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Joe McElderry will return in his celebrated and critically acclaimed role in the sparkling family musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat.

The musical will run for ten performances at the Marina Theatre between September 26 and 30.

Joe will be joined onstage by a spectacular cast including: Trina Hill (Narrator); Ben James-Ellis (Pharaoh); Henry Metcalfe (Jacob/Potiphar); Sallie-Beth Lawless (Mrs Potiphar/Handmaiden); Matt Jolly (Brother/Frenchman); Tatenda Madamombe (Brother/Calypso); Adam Strong (Brother/Understudy Pharoah); Joseph Peacock (Brother/Benjamin); Ben Beechey (Brother/One More Angel); Michael Lapham (Brother/Understudy Benjamin); Rob Wilshaw (Brother/Understudy Joseph); Craig Nash (Brother/Butler); Richard J Hunt (Brother/Baker); Will Breckin (Brother); Anna Campkin (Handmaiden/Understudy Narrator); Gemma Pipe (Handmaiden); and Kevin Grogan (ASM/Swing).

This run will complete Joe’s hugely successful year touring the UK playing the title role – his first major theatrical appearance which has been met with five star reviews and standing ovations up and down the country.

It also follows the release of his new recording of the ‘Joseph’ soundtrack which reached the top of the Amazon Musical Soundtrack Charts; as well his highly anticipated fifth album Saturday Night at the Movies that scored a spot in the top 10 of the Official UK Albums Chart.

Having garnered sensational reviews and standing ovations at every performance since its inception over 36 years ago, Bill Kenwright’s ‘amazing’, ‘superb’, ‘wonderful’ and ‘brilliant’ production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s family musical has now sold an estimated 20 million tickets.

This vibrant and exciting retelling of the biblical story about Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours sings out to young and old alike with a score which is crammed wall to wall with hits, including Jacob and Sons, Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.

Earlier this year the Number 1 and Platinum selling artist delighted fans by confirming that he had been back in the studio recording his eagerly anticipated fifth studio album Saturday Night at the Movies. The album includes iconic hits from film and theatre such as I’m into Something Good, Love is All Around, Daydream Believer as well as the hit single Gloria. Charting at number 10 in the UK Albums Chart, Joe became the first X Factor winner to have five top 10 albums. To celebrate the release of his fifth studio album, Joe went on a nationwide live tour, Saturday Night At The Movies Live! performing some of his favourite songs from the hit new album.

Joe, who hails from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, was just 18 when he won the sixth series of ‘The X Factor’, having been mentored by Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole. He soared to number one on the UK Singles Charts with his rendition of Miley Cyrus’s The Climb and his debut album Wide Awake went straight in at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. He has since gone on to have two more Top 10 albums.

The show will be performed on 26th Sep (7.30pm), 27th Sep (2.30pm and 7.30pm), 28th Sep (2.30pm and 7.30pm), 29th Sep (5pm and 8pm), 30th (2pm, 5pm and 8pm).

Prices range from £17.50 – £35.

Call the box office on 01502 533200 or CLICK HERE to book!

Joe McElderry will soon return to the Marina Theatre in his celebrated and critically acclaimed role in the sparkling family musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Ahead of the performances, which run from Tuesday 26th September to Saturday 30th September, we have compiled some fun facts and key information about the touring production.

• Joseph’s coat spans an amazing 12 metres, weighs an astonishing 20kg and cost a jaw-dropping £10,000.
• Since 1979 there have been over 15,000 performances of Bill Kenwright’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
• The production uses state-of-the-art lighting incorporating over 300 different lanterns all connected by over 3 miles of cable.
• Every week, 40 local children join the production to form the choir, which plays an integral part of the show.
• Bill Kenwright’s record-breaking production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat toured for 12 years from 1979 to 1991, breaking box office records around the country and entering The Guinness Book of Records as the longest running touring stage musical of all time.
• ‘Any Dream Will Do’ from Joseph was voted the Broadway Song of the Year in 1981 and awarded an Ivor Novello award in 1991.
•  Joseph has a strong history of first class productions. It has played in 13 different countries, touring extensively. The show has played in over 80 cities in the US alone.
•  Joseph has over the years been renowned for its famous star cast members. They include Phillip Schofield, Darren Day, Donny Osmond, Jason Donovan and Stephen Gately.
• Joseph has been the subject of at least 12 different cast albums in its history.
• Joseph has kept its roots as a musical written for schools and there are nearly 500 school or amateur productions each year in the UK, and over 750 internationally.
• It is currently estimated that the show has been performed in nearly 20,000 schools, involving over 700,000 performers.

To book tickets, call the box office on 01502 533200 or CLICK HERE!

A vibrant classical ballet will soon be performed at the Marina Theatre in Lowestoft.

Russian National Ballet present The Nutcracker, the beloved Christmas classic for the whole family, on Friday, October 13 at 7.30pm.

It is a family orientated production with the fairytale element and some added glitz from the stunning new costumes.

The Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffman, follows the adventures of a young girl, Marie, who is given a Nutcracker doll for Christmas.

She then enters a dream like land of magic where she soon discovers the Nutcracker prince and dances with the beautiful snowflakes.

A highly accessible ballet, full of familiar music such as the ‘Waltz of the flowers’, and the ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum fairy’.

Set designer Lubov Sidelnikova said: “The Nutcracker is a delightful and kind fairy tale with a gemstone of Tchaikovsky’s music.

“I wanted to embed the set design of the ballet as the perfect dream of a flawless world where everyone is happy, and good always triumphs over evil.

“People are always trying to beautify their life and through beauty we try to create harmony and joy.

“In the set design of The Nutcracker I tried to create a sense of lightness and convey a celebration mood.”

Join us for an unforgettable journey in the run-up to Christmas and be part of the magic as it unfolds.

Tickets are priced at £22, Concessions: £20, Privilege Card Holders: £19, Under 12’s: £15.

Call the box office on 01502 533200 or click HERE to book!