CABARET Tour, Starring Will Young and Louise Redknapp, Opens Tonight at the New Wimbledon Theatre

Susan Penhaligon recently joined the touring cast of CABARET alongside Will Young (Emcee) and Louise Redknapp (Sally Bowles), which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre tonight 21 September.

Susan Penhaligon will play Fraulein Schneider in Rufus Norris' multi-award winning production of CABARET which tours the UK this autumn. She is best known from the popular television series Bouquet of Barbed Wire and the sitcom A Fine Romance with Judi Dench. Film appearances include Under Milk Wood, The Land That Time Forgot and Paul Verhoeven's Soldier of Orange. Extensive stage credits across the UK include Dangerous Obsession, Mrs Warren's Profession and The Constant Wife. West End credits include Three Sisters and The Real Thing.

Joining her are: Basienka Blake (Fraulein Kost), Linal Haft (Herr Schultz), Charles Hagerty (Cliff Bradshaw) and Nick Tizzard (Ernst Ludwig). The company is completed by Maria Garrett, Sophie Hirst, Luke Jackson, Katrina Kleve, Jordan Livesey, Liam Marcellino, Alicia Mencia, Jack Mitchell, Hannah Nicholas, Helen Siveter and Matthew Wesley.

Internationally renowned singer/songwriter, Will Young reprises his Olivier Award-nominated performance as the enigmatic Emcee. Ever since winning the inaugural series of Pop Idol in 2001, Will Young has been one of the UK's most popular and successful music artists. He holds the record for the fastest selling debut single in British chart history, and has enjoyed a phenomenal career in music with four No1 albums, as well as acting alongside Dame Judi Dench in the film Mrs Henderson Presents.

Louise Redknapp rose to fame as a member of the girl group Eternal. She left the band to carve out a successful solo career achieving an impressive twelve Top 20 singles, including the hits Naked and Stuck in the Middle and selling over 5 million records with 5 albums. Since then she has rarely left our television screens and most recently wowed the nation with her dancing skills finishing 'runner up' in the 2016 series of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing.

CABARET features show-stopping choreography, dazzling costumes and some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre including 'Money Makes The World Go Round', 'Two Ladies'Maybe This Time' and of course 'Cabaret'. The production turns Weimar Berlin of 1931 into a sassy, sizzling haven of decadence, and at its dark heart is the legendary and notorious Emcee, who performs nightly at the infamous Kit Kat Klub.

Since its Broadway premiere in 1966 and the famous movie version with Liza Minnelli and Oscar winner Joel Grey, CABARET has won a staggering number of stage and screen awards including 8 Oscar's, 7 BAFTA's and 13 Tony's. Norris' production has enjoyed two smash hit West End runs and has picked up 2 Olivier Awards.

Rufus Norris is Director of the National Theatre and a multi-award winning theatre and opera director. For the National Theatre, he has directed The Threepenny Opera, wonder.land, Everyman, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, The Amen Corner, Table, London Road (Critics Circle Award), Death and the King's Horseman, Market Boy. Other theatre includes Vernon God Little (Young Vic), Les Liasons Dangerouses (Broadway - five Tony Award nominations), Festen (West End and Broadway) The Country Girl (Apollo) and Afore Night Came at The Young Vic (Evening Standard Award). Film credits include London Road and Broken.

Choreography is by Javier De Frutos who won the Olivier Award for his work on this original production of Cabaret. Named by the Evening Standard as one of 2016 most influential people, he's one of only three artists in the history of the Olivier Awards to receive nominations in all dance categories. Other awards include an Evening Standard Award for The Most Incredible Thing in collaboration with Pet Shop Boys, Critics' Circle Awards for Milagros with Royal New Zealand Ballet and Fiction for BalletBoyz named Best of Dance by The Arts Desk and Top 10 by the Guardian for 2016.

Cabaret will play at the New Wimbledon Theatre, Blackpool Opera House, Malvern Festival Theatre, Cardiff New Theatre, Leeds Grand Theatre, Milton Keynes Theatre, The Lowry in Salford, Edinburgh Playhouse, Churchill Theatre Bromley, Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and Brighton Theatre Royal.

IF YOU GO:

Bill Kenwright PRESENTS

CABARET

Book by Joe Masteroff Music by John Kander Lyrics by FREDD EBB

Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood

TOUR DATES 2017

Thursday 21 - 30 September Box Office: 0844 871 7646

New Wimbledon Theatre Website: ATGTICKETS.COM/Wimbledon

Tuesday 3 - 7 October Box Office: 0844 856 1111

Blackpool Opera House Website: wgbpl.co.uk

Tuesday 10 - 14 October Box Office: 01684 892277

Malvern Festival Theatre Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk

Tuesday 17 - 21 October Box Office: 029 2087 8889

Cardiff New Theatre Website: newtheatrecardiff.co.uk

Tuesday 24 - 28 October Box Office: 0844 848 2700

Leeds Grand Theatre Website: leedsgrandtheatre.com

Tuesday 31 October - 4 November Box Office: 0844 871 7652

Milton Keynes Theatre Website: ATGTICKETS.COM/MiltonKeynes

Tuesday 7 - 11 November Box Office: 0843 208 6000

Salford Quays, The Lowry Website: thelowry.com

Tuesday 14 - 18 November Box Office: 0844 871 3014

Edinburgh Playhouse Website: ATGTICKETS.COM/Edinburgh

Tuesday 21 - 25 November Box Office: 020 3285 6000

Churchill Theatre Bromley Website: churchilltheatre.co.uk

Tuesday 28 Nov - 2 December Box Office: 00353 1 677 7999

Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Website: www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie

Tuesday 5 - 9 December Box Office: 0844 871 7650

Brighton Theatre Royal Website: ATGTICKETS.COM/Brighton

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