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Guys & Dolls storm Bridge Theatre

Bridge Theatre has welcomed its first ever musical in explosive fashion – and here’s the trailer to prove it.

Guys & Dolls, one of the greatest musicals of all time, is currently being performed in a new immersive experience that will transport audiences to the streets of Manhattan and the bars of Havana. It runs until September 2, 2023.

The ensemble cast includes Simon Anthony, Lydia Bannister, Kathryn Barnes, Callum Bell, Cindy Belliot, Jordan Castle, Cornelius Clarke, Petrelle Dias, Ike Fallon, Leslie Garcia Bowman, George Ioannides, Cameron Johnson, Daniel Mays, Robbie McMillan, Cedric Neal, Perry O’Dea, Anthony O’Donnell, Mark Oxtoby, Andrew Richardson, Ryan Pidgen, Celinde Schoenmaker, Charlotte Scott, Katy Secombe, Tinovimbanashe Sibanda, Isabel Snaas, Marisha Wallace, Sasha Wareham and Dale White.

Based on the story and characters by Damon Runyon, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, the book is by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

It is directed by Nicholas Hynter, with choreography by Arlene Phillips with James Cousins. Tom Brady is musical supervisor and arranger, Bunny Christie is the set designer, and Christie and Deborah Andrews are costume designers.

Trailer: Straight Line Crazy

Here’s a new trailer for Straight Line Crazy, starring Ralph Fiennes as a man whose iron will exposes the weakness of democracy in the face of charismatic conviction.

From writer Dave Hare and director Nicholas Hynter, the play is now on at the Bridge Theatre. The cast also includes Alisha Bailey, Samuel Barnett, David Bromley, Al Coppola, Siobhán Cullen, Ian Kirkby, Alana Maria, Dani Moseley, Guy Paul, Helen Schlesinger, Mary Stillwaggon Stewart and Danny Webb.

For 40 years, Robert Moses (Fiennes) was the most powerful man in New York, manipulating those in office through a mixture of guile, charm and intimidation.

Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created new parks, new bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. But in the 1950s, groups of citizens at grass roots began to organise against his schemes and against the motor car, campaigning for a very different idea of what a city was and for what it should be.

See the new trailer for the show here.

Find out more here.