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STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL
2024-11-23 19:30 - 2025-02-01 19:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | The Court Theatre, 129 Gloucester Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand
Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical is set to cha-cha into Christchurch for the very first time at The Court Theatre next month and will be the last tango at The Shed before the theatre company moves into its brand-new, purpose-built home in the city.
Directed by Benjamin Kilby-Henson who helmed the smash-hit productions of Something Rotten! and Little Shop of Horrors for The Court Theatre, this splendidly camp comedy-musical will have you foxtrotting through summer in a haze of sequins, satin and hairspray!
Dig out the voting paddles as it also features choreography by Kira Josephson (Something Rotten!, Little Shop of Horrors, Jesus Christ Superstar), and specialist ballroom choreography by the one and only Jonny Williams who became a household name competing in eight seasons of Dancing with the Stars, partnering Angela Bloomfield, Megan Alatini, Miriama Smith, Barbara Kendall, Chrystal Chenery, Jess Quinn, Carolyn Taylor, and Eli Matthewson.
Not only that but the music, under the direction of groove meister Richard Marrett, will have audiences in their own boogie wonderland. Every song is a banger, including John Paul Young’s Love is in the Air, Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time, Doris Day’s Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps, new music by David Foster, Sia Furler, and Eddie Perfect, and many, many more.
We’re raising the barre this summer!!
