Alexandra Burke And Duncan James Extend Their Runs In CHICAGO

Due to popular demand, Alexandra Burke and Duncan James will extend their runs in Chicago at The Phoenix Theatre. Alexandra Burke will play Roxie Hart until 10 November 2018 and Duncan James will play Billy Flynn until 17 November 2018. Laura Tyrer will play Velma Kelly until 20 October followed by Josefina Gabrielle who returns to the role of Velma Kelly from 22 October - 5 January 2019.

Please note: Alexandra Burke will not appear between 15 - 24 October 2018 and Duncan James will not appear between 6 - 12 November 2018. Sarah Soetaert will play the role of Roxie Hart between 15 - 24 October 2018.

Mazz Murray continues to play Mama Morton and Paul Rider continues to play Amos Hart.

CHICAGO is booking at The Phoenix Theatre in London's West End until Saturday 5 January 2019.

Alexandra Burke rose to fame in 2008 after winning the 5th series of ITV's The X Factor. Her winner's single, Hallelujah, reached number one in the UK Christmas Chart and went on to be crowned the top-selling single of 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the UK alone. Her theatre roles include Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard (London & UK tour), Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act (UK Tour), and, most recently, Svetlana Sergievsky in the five-week revival of Chess at the London Coliseum. In 2017, Alexandra was a finalist in BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing. Earlier this year, Alexandra released her third album, The Truth Is.

Duncan James was most recently seen playing the role of Ryan in the popular Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. For his role as Ryan, Duncan was nominated for Most Popular Newcomer at the 2016 NTA's and also for Best Newcomer at the 2017 Soap Awards. Duncan rose to fame as one quarter of the band Blue, which, to date, has had 40 Number One singles worldwide, three Number One UK albums and sales of over 16 million records. Duncan's television roles include being a presenter on Soapstar Superstar, Capital FM's Party In The Park, City Hospital, T4, The Clothes Show and GMTV's Entertainment Today. He was a finalist in ITV's Dancing On Ice in 2007, and participated in the subsequent sell-out arena tour. He made his television acting debut in Plus One for Channel 4, and further TV appearances included Grease: The School Musical for Sky 1, Eurovision: Your Country Needs You (as a judge) for BBC1, Eight Out Of Ten Cats for Channel 4, presenting The National Lottery for BBC1 on many occasions, presenting the game show Scream If You Know The Answer on Watch, and being a judge on Channel 5's Don't Stop Believing. His other previous theatre appearances include Tick in the UK Tour of Pricilla Queen of the Desert and Warner Huntington III in the West End production of Legally Blonde at the Savoy Theatre.

The multi award-winning Kander & Ebb musical Chicago, winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, returned to London's West End on Monday 26 March 2018, with a press night on Wednesday 11 April at The Phoenix Theatre in London.

CHICAGO originally ran in London for 15 years, making it the West End's longest running revival. It first opened at the Adelphi Theatre on 18 November 1997 to rave reviews and immediately became a sell-out hit. Chicago won the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for 'Outstanding Musical Production' as well as the 1998 Critics Circle Drama Award for 'Best Musical'. Chicago transferred from the Adelphi Theatre to the Cambridge Theatre in April 2006, where it ran for five years until 27 August 2011. The show then opened at the Garrick Theatre on 7 November 2011, where it ran until 1 September 2012.

Since it opened in New York in 1996, Chicago has played in 36 countries worldwide, and been performed in English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, French, Danish, Japanese and Korean. It has grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide and has played over 32,500 performances worldwide, with an estimated 31 million people around the world having seen Chicago. Chicago continues to play on Broadway, where it celebrated its 21st birthday last year, and around the world in multiple languages. It is the world's longest running American musical.

CHICAGO, which is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, has a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1996 Broadway revival of Chicago was choreographed by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse, directed by Walter Bobbie, and produced by Barry and Fran Weissler.