Nov  28 - Dec 22 2018

 

Waterloo East Theatre presents The European Premier of

A Christmas Story, The Musical

book by Joseph Robinette and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

 

From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, - A Christmas Story, The Musical brings the classic perennial 1983 holiday movie to hilarious life on stage!

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A Christmas Story, The Musical with book by Joseph Robinette and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is based on the movie classic that runs round-the-clock on US television every Christmas. Set in the 1940s in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, we follow young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the Christmas gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. Rebuffed at every turn, Ralphie plots numerous schemes to achieve his desperate desire for the coveted BB gun.

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With a delightful versatile score ranging from gentle ballads to show-stopping numbers A Christmas Story, The Musical will bring an exciting new dimension to those who have seen the movie and will certainly stand on its own for those who haven't. - A Christmas musical for all the family.

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A Christmas Story, The Musical successful 2013 Broadway run garnered three Tony Award nominations including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Joseph Robinette) and Best Original Score (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), along with six Drama Desk nominations, and two Outer Critics Circle nominations.

 

Director Gerald Armin : Musical Director Inga Davis-Rutter : Choreographer Rhainne Stubbs

 

Cast: 

Lucyelle Cliffe : Jenny Gayner : Simon Willmont : Garry Freer

Katy Stephens : Bradley Riches

Felix Hepburn: Rufus Kampa : Ethan Manwaring : Harry Irving  : Ethan Quinn : Flynn Timberlake
Daniel Osei : Evan Huntley-Robertson : Alice Bonney : Sofia-Elena Tait : Amelia Ioannou

Chloe Weir : Alfie Turnbull : Edward Flynn Haddon         

 

Presented in Association with 

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Produced with permission of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Dalfie Entertainment.

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