Ticket For The Last Performance Of Night Music At The Menier For Sale! - SOLD

[The ticket has now been sold.]

If you weren't lucky enough to snap up a ticket for the sell-out Menier run, now you have a second chance!

Due to unfortunate and unforseen circumstances David of Rachel Tucker Blog fame is unable to come to the last ever performance of A Little Night Music at the Menier Chocolate Factory on the 8th March.

Therefore, the ticket, which is Row E-2, is now up for sale to anyone who would like to go and catch the last performance in the charmingly intimate Chocolate Factory before the production makes its way to the bigger stage on the West End.

David is offering his ticket for £30 plus £1.50 for recorded delivery First Class Royal Mail post meaning the total will be £31.50.

Please get in touch with me via email on k_r_cook@hotmail.co.uk if you would like to purchase the ticket and I will sort out you getting in touch with David to exchange payment and delivery details. Thanks!

Official Night Music Website Launched!

Click here: www.nightmusiclondon.com

Garrick Transfer 7th In Five Years For The Menier

It would seem that the Menier Chocolate Factory is the perfect place to nurture modestly scaled theatre productions and transform them into West End transfers within matters of months.

As many of us already know, A Little Night Music starring someone rather good called Jessie, will be transferring to the Garrick theatre at the end of March! Brilliant news for all concerned but also a triumph for the Chocolate Factory itself; a theatre which seems to have the inherent nack for achieving transfers to the bigger stages.

A brief article in the Evening Standard makes a small summation of the success achieved by all the cast and crew in Night Music at the Southwark theatre.

One of the biggest features and arguably strengths of the Menier is the intimacy it creates which I personally feel has been a really central reason of why it has been so successful, popular and enjoyable to go and watch.

Despite the fact that it will be moving onto the West End stage, the Garrick holds roughly 700 which is fairly small in comparison to some other theatres and Maureen Lipman is definitely confident that none of the special intimacy will be lost, "Trevor knows how to arrange it so [the] same intimacy will be achieved at the Garrick".

Click here to read the full article
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Now for a few facts:

The West End run of A Little Night Music will commence on the 28th March and finish on the 25th July 2009.

Garrick Box Office details to buy tickets: 0844 412 4662

Official website: http://www.nightmusiclondon.com/

Click to view the Seating Plan

Nearest Tube: Leicester Square/Charing Cross (lots of bars and restaurants in the vacinity to go to before/after the show!)

Night Music To Transfer To The Garrick

Forget Fredrik and Desiree's mention of running off together to Malmo in the closing scenes of Night Music, it looks like they'll be much closer to home from the end of March.

In fact, they'll simply be hopping over the Thames with the destination being the Garrick, West End, London. It seems to be certain that the Garrick will be the lucky new host to the critically acclaimed production of A Little Night Music. Perhaps more importantly and more excitingly for us, this theatre will be where Jessie takes to the West End stage for the very first time in her first professional role.

The great news seems to have been confirmed by tickets website UK Tickets [click here for link] who announced the transfer in their news section marking out the point of Zorro, the Garrick's current production, closing early. However, seeing as it has not been confirmed anywhere else as of yet we are still a little tentative but optimistic that it will be officially announced this coming week.

"Trevor Nunn’s revival of the Stephen Sondheim classic, dubbed as ‘exquisite’, ‘a triumph’, ‘Beautiful’ and ‘wonderful’ finishes its sold out run at the tiny Menier on 8 March, and performances recommence at the Garrick on 28 March. The show will retain the powerful cast that received unanimous praise from the crtics, including Maureen Lipman, Alex Hanson, Hannah Waddingham and Kelly Price."

Despite there being a distinct lack of a mention about Jessie we are sure she shall be moving with the production seeing as she has received many rave reviews on her brilliant portrayal of Anne Egerman.

According to UK Tickets, the box office will open for ALNM at the Garrick early next week (week commencing 16th Feb.) and once details are confirmed everything will be posted here in due course.

If all the news is to be believed then this will mark a new and exciting chapter for Jessie as she embarks on her West End theatre career and the Blog will be there every step of the way!

West End Transfer Speculation Continues

Despite What's On Stage attaching this image to their article it would hardly seem that any rumour and speculation is being kept quiet with two articles being published today by said stage paper and website as well as broadwayworld.com adding fuel to the fire regarding a transfer for A Little Night Music; both are reliable and reputable sources .

I also have it on good knowledge that all the main cast are set to move with the show to the Garrick Theatre by roughly the end of March.


Here are the two articles that will undoubtedly set tounges wagging further:

Nunns Menier Night Music Moves to Garrick??

Garrick Theatre May Welcome A Little Night Music In March

If you want, let us know your thoughts by leaving a comment!

A Little Night Music Set For Transfer?

From very early on, many speculated that A Little Night Music would be a dead-cert for a transfer to the West End, with the critics certainly predicting so.

Therefore, with just under a month to go until the highly-praised hit finishes its short but sweet run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, we are sure some news will surface soon about what is next for the show, the cast and most interestingly for us, Jessie.

Of course I do not want to start any rumours or speculation, but going by the quick sell-out and all the overheard whispers between the theatre-goers about how they think and hope it will go to the West End during the interval it certainly would seem that a transfer would be desirable for keen theatre buffs. Naturally it would also be a fantastic step for Jessie!

The possibility of a transfer of course brings questions such as 'which theatre will it go to?' and 'will the cast remain the same?' but it is doubtful we will have to wait long for the answers!

As you know, as soon as any news or announcements are made public and confirmed it will appear on here so keep your eyes peeled!



Maybe we'll be humming a little less 'Weekend In The Country' and a little more 'A Year In The West End'?


[Also, I have been trying to find out about the Whats On Stage Q&A with the cast on the 29th January but it's proving rather unsuccessful. If anybody has a transcript or some information please do get in touch with me.]

Ashley Joins We Will Rock You Tour Cast!

Stemming from speculation on two reliable websites Whats On Stage and the WWRY website itself, rumour has it that Ashley Russell has secured the part of the teacher in the touring production which commences its 9 month run in March.

Having seen the West End production of We Will Rock You myself, it's great to finally hear the news that Ashley has a role in this world-renowned and electric show!

Congratulations go out to Ashley and if the show is coming to a city near you I would recommend you catch it, I doubt you'd be disappointed!