ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
SUMMER AT
THE ORCHARD THEATRE
WEST END HITS , WAITRESS AND THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ARE JUST A COUPLE OF SHOWS HEADING TO THE ORCHARD THEATRE IN DARTFORD THIS YEAR . AS WELL AS WEST END TOURS , THE THEATRE ALSO HOSTS TOURING SHOWS LIKE THE CHER SHOW AND THE MASTER OF MIND CONTROL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLUSION , DERREN BROWN .
Waitress opened on Broadway on 24 April 2016 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre , where it ran until 5 January 2020 . Waitress celebrated its official opening night at the Adelphi Theatre in London ’ s West End on 7 March 2019 . Brought to life by a ground-breaking , female-led creative team , this ‘ warm , witty , wise and hilarious ’ ( Express ) hit features ‘ one of the best scores in years ’ ( The Stage ) by the Grammy award-winning Sara Bareilles ( Love Song , Brave ) a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson ( I Am Sam ) and direction by Tony ® Awardwinner Diane Paulus ( Pippin , Finding Neverland ). Don ’ t miss the show at the Orchard Theatre from Mon 4 - Sat 9 July .
The Play That Goes Wrong , Mischief ’ s Olivier Award winning box office hit that continues to entertain audiences on a global scale . Awarded the 2014 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Comedy , the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and a Tony Award for the Broadway transfer , The Play That Goes Wrong is now booking into its ninth year in the West End and continues to delight audiences around the world , also currently running off Broadway and in Chicago . Embarking on its fifth national tour , the show stops at the Orchard Theatre from Mon 1 - Sat 6 August .
The multi-award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion , Derren Brown , is at his very best on stage . Derren ’ s live shows have won him two prestigious Olivier Awards – for Something Wicked This Way Comes ( 2006 ) and Svengali ( 2012 ) and he has received more Olivier nominations and wins than any other one-man show in theatre history . He has played to sold-out houses across the country every year since 2003 to over 1.6M people . Previous shows , Infamous , ( 2013 , 2014 ), Miracle ( 2015 , 2016 ) and Underground ( 2017 , 2018 ) have also enjoyed critically acclaimed seasons in London ’ s West End . In 2017 , he made an award-winning US stage debut at the Atlantic Theater in New York with Derren Brown : Secret , which transferred to Broadway , enjoying a sellout season at the Cort Theatre , New York until
Jan 2020 . Now with his first brand new theatre show in six years , Derren Brown returns to astonish and amaze audiences up and down the country , in Dartford from Mon 8 - Sun 14 August .
A brand new production of The Cher Show opened this year , written by Tony and Olivier Award winning Rick Elice ( Jersey Boys , The Addams Family , Peter and the Starcatcher ), direction by Arlene Phillips ( Saturday Night Fever , Starlight Express , Grease ), choreography by Oti Mabuse ( two-time Strictly Come Dancing champion ) and costume design by Gabriella Slade ( Six , In The Heights , Spice World 2019 Tour ). The Cher Show made its debut on Broadway in 2018 in a production that earned two Tony Awards and delighted fans from around the world . This new production will be the European premiere . A show you need to see to believe , from Tue 20 - Sat 24 September .
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