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London Theatre Musicals 
| Jerry Springer the Opera | Jerry Springer the Opera Closed 19th February 2005 | 
Not suitable for children
| Jerry Springer the Opera - Closed 19th February 2005Opera by Stewart Lee (writer/director) and Richard Thomas (composer/book/music/lyrics), produced by Avalon Promotions Ltd and Allan McKeown in association with the National Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre. Directed by Stewart Lee with choreographed by Jenny Arnold, sets designed by Julian Crouch, musical direction by Martin Lowe, orchestrations by Martin Koch, lighting design by Rick Fisher, sound by Mike Walker and costume design by Leah Archer. Triumph, tragedy and trailer trash as high culture collides with low culture. Jerry Springer - The Opera is a new opera based on America's most vicarious talk show and the US host who brought worldwide television audiences programmes entitled: "Pregnant by a Transsexual," "Here Come the Hookers," and "I Refuse to Wear Clothes". As Richard Thomas (composer/book/music/lyrics) said of the television show: "It's got tragedy. It's got violence. There are people screaming at each other and you can't understand what they're saying. It's perfect for opera."
The West End and Broadway need Jerry Springer"
I have no hesitation in declaring Jerry Springer - The Opera to be the greatest production ever on planet earth"
Kevin O'Sullivan, The Daily Mirror | JERRY SPRINGER - THE OPERA
Theatre: Cambridge Theatre
Earlham Street
London
WC2
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Performance Times:
Monday to Thursday at 7.45pm
Friday 8.30pm
Saturday at 3.00pm and 8.00pm
Voucher is admitted to this theatre
| Theatre Ticket Prices:
Monday and Tuesday Evenings
Stalls £57.00
Dress Circle £57.00
Upper Circle £33.00 and £45.00
Wednesday - Saturday Evening and Wednesday and Saturday Matinee
Stalls £63.00
Dress Circle £63.00
Upper Circle £45.00 |
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| | What's New | Jerry Springer Closed 19th February 2005- Following its controversial television broadcast on BBC2 recently, the West End musical Jerry Springer The Opera has now posted a closing notices for 19 February 2005 at the Cambridge Thatre The producers of Jerry Springer The Opera have announced that a major National Tour of the show will start in 2005 in Manchester. Now Starring David Soul as Jerry Springer! Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2004 Winner Best Musical: Jerry Springer - The Opera - The BBC received almost 50,000 complaints about its decision to air the West End musical Jerry Springer The Opera on BBC2 recently (Jan 2005) the broadcast of the stage show attracted a television audience of nearly 2 million viewers. Is Jerry Springer The Opera the most controversial live show ever- probably but judge for yourself now by booking tickets to see this multi-award winning musical live on stage at The Cambridge Theatre - It's filthy, it's funny, it's brilliantly original and, taken all in all, about as much fun as you are likely to have with your clothes on. This is a real opera, full of beautifully sung arias and duets, and with a huge full-throated chorus who sing the word Jerry as if it were Kyrie. If you are easily offended, this is not the show for you. Those with open minds and adventurous hearts will love it, however, and as the freaks' parade rolls on, the production sometimes becomes unexpectedly moving.
The Daily Telegraph ... |
Theatre Review | Jerry is compelled to host a show-down between Adam, Eve, Jesus and Mary by his own warm-up man, Satan, is pitifully weak... The chorus is still a treat, a blast on the bleachers with fat guys and gals singing their socks off.
The Daily Mail
The cast is dazzling. it is simply a major event of theatre: uproarious, astonishing, and, in the seriousness of its irony, utterly disarming.
The Financial Times
The music and libretto, full of Bach and Handelian flourishes, reach fresh heights of comic, bad-taste mockery as humanism usurps religion: utter, impure theatrical pleasure.
London Evening Standard |
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