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Fat Friends The Musical
''Fat Friends The Musical'' is a stage musical by Kay Mellor with music by Nick Lloyd Webber, based on Mellor's ITV series ''Fat Friends''. Production History 2017-18 UK tour The musical made its world premiere at the Grand Theatre, Leeds in November 2017, prior to a UK tour from January to June 2018. The tour starred Jodie Prenger as Kelly, Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff in his musical theatre debut as Kevin (alternating with Joel Montague in certain venues), Sam Bailey as Betty (Elaine C. Smith at certain venues), Kevin Kennedy as Fergus, Natalie Anderson as Lauren, Natasha Hamilton as Julia Fleshman and Rachael Wooding as Joanne. 2022 UK tour In June 2021, it was announced the show would embark on a second UK tour. The tour will open in at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford from January 2022 before touring across the UK until July 2022 and will star Jessica Ellis as Kelly, Lee Mead as Kevin, Les Dennis as Fergus and Sherrie Hewson Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson (born 17 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Lloyd Webber
Nicholas Lloyd Webber (born 22 July 1979) is a Grammy nominated English composer and record producer. He is the son of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his first wife, Sarah Hugill. Lloyd Webber is known for scoring the BBC 1 drama ''Love, Lies and Records (Rollem Productions),'' a theatrical and symphonic version of ''The Little Prince'' based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (co-writing with James D. Reid), which premiered at the Lyric Theatre Belfast and Theatre Calgary before headlining the Abu Dhabi music and arts festival with the Heritage Orchestra, and for the 2017 musical '' Fat Friends: The Musical'', which premiered at the Grand Theatre in Leeds and subsequently toured the UK in 2018. It will be touring the UK again in 2022. He scored the film ''The Last Bus'' (Hurricane Films 2021), directed by Gillies McKinnon and starring Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan. He produced the Andrew Lloyd Webber Symphonic Suites at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, to be r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Anderson
Natalie Jane Anderson (born on 24 October 1981) is an English actress, singer and television presenter. She is known for her roles as Stella Davenport in the medical drama ''The Royal'' from 2005 to 2008 and Alicia Metcalfe in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2010 to 2015. She also played the role of Nessarose in the London production ''Wicked'' from May 2009 to March 2010. In 2015, she began appearing on the ITV talk shows '' This Morning'' and ''Loose Women'' on a recurring basis; Anderson also portrayed the role of Lexi Calder in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2021 to 2022. Early and personal life Anderson was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. She was once a Bradford Bulls chearleader. Anderson married fiancé James Shepherd at a ceremony in Harrogate on 6 June 2008. On 1 August 2012, Anderson and her husband had their first son. Career In 2001, Anderson competed in ''Pop Idol''; she narrowly missed out on a place in the live finals after finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |