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NIGHT FRIGHT — The Nightmare of Your Life
Starring Louise English
as Miss Peterson/Jacqui Henderson
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
9-13 February 2010
Kudos for Louise
"Louise English absolutely steals the show."
— The British Theatre Guide
"Louise English demonstrates her immense talent and
versatility. Her performance is carefully crafted and perfectly executed."
— The Public Reviews
NIGHTFRIGHT
starring Louise English as Miss Peterson/Jacqui Henderson; Paul Opacic (Emmerdale and
Bad Girls) as Frank Gilman; Helen George as Jenny Gilman; Ben Roberts (TV’s
The Bill) as Mr Watson; and Henry Cormas as Mr Harvey, is an ingenious murder mystery.
Frank and Jenny Gilman think they have found their dream home, a converted
chapel in a quiet country village. The dream soon turns into a nightmare,
however, as they return a day earlier than expected from their honeymoon and are
attacked by intruders who seem, for some reason, to be only interested in the
contents of the deep freezer.
Why is the spade covered in blood? To who do the blood stained clothes in the
chimney belong? And why are the locals lying to the Gilman's?
Frank and Jenny investigate and the true horror of their situation soon emerges
in this taut and exciting, yet often blackly hilarious, horror thriller.
Night Fright — The
Nightmare of Your Life was produced by Ian Dickens Productions with direction by
Chris Moreno, set design by David North and Alan Miller Bunford and lighting by
David North.
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ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR INFORMATION:
ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Starring
Louise English as Rosa and
David Essex
as
Levi Lee
Garrick Theatre,
Charing Cross Road — London's West End
20th April through
4th
September 2010
RAVES FOR LOUISE AS ROSA
"Miss English is a rare
commodity and, in every way, she is the archetypal, consummate leading lady."
— The Public Reviews
"Louise English delivers the performance of a
lifetime; phenomenal isn’t adequate enough a word to describe it." — UK Theatre Network
"Louise English is the excellent narrator as fortunetelling
Rosa."
— The Northern Echo
"Louise English's sultry singing voice excels in ‘A Winter’s
Tale’."
— Sale and Altrincham Messenger
"The velvet tones of West End star Louise English
open the production."
— The Weston Mercury
"Irish Gypsy Rosa is played by the pick of the female
singers, Louise English."
— The British Theatre Guide
"Gypsy fortune-teller Rosa [is played by] the strikingly
attractive Louise English."
— The Daily Express
Louise starred
as leading lady Rosa, a beautiful and mysterious Irish fortuneteller, in a
highly acclaimed smash-hit return to the West End in All The Fun Of The Fair.
Set against the backdrop of a travelling
funfair and packed with dazzling stunt sequences, hilarious crafty cons and
plenty of rock ‘n’ roll, All The Fun Of The Fair is an original
action-packed musical from legendary singer and songwriter
David Essex and the
creator of Boogie Nights, Jon Conway.
Widower and funfair owner Levi Lee (David Essex) is struggling to fend off the
unwelcome attentions of an alluring and attractive divorcee whilst trying to
keep up with the ins and outs of his son’s tangled love life and lofty
ambitions. And what is he to make of the dangerous predictions of the fair’s
mysterious gypsy fortuneteller, Rosa (played by Louise), warning him about what
the future has in store?
Louise said of her role, "I'm very excited about it. It's a
musical play that's been written by Jon Conway and it's got David Essex's music
in it. I've got the lovely chance to sing that beautiful song,
A Winter's Tale, which was one of
his big hits."
"I play a gypsy called Rosa, who's desperately in love with Levi Lee (David Essex),
and who has a daughter. She's a tough woman, she knows what she
wants and she doesn't get messed around by people and she's nobody's fool. It's
a fabulous role...this woman is sexy, she's voluptuous and she knows what she wants and
goes and gets it. And I get to sing with David Essex which is one of my dreams,
so I'm over the moon!" [Louise's quotes are from her interview with Steve Burbridge.
Click here for the complete interview.]
Inspired by David’s debut album, this roller-coaster ride was underscored by
much-loved hits such as
Winter’s Tale, You're In My Heart, Here We Are All Together, Gonna Make You A Star, Me and
My Girl Nightclubbing, Silver Dream Machine, Rock On and many
more.
But, as David Essex explained, "It's more
a play with music; it's not a jukebox show." For example, his early hit Rock
On was introduced as he and Louise reminisced about the "old days". The sets
were impressive as well, including cast-driven dodgem cars, carousel horses and
motor bikes.
Joining Louise and David onstage
were: Michael Pickering as Jack; Susan Hallam-Wright as Mary; Nicola Brazil as Alice; Christopher Timothy as Harvey; Cameron Jack as Druid; Chris Holland as Kipper; Kieran Jae as Scotty;
Tom Kanavan as Spiv; Tim Newman as Slow Jonny;
Robert Rees as Chris; Emily Tierney as
Sally; Tricia Adele-Turner as Laura; Shona White as Rita; and Danielle York as Maisy.
All The Fun Of The
Fair was produced by Alan Darlow Productions, Jon Conway and Lee Dean, with a book by Jon Conway. The show
was directed by
David Gilmore with music and orchestrations by
Ian Wherry; set and costume design by Ian Westbrook; lighting by Ben Cracknell; and sound and effects
by Steve Jonas.
And now you can order this wonderful West
End cast album CD featuring Louise's beautiful, touching, solo interpretation of A Winter's
Tale and her duet with David Essex, You're In My Heart, along with
all of the songs from this smash-hit musical by the West End cast.
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