West End and Broadway star Alfie Boe to bring headline show to Scarborough Open Air Theatre
Internationally acclaimed stage star Alfie Boe is to headline a dazzling night at Scarborough Open Air Theatre – accompanied by Gravity stars Louise Dearman, Kerry Ellis and Rachel Tucker as his very special guests.
The West End and Broadway stars will headline Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Sunday July 25.
Tickets go on general sale via ticketmaster.co.uk and scarboroughopenairtheatre.com at 10am Friday September 25.
One of Britain’s best-loved and most celebrated tenors, Alfie Boe’s commanding voice and versatility has earned him huge praise and success across opera, musical theatre, and popular music.
A graduate of the Royal College of Music who went on to train at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, Alfie achieved global recognition performing leading roles with major opera companies before cementing his reputation as the definitive Jean Valjean in Les Misérables.
He has starred in the production both in the West End and on Broadway, and in the recent 40th anniversary world tour, performing at Radio City Music Hall in New York, and in the Australia and China casts.
Alongside Les Mis, Alfie has enjoyed an extraordinary career spanning stage, recording and television, releasing more than a dozen studio albums and appearing at some of the most prestigious venues and events worldwide; from Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to the Royal Albert Hall.
The trip to Scarborough OAT will be a welcome return for Alfie who has performed at the venue four times previously.
Joining him as special guests will be Wicked stars Louise Dearman, Kerry Ellis and Rachel Tucker with their incredible Gravity show.
With Ellis playing the first British Elphaba in Wicked, Dearman being the first and only performer to play both Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked and Tucker playing Elphaba on both Broadway and the West End, the trio have earned their titles as musical theatre’s leading women.
Gravity celebrates their collective back catalogue and features a range of stage favourites including We Will Rock You, Cats, Oliver!, My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Guys and Dolls, Evita, Joseph, The Great Gatsby, Sunset Boulevard, Chicago and more.
Julian Murray of promoters Cuffe and Taylor, venue programmers at Scarborough OAT, said: “This will be another special night on the Yorkshire coast.
"Combining the powerhouse vocals of Alfie Boe with the triumvirate of musical theatre royalty that is Gravity will make this an incredible night and one that will be absolutely adored by fans of musical theatre.”
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