CHESS THE MUSICAL
FEATURING ALL-STAR CAST
CHECKING INTO ADELAIDE’S HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE
The worldwide stage hit CHESS THE MUSICAL featuring an all-star cast including Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Paulini and Rob Mills will make its Adelaide premiere at Her Majesty’s Theatre this May for four performances only! Tickets for the Adelaide shows are on sale from 9am today (February 8), with SA the second stop of the production’s national tour which is premiering in Melbourne followed by Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.
Featuring the iconic music of Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA) with book & lyrics by Tim Rice, the worldwide stage hit CHESS THE MUSICAL will be presented as a semi-staged concert style production featuring Logie-nominated and recent star of CHICAGO Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Grease, Rent, Love, Loss, and What I Wore); Aria chart-topping vocalist Paulini (The Bodyguard, Saturday Night Fever, Hair); New York Metropolitan Opera singer Alexander Lewis (West Side Story for Handa Opera, The Merry Widow, Ragtime); semi-finalist in The Voice 2020 Mark Furze (Home and Away, Underbelly, It Takes Two); musical theatre favourite Rob Mills (Wicked, Ghost, Grease); opera singer Eddie Muliaumaseali’i (Show Boat, Das Rhinegold, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and musical theatre all-rounder Brittanie Shipway (The Voice, Big Fish, The Sapphires) with backing by a professional twenty-five piece orchestra.
CHESS THE MUSICAL is inspired by extraordinary real-life events and first premiered to glowing reviews in London’s West End in 1986 starring the beloved Elaine Paige. The West End season ran for three years, resulting in a BBC listener poll ranking CHESS THE MUSICAL seventh in a list of ‘Number One Essential Musicals’ of all time.Featuring hits including I Know Him So Well – recognised in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest selling UK chart single ever by a female duo – and the upbeat pop favourite One Night in Bangkok, music from CHESS THE MUSICAL is known the world over, with the original concept album described by Rolling Stone as having a “dazzling score (which) covers nearly all the pop bases”.Time Magazine declared the score as “rock symphonic synthesis ripe with sophistication and hummable tunes”. CHESS THE MUSICAL tells the story of a complex love triangle combined with dramatic political intrigue, set against the background of the Cold War in the early 1980s, where Soviet and American forces attempt to manipulate an international chess championship for political gains.
Producer Adrian Storey from StoreyBoard Entertainment: “Ever since the 1984 concept album was released CHESS has been one of my most favourite musicals. The varied and dynamic score is simply wonderful to hear and I’m thrilled to be presenting its first professional outing for South Australian audiences.”
CHESS THE MUSICAL is produced by impresario Adrian Storey from StoreyBoard Entertainment (Barnum, Follies, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and directed by renowned director Tyran Parke (Barnum, Follies, Sunday in the Park with George) and with Musical Direction by David Piper (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, The Boyfriend, The Boy From Oz), Set & Costume Design by Dann Barber (Barnum, 33 Variations), Choreography by Freya List, Lighting Design by Gavan Swift & Sound Design by award-winning designer Michael Waters.
StoreyBoard Entertainment presents CHESS THE MUSICAL
Music by Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, Lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus & Tim Rice & Book by Tim Rice
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Grote Street Adelaide
Thursday 27 May 7:30pm
Friday 28 May 2021, 7:30pm
Saturday 29 May, 2:30pm & 7:30pm
GENERAL PUBLIC TICKETS ON SALE FROM 9:00am MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
For bookings visit: bass.net.au
Phone BASS 131 246
For further information visit: www.chessmusical.info
Tickets from $82 (credit card charges and transaction fees apply)
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
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