The Guide Extra - Barnum at the Empire | Bay TV Liverpool

The national tour of the smash hit production of the musical “BARNUM” has burst on to the Liverpool Empire stage and runs until Saturday 23 May 2015. Join Jay Hynd as he meets Brian Conley and the cast and.....learns one of the shows tricks all backstage at the Empire theatre.
BRIAN CONLEY is one of the UK’s most versatile actors and performers. He most recently scored a huge success as ‘Fagin’ in the national tour of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of “Oliver!”. His recent West End stage credits include ‘Edna Turnblad’ in “Hairspray” at the Shaftesbury Theatre and ‘Caractacus Potts’ in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” at the London Palladium. One of the highlights of his career was originating the role of another great iconic American showman ‘Al Jolson’ in “Jolson” at the Victoria Palace for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. On television he is probably best known for playing ‘Doug Digby’ in “The Grimleys”, his ITV1 show “The Brian Conley Show”, his hugely successful “An Audience with Brian Conley” and numerous Royal Variety Performances.
LINZI HATELEY is an award winning actress who has starred on Broadway, in the West End, with the RSC and at the National Theatre. She created the role of ‘Mrs Banks’ in Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s “Mary Poppins” and was nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance as ‘The Narrator’ in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. Her many other West End credits include ‘Donna’ in “Mamma Mia!”, ‘Roxie’ in “Chicago”, ‘Rizzo’ in “Grease” and ‘Eponine’ in “Les Misérables”. She most recently appeared in the National Theatre’s smash hit production of “London Road”.
This production of “BARNUM” opened at Chichester Festival Theatre’s Theatre in the Park in July last year and became one of the most successful musicals in the 51 year history of Chichester Festival Theatre with a record box office attendance of almost 70,000 people. The musical follows the irrepressible imagination and dreams of Phineas T Barnum, America’s Greatest Showman. The story of his life and his marriage to Chairy reveals a couple who looked at the world from opposite sides of the spectrum, and also reveals that she was the practical one who made Barnum’s dreams come true. The production follows the legendary showman’s life as he lit up the world with the colour, warmth and excitement of his imagination and finally teamed up with J A Bailey to create Barnum and Bailey’s Circus - the Greatest Show on Earth.
BARNUM
TUESDAY 19 MAY - SATURDAY 23 MAY
EMPIRE, LIVERPOOL - www.atgtickets.com/venues/liverpool-empire
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