David Ian for Crossroads Live is delighted to announce that Elaine C. Smith will play the function of The Childcatcher within the new manufacturing of essentially the most fantasmagorical musical of all time, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG flying into The King’s Theatre, Glasgow from 27 August – 8 September 2024.
Elaine will be part of Olivier-nominee Adam Garcia as Caractacus Potts, Emmerdale star Liam Fox as Grandpa Potts, Ellie Nunn as Truly Scrumptious, Martin Callaghan as Baron/Sid, Jenny Gayner as Baroness/Violet, Adam Stafford as Boris, Michael Joseph as Goran and John Macaulay as The Toymaker. The solid additionally consists of Charlie Bishop, Ruaraidh Blackwood, Hadrian Delacey, Belle Kizzy Green, Tia Gyngell, Kirsty Ingram, Bibi Jay, Isabella Mason, Joe Press, Theo UK Rose, Molly Rees Howe, Callum Train and Luke Woollaston.
The roles of Jeremy and Jemima Potts will likely be shared by Gracie Cochrane, Ayrton English, Isla Ithier, Isabella Manning, Charlie McGuire, Jasmine Nyenya, Roshan Thomson and Louis Wilkins.
Elaine C. Smith is certainly one of Scotland’s finest recognized performers. For over 30 years she has labored extensively in radio, tv, movie and theatre. She is probably finest recognized for her portrayal of Mary Doll, spouse of Rab within the six sequence of the long-lasting BBC comedy manufacturing Rab C Nesbitt which began out as a sketch in Naked Video. Elaine additionally had main roles in City Lights and 2000 Acres of Skye. She is among the few girls within the UK to persistently headline in main pantomimes finishing eight years at His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen and has simply completed her 13th yr at The King’s Theatre, Glasgow for which she gained an award as Best Fairy within the British Pantomime Awards in London in 2018. Elaine began out touring in political theatre with 7:84 Theatre Co after which Wildcat but in addition with Borderline, the Lyceum Theatre, The Tron and likewise consists of being the unique Dolly in The Steamie and in her personal firm’s manufacturing of Shirley Valentine. Elaine was Cora within the authentic UK tour and West End run of Calendar Girls adopted by her portrayal of Susan Boyle within the UK musical tour of I Dreamed a Dream which she co-wrote with Alan McHugh. She has recorded three sequence of her personal award profitable STV sequence Burds Eye View and final yr appeared once more because the outrageous Christine within the seventh sequence of the hit BBC sitcom Two Doors Down for which she gained a Scottish BAFTA for Best Actress in 2018.
Adam Garcia lately acquired rave evaluations as Julian Marsh in Curve and Sadler’s Wells hit manufacturing of 42nd Street. His musical theatre credit embrace Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever and Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate, for which he acquired Olivier Award nominations for each roles. His different theatre credit embrace Fiyero in Wicked, The Artilleryman in The War of the Worlds and Damien Karras in The Exorcist. His movie credit embrace Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Coyote Ugly and Riding in Cars with Boys. Adam lately appeared as a finalist within the UK sequence of The Masked Dancer, ending in second place.
Liam Fox might be finest recognized for taking part in the function of Dan Spencer in ITV’s Emmerdale, the place he featured in additional than a thousand episodes. His many different TV credit embrace Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge, Cold Feet, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Clocking Off, A Touch of Frost, Always and Everyone, At Home with the Braithwaites and Dinnerladies. His many theatre credit embrace The Collector and Tuesday’s Class, each at The Lowry Studio and Iron at Manchester’s Royal Exchange.
Ellie Nunn’s many theatre credit embrace Identical at Nottingham Playhouse, the UK tour of Posh, Shakespeare in Love on the Noel Coward Theare, Twelfth Night at Leicester Square Theatre, The Game of Love and Chance and Daughter in Law, each on the Arcola Theatre, Honk! on the Union Theatre and on tour and Gatsby on the Arts Theatre.
Based on Ian Fleming’s timeless story for youngsters and later made into the well-known 1968 movie, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG options the unforgettable songs by the Sherman Brothers together with Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, Truly Scrumptious and the Academy Award-nominated title tune, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
This new manufacturing will likely be directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade), choreographed by Karen Bruce (BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, The Bodyguard) with Set and Costume design by Morgan Large (Newsies, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat), Lighting design by Ben Cracknell, Sound design by Gareth Tucker, Musical Supervision by George Dyer (The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Billy Elliot) and casting by Debbie O’Brien.
In CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG we meet absent-minded inventor Caractacus Potts who restores a broken-down outdated racing automotive with the assistance of his youngsters Jemima and Jeremy. Soon the household uncover the automotive has magical powers, and together with the delectable Truly Scrumptious, the household find yourself on a hilarious fantastical journey to far off lands.
TUESDAY 27 AUGUST – SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2024
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
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