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Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat With a crash of drums and a flash of light Joseph return to the West End in his dazzling coat of many colours. In a new staging of the record breaking 1990s London Palladium production Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s family classic is ready to please a whole new generation. This colourful retelling of the biblical story about dreamboat Joseph , his uncanny abilities and his designer coat sings out to young and old alike with a score which is wall to wall hits - including Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do. For a limited season only, and with a young company led by a new star, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT is sure to be the hot ticket this summer. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and was first performed in 2005. Based on the "Coat of many colours" story of Joseph from the Bible, this light-hearted musical was first presented as a fifteen-minute pop cantata at Colet Court school in London on 1st March, 1968. Alan Doggett, head of the school's music department, for their Annual Spring Concert, commissioned the piece. Doggett conducted the performance, whose orchestra and the singers consisted of pupils of Colet Court, the preparatory school for St Paul's School. Andrew Lloyd Webber's father, William, considered that the show had great potential. He encouraged and subsequently arranged for a second performance, at his church, Westminster Central Hall, with a revised and expanded format. The boys of Colet Court sang at this performance, which also included a rock group. It received positive reviews: London's Sunday Times said it was a new pop oratorio. Novello agreed to publish the work and Decca Records recorded it. By its third performance at St Paul's Cathedral on 9th November 1968, it had been expanded and included several new songs and David Daltrey played the role of Joseph. In 1970, Lloyd Webber and Rice used the popularity of their second rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, to promote Joseph – which was advertised in America as a "sequel" to Superstar. Riding on Jesus' coattails proved profitable for this "Technicolor coat" and the US Decca label recording topped America's charts for three months. Direct by Frank Dunlop and starring Gary Bond Joseph was presented at the Edinburgh International Festival in September 1972. A month later the production played at London's Young Vic and Roundhouse theatres. It was preceded by an act of medieval mystery plays that lead to the "Coat of Many Colours". The first production of the show in its modern, final form was at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester. |
Joseph Show Information Booking To: May 2009 Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday 3:00pm Evenings: Monday, Wednesday to Saturday 7.30pm Tuesday 7:00pm Running Time: 2 hours Adelphi Theatre Information Adelphi Theatre Seating Plan |
Adelphi Theatre The Strand, London , WC2E 7NA CLICK HERE FOR ON-LINE STREETMAP Nearest Underground: Charing Cross, Covent Garden and Leicester Square. Bus Routes: 6, 9, 11,13, 15, 23, 77A, 176 Nearest Rail: Charing Cross |
Adelphi Theatre Directions: Take the Bakerloo or Northern Line to Charing Cross station. Exit onto the Strand and walk for approximately 5 minutes. Infra Red Wheelchair access Disabled Toilets Air-Conditioned |
