The Smallest Show on Earth comes to Glasgow this October
The UK tour of The Smallest Show on Earth will
begin performances on Friday 25 September at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester,
before playing the Theatre Royal Glasgow from Monday 26 until Saturday
31 October.
Based on the StudioCanal Peter Sellers/Margaret Rutherford film The
Smallest Show on Earth, the stage show, which has a book by Thom
Southerland and Paul Alexander, contains some of Irving Berlin’s greatest
songs, including Blue Skies, Shakin’ the Blues Away, Let
Yourself Go, Steppin’ Out with my Baby and How
Deep is the Ocean, as well as some rediscovered gems.
Newly-weds Matt and Jean Spenser inherit a cinema and think their
fortune is made. But the Bijou, better known as the fleapit, is the victim of a
dirty tricks campaign from its rival flashy neighbour The Grand. The Bijou’s
benevolent manageress Mrs Fazackalee and unreliable projectionist Mr Quill
combine with Matt and Jean to outwit the opposition and restore the Bijou to
its former glory.
StudioCanal's The Smallest Show on Earth was a 1957 British Lion film
written by William Rose (Genevieve, The Ladykillers) and
directed by Basil Dearden (Blue Lamp, League of Gentlemen).
It starred Peter Sellers as Mr Quill and Margaret Rutherford as Mrs Fazackalee,
along with Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Matt and Jean.
The cast of the new musical comedy will be led by Liza Goddard (Take
Three Girls, Bergerac, Grandpa in my Pocket) as Mrs
Fazackalee and Brian Capron (Coronation Street, Where the Heart
Is, Grange Hill) as Mr Quill. Also in the cast will be
Haydn Oakley as Matthew Spenser, Laura Pitt-Pulford as Jean Spenser, Ricky Butt
as Ethel Hardcastle, Philip Rham as Albert Hardcastle, Christina Bennington as
Marlene Hardcastle, Sam O’Rourke as Tom Fazackalee and Matthew Crowe as Robin
Carter, with Leo Andrew, Jacob Chapman, Matthew Dale, Nova Skipp and Leah West.
The UK tour of The Smallest Show on Earth will be directed by Thom Southerland (Parade, Mack & Mabel, Victor/Victoria,Titanic) with set and costume design by David Woodhead, choreography by Lee Proud, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Andrew Johnson, musical supervision by Gareth Valentine, orchestrations by Mark Cumberland, musical direction by Mark Aspinall and casting by Will Burton CDG.
The UK tour of The Smallest Show on Earth –
A new Irving Berlin Musical is produced by Brian Eastman,
Christabel Albery and Mercury Theatre, Colchester, by special arrangement with
StudioCanal.
For more information, visit www.thesmallestshowonearth.co.uk
PERFORMANCES
Theatre Royal Glasgow
Mon 26 – Sat 31 Oct 2015
Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm
Thu & Sat mats 2.30pm
Box Office 08448 717 647 (bkg fee)
www.atgtickets.com/glasgow (bkg fee)