The Week in Light & Sound
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The show's West End transfer begins at the Apollo Theatre in London on 6 November. Other UK Theatre Awards winners included Narvik by Lizzie Nunnery, which was named best new play; and Joseph Millson, who won best performance in a play for his role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Rover. The Who's Tommy picked up the prize for best touring production, while Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse artistic director Gemma Bodinetz won best director for successfully reviving the Everyman's repertory company.
Sound Advice - In a BBC interview, Suzi Quatro was asked “What's your big tip?”. “Learn one instrument properly. Learn to read and write [music],” she replied. “And gig. Because you don't know your craft until you can entertain the drunk at the bar who doesn't want to see you.” She added, “I've been on the road for 53 years and I'm still learning. Don't tell me these guys who've been working at McDonald's and go on X Factor have any tools to deal with fame. That's not how stars are discovered.”
Island Music - A stage musical of the animated film Madagascar will tour the UK next year. Based on the Dreamworks animation the production has music and lyrics by George Noriega and Joe Someillan, and a book by Kevin Del Aguila. It will be directed by Kirk Jameson. The show will open at Wimbledon New Theatre in July before embarking on a tour. Locations it will show at include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol.
Executive creative producer of Selladoor, David Hutchinson, said: “One of our key principals at Selladoor is to aim to engage young people to come to the theatre and to help to encourage a whole new generation of theatregoers, and Madagascar promises to do just that.”
Stepping Down - Andrew Lloyd Webber has retired from the House of Lords. The composer became a life peer in the 1997 New Year's Honours list and sat as a Conservative member. In a statement from his team, Lord Lloyd Webber said he resigned "with a heavy heart", but added: "What is expected from a member today is very different from what it was." He also said his work schedule was "the busiest of [his] career to date". "This means it would be impossible for me to regularly vote or properly consider the vitally important issues that the House of Lords will face as a consequence of Brexit," he said.
(Jim Evans)
