Why See Moulin Rouge! The Musical?
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Olivier Award 2022 Winner for Best Costume Design!
Spectacular, specular! The Broadway smash hit Moulin Rouge! The Musical is now playing in the West End! After thrilling audiences and critics alike in New York, this sumptuous production is based on the exhilarating Baz Lurhmann film of the same name and is directed by Alex Timbers, with gorgeously designed by Derek McLane. Evoking the film's Demi-Monde flavour, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a sumptuous experience, from the moment you take your seat!
Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! is cemented into the worldwide canon of iconic movies. With a glittering cast featuring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, and a set that would astound the most cynical viewer it's no wonder that Moulin Rouge! went on to be one of the most award-nominated movies of all time. When released in the early 2000s it was nominated for an outstanding 129 awards, winning two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, and one BAFTA. A feat the musical adaptation ahas already began to match - in 2020, it won an eye-watering 10 Tony Awards!
What is the story?
The year is 1900 and Christian, a young poet and talented writer has come to Paris to pursue a career and become a member of the Bohemian movement there. Christian ends up falling hopelessly in love with Satine, the star of the infamous Moulin Rouge, however, Satine has already been promised to the unscrupulous Duke. A love triangle ensues, as Christian and Satine try to stay together against all odds they are led down a dark and dangerous path but Satine is holding a terrible secret of her own...
Did you know?
Lurhmann's Moulin Rouge is based on the famous Puccini opera, La Boheme!
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Dates
Opening night: 12 November 2021
COVID 19 SECURE
You may be required to have had a COVID vaccine in order to attend this performance or show proof of a negative test. Please contact the venue directly for more information on this.
Cast and Creative
Cast
Jamie Bogyo as Christian
Liisi LaFontaine as Satine
Clive Carter as Harold Zidler
Simon Bailey as the Duke
Jason Pennycooke as Toulouse Lautrec
Elia Lo Tauro as Santiago
Tanisha Spring as Satine at some performances
The Lady Ms
Sophie Carmen Jones as Nini
Zoe Birkett as Arabia
Jonathan Bishop as Baby Doll
Timmika Ramsay as La Chocolat
With
Femi Akinfolarin, Robson Broad, Ian Carlyle, Jonathan Cordin, Anthony Cragg, Fletcher Dobinson, Katie Ella Dunsden, Adam Gillian, Luke Jackson, Tasmin January, Alicia Mencía, Ciro Lourencio Meulens, Georgia Morgan, Melissa Nettleford, Ian Oswald, Craig Ryder, Ebby Sama, Elly Shaw, Tinovimbanashe Sibanda, Katie Singh, Ope Sowande, Toyan Thomas-Browne, Amy Thornton, Misty May Tindall, Jon Tsouras, Tommy Wade-Smith and Lily Wang.
Creative
Directed by Alex Timbers
Book by John Logan
Choreography by Sonya Tayeh
Based on the film by Baz Luhrmann
Music supervisor by Justin Levine
Music production by Matt Stine
Scenic design by Derek McLane
Costume design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting design by Justin Townsend
Sound design by Peter Hylenski
Wig and hair design by David Brian Brown
Awards
Olivier Awards 2022
Best Costume Design - Catherine Zuber
OLIVIER AWARDs 2022 - Nominations
Best Costume Design - Catherine Zuber
Best Set Design - Derek McLane
Best Theatre Choreographer - Sonya Tayeh
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical - Clive Carter
Best New Musical
Grammy Awards 2020 - Nominations
Best Musical Theater Album
Tony Nominations 2020
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Karen Olivo
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Aaron Tveit
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Danny Burstein
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Sahr Ngaujah
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical - Robyn Hurder
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Choreography
Best Orchestrations
TONY AWARDS 2020
Best Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Aaron Tveit
Best Direction of a Musical - Alex Timbers
Best Choreography - Sonya Tayeh
Best Sound Design of a Musical - Peter Hylenski
Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Justin Townsend
Best Costume Design of a Musical - Catherine Zuber
Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Derek McLane
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Danny Berstein
Best Orchestrations - Katie Kresek, Charlie Rosen, Matt Stine, and Justin Levine
What you thought
90 reviews, average rating: (3.5 Stars)
Lynne Hutcheon: “A musical feast for the soul”
It will seduce and electrify every one of your senses. Song after song... more
Dawn: “Spectacular Spectacular!”
Wow! I had high hopes this lived up to the film and it did not disappoint.... more
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