THE COMMITMENTS to play special St Patrick's Day performance on 17th March - Watch 'Irish Rover' video here

THE COMMITMENTS 

 ST PATRICK’S DAY PERFORMANCE

MONDAY 17th MARCH 2014, 7.30PM

The Commitments have been bringing Dublin Soul to London’s West End to great acclaim since opening at the Palace Theatre last October. Now, with only days to go until St Patrick’s Day 2014, the cast have ditched their day off in favour of a special, one-off performance to celebrate the big day in true Irish style.

Featuring over 20 classic soul songs including Think by Aretha Franklin, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, Papa Was A Rolling Stone by The Temptations, Night Train by James Brown, In The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett, Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding and of course, Mustang Sally, this St Patrick’s Day performance promises to be the biggest and loudest show yet.

To mark this one-off performance, the band have recorded their very own version of Irish classic ‘The Irish Rover’, as a prelude to what audiences can expect on 17 March. 

The Commitments - Irish Rover from Doug Male on Vimeo.

The Commitments is the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians into an amazing live act, the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced. The show follows the journey of two members of a frustrated synthesiser band who turn to Jimmy, the local music expert, for help. Placing a classified advert in a music paper, Jimmy auditions a number of wannabes before finalising the new line up who he names The Commitments. The humour kicks in as the band get to know each other and their instruments, and proceed through early rehearsals for their first gig. Just as they improve and begin to get a name for themselves they combust. The backing singers are all getting off with the middle aged horn legend, the singer has entered Eurovision and the saxophone player has dangerous leanings towards a jazz career.

Listings Information

St Patrick’s Day Performance: Monday 17 March at 7.30pm

Performance times: Tuesday – Sunday at 7.30pm, Saturday & Sunday at 3.00pm

Venue: Palace Theatre, 109 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 8AY.

Tickets: £10 - £67.50

The part of Deco will be performed by Ian McIntosh at Tuesday and Sunday evening performances

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Box Office: 0844 874 0790

Website: www.thecommitmentslondon.com

Twitter: @TheCommitments

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