of GREASE is bigger than ever!
Talking of the show’s appeal and purpose,
director David Gilmore explains, “GREASE
doesn’t have a message ... it gives a flavour of
being a teenager in the 50s when rock ’n’ roll and
putting grease on your hair were the most important things
in life and this is the level that we should take it on.”
Set in 1959 at Rydell High School, GREASE
follows 10 working-class kids as they navigate the
complexities of love, cars, and drive-ins. Danny Zuko, the
hot Greaser, falls in love with the wholesome and pure Sandy
Dumbrowski and when their worlds collide, it’s
a-wella-wella-umph! Then there’s Rizzo, the tough and
sarcastic leader of the Pink Ladies, whose world turns
upside down when she thinks she’s pregnant; Frenchy, the
ditzy beauty school drop out; and Vince Fontaine, the
egotistical, slimy radio disc jockey trying to relive his
teenage years.
GREASE has maintained its
everlasting popularity, proving that teenage angst and
love’s young dream remain timeless and universal themes.
It’s the music that makes the show so fabulous. People
the world over have been singing songs from GREASE
since it exploded into life nearly four decades
ago. Songs like Greased Lightnin’, Look At Me I’m
Sandra Dee, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Summer Nights, Sandy
and You’re the One That I Want are some of pop
music’s most enduring hits.
GREASE is produced by
David Ian, one of London’s most respected theatrical
producers and a judge on the TV casting shows How Do You
Solve A Problem Like Maria for the BBC, Grease Is The
Word for ITV and You’re The One That I Want for
NBC in the United States. Co-producers Lunchbox Theatrical
Productions and David Atkins Enterprises are leading
international producers of live entertainment, who most
recently have brought We Will Rock You, Stomp,
The 39 Steps, Cinderella on Ice and Abba
Mania, to audiences in New Zealand. They completed a
highly successful tour of Swan Lake on Ice in New
Zealand yesterday and are poised to receive international
celebrity chef Rick Stein for a series of theatre
shows next week.
And now this spectacular international production of GREASE is set to electrify Auckland - GREASE really is the word!
Book Music and Lyrics by JIM JACOBS and WARREN
CASEY
“GREASE IS STILL THE WORD”
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THE CIVIC, THE
EDGE
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AUGUST
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Originally
produced in London by ROBERT STIGWOOD, PAUL NICHOLAS and
DAVID
IAN
ENDS