THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER 2011
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Neil Eckersley & Paul Spicer for Speckulation Entertainment in association with Jason Haigh-Ellery present
WITH THE
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC CONCERT ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY
MARVIN HAMLISCH
WELCOME NEIL ECKERSLEY, PAUL SPICER & JASON HAIGH-ELLERY ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME IDINA MENZEL & MARVIN HAMLISCH TO THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel has a diverse career on the stage, in film, television and music. Idina is a powerhouse of talent, who constantly amazes audiences with her strong, emotional performances. Idina recently returned to the hit TV series Glee, and continues to tour the US, performing with leading orchestras around the country. A skillful songwriter, Idina writes and performs her own music. She released the Glen Ballard produced album I Stand for Warner Bros. Records, and played to sold out houses around the United States. Menzel performed her show in New York as part of the Mastercard Soundstage series, which aired on PBS. PBS also aired the concert version of Chess: The Musical, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall where Idina shared the stage with Josh Groban. On film, Idina appeared opposite Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams in Disney’s hit, Enchanted, directed by Kevin Lima. Prior to that, Idina was seen in director Chris Columbus’ film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical RENT, in which she reprised her role as Maureen, as well as her co-starring role in Robert Towne’s Ask The Dusk, opposite Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell. On TV, Idina recently completed an arc on the Grey’s Anatomy hit spin-off, Private Practice on ABC. In September 2006 Idina premièred the Broadway hit Wicked in the West End to rave reviews and received the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She starred in Michael John LaChiusa’s musical See What I Wanna See directed by Ted Sperling at The Public Theater. This role garnered her a Drama Desk Award nomination as well as a Drama League Award nomination. She completed her Tony Award winning performance, for Lead Actress in a Musical, in the Broadway production of Wicked in December 2005. Helmed by Tony Award winning director Joe Mantello, Wicked had played to packed audiences at the Gershwin Theatre since it opened in October 2003. Additionally, Idina was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her role as the misunderstood green girl. Idina received a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut performance as Maureen, in the original production of the Pulitzer Prize winning hit RENT. She also earned a Drama Desk nomination for her performance as Kate in Manhattan Theater
BIOGRAPHY
Club’s Off-Broadway original musical The Wild Party. She appeared as Sheila in the Encores! production of Hair and starred as Amneris in Broadway’s Aida. Her other Off-Broadway credits include the pre-Broadway, original, buzz-creating production of RENT and The Vagina Monologues. www.idinamenzel.com
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Grammy Award winner and co-writer of ‘I Stand’, Glen Ballard and Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart create the stunning score to the stage adaptation of the Oscar®-Winning movie GHOST.
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MARVIN HAMLISCH CONDUCTOR
Marvin Hamlisch’s life in music is notable for its great versatility as well as its substance. One of only two people to win an Emmy, a Grammy, and Oscar and a Tony, as well as the Pulitzer prize, he is one of Broadway’s most celebrated composers and musical directors. Marvin composed the music for Broadway’s They’re Playing Our Song, as well as the groundbreaking show A Chorus Line. He has composed over forty motion picture scores, for prolific movies such as The Way We Were, The Sting and Ordinary People. Marvin was Musical Director and arranger of Barbra Streisand’s 1994 concert tour of the US and England as well as of the television special, Barbra Streisand: The Concert, for which he received two of his Emmys. He currently holds the position of principal pops composer for Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Pops, Seattle Symphony and San Diego Symphony.
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ROBERT MOUNSEY MUSICAL DIRECTOR / PIANIST
Rob Mounsey is a renowned composer, arranger, producer, pianist and conductor who has worked on various projects with Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Steely Dan (Gaucho), Aaron Neville, Natalie Cole, James Taylor, Paul Simon (Graceland), Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, Donald Fagen (Nightfly), Brian Wilson, Eric Clapton, Diana Krall, Keb’ Mo’, Chaka Khan, Steve Winwood, and many others. As well as being Musical Director for Idina’s orchestral tour, he created nearly all of the orchestral arrangements and performs as pianist.
CREATIVE TEAM
Rob has just finished producing and arranging the new Christmas album for the marvellous eleven-year-old singing sensation
Jackie Evancho. In addition to his role as Musical Director for Idina’s symphony tour, he created nearly all orchestral
arrangements and performs as pianist. Rob looks forward to producing and arranging a new project for the great Aaron Neville.
RICHARD RHYS THOMAS LIGHTING DESIGNER
Richard is Lighting Designer for the Royal Albert Hall. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Stage
Management and Technical Theatre and is experienced in lighting for theatre, dance, music events, corporate events and
concerts. Richard has been designing lighting for the Royal Albert Hall since 2005 for over 50 shows a year for a wide variety
of events such as classical concerts, rock and pop concerts, corporate events, sport events, theatre, community events, dance, DVD shoots, and film premières. Richard is best known for creating exciting and dynamic lighting to enhance live music concerts of all genres.
Examples of shows that Richard has designed are Classic FM Live, Symphonic Rock, Katherine Jenkins Christmas, Jose Carreras Gala, For Dusty Dusty Springfield tribute concert, Institute of Directors Annual Convention, PRS: Helping the Heart of Music, Raymond Gubbay’s Christmas Season, Business in the Community Awards, The Music of Patrick Doyle to name just a few. Designs have included artistes and actors such as Mel C, Boy George, Herbie Hancock, Lang Lang, Dame Shirley Bassey, The Faces, Sir Micheal Caine, Neil Sedaka, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, Mick Hucknel, Lee Mead, Yan Akkerman, Rick Wakeman, Level 42, Jose Carreras, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Tony Christie, Right Said Fred, Beverly Knight, Kevin Spacey, Darius Campbell, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Alan Rickman, Dame Judi Dench and many more. High profile Corporate Events include appearances by HRH Prince of Wales, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Boris Johnson, and President Bill Clinton.
STEPHEN HUGHES SOUND DESIGNER
Stephen has spent the last seven years as a freelance sound engineer, mixing and working on the larger shows at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as concert venues and festivals throughout the country. His work has a strong grounding in classical music, working on several seasons of the BBC Proms and with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic and the BBC Concert Orchestra. His experience also runs the gamut from West End events with shows such as Kristina the Musical, Night of 1000 Voices and Kerry Ellis and Brian May’s Anthems, to rock and pop with artists such as Alicia Keys and Elton John. In early 2010, he became a full time Senior Engineer for Sound By Design, the venues’ preferred supplier, and project manages and mixes many of the events that take place at the Royal Albert Hall throughout the year.
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC CONCERT ORCHESTRA The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO) has delighted audiences worldwide with its versatile programming, having been in constant demand for live performances and recordings of classical, light classical and popular music since its formation in 1987. The RPCO has a deservedly excellent reputation for working with internationally-renowned artists ranging
ROYAL PHILHAR CONCER from opera luminaries Andrea Bocelli, José Carreras, Lesley Garrett, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Kiri Te Kanawa and the late
Luciano Pavarotti to popular culture icons Burt Bacharach, Tina Turner, George Benson, Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, Liza Minnelli, Randy Newman, Sir Cliff Richard, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow and Stevie Wonder, to name but a few.
The diverse nature of the RPCO’s work has taken it into a variety of settings from the traditional – concert halls, stadiums and
cathedrals – to the unorthodox – racecourses, botanical gardens and train stations. Its most frequently requested programmes include Classical Favourites, Magic of the Movies, Opera Gala and the ever-popular Last Night of the Proms.
Highlights of the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra’s current season have included four performances with Barry
Manilow at London’s O2 Arena in May 2011 and a series of outdoor Summer Prom concerts at locations around the country
such as Hampton Court Palace, Kenwood House, Belton House, Canary Wharf, the Chichester Real Ale and Jazz Festival and Leeds Castle. The RPCO also joined the pop / opera quartet Il Divo for two sell-out performances at the London Coliseum
and is looking forward to performing with Broadway star Idina Menzel and Marvin Hamlisch at the Royal Albert Hall in October and with Scottish Ballet at Sadler’s Wells in November.
The RPCO’s busy 2010 schedule included a European tour of Star Wars: In Concert, with shows in Paris, Madrid, Milan, Lisbon, Hamburg, Antwerp, Dublin and throughout the UK. The RPCO also accompanied Sting on his Symphonicity world tour performing to sell-out audiences across the USA and Canada, throughout the UK and Europe, including Belarus and Russia, to wide critical acclaim. Other highlights included a concert with Dionne Warwick for the Variety Club of Great Britain and an evening with Dame Julie Andrews at the O2 Arena, in addition to numerous classical concerts across the UK. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra’s 2009 performances included a number of concerts at the Royal Albert Hall including a St George’s Day Gala and an acclaimed twenty show production of the popular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, starring Maria Friedman. Highlights of the summer months included concerts at the Hampton Court Palace Festival, Rochester Castle and at Kenwood House Concert Bowl. The autumn season began with the RPCO joining comedian Barry Humphries (and his famous alter ego Dame Edna Everage) for a riotous UK tour of ‘Last Night of the Poms’! The RPCO’s biggest engagement during the winter season was the spectacular Star Wars: A Musical Journey tour, with thirty-five concert performances all over the USA and Canada featuring stunning film and light special effects. The RPCO’s schedule during 2008 included a Valentine’s Day Opera Gala in Bristol, a St George’s Day Concert and the Cathcart Spring Prom (both at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Choral Society), a performance of the RPCO’s best-selling Here Come The Classics™ programme at Milton Keynes Theatre and an appearance at the Forum Theatre, Great Malvern. Festival appearances over the summer months included a concert performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Hampton Court Palace Festival and a string of ‘Picnic Prom’ appearances throughout the summer months at venues such as Rochester Castle, RHS Wisley Gardens (with Lesley Garrett), Audley End House (with Michael Ball and Lesley Garrett), Kenwood House and at the Peterborough Festival. During 2007 the RPCO appeared on BBC Television’s Children in Need broadcast, and in November accompanied Annie Lennox and Westlife. The year culminated in a series of concerts together with Lemar and Katherine Jenkins in front of
an audience which included HM The Queen to launch the newly renovated St Pancras International Station. 2005 saw the RPCO take part in a BBC televised concert in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of VE Day, performing with Sir Cliff Richard, Will Young, Katie Melua, Daniel Bedingfield and Heather Small. That year’s busy schedule also included
RMONIC RT ORCHESTRA performances with Tony Christie. In the summer of 2004, the RPCO performed to an audience of 70,000 at the Olympic Torch Concert in The Mall, televised live on BBC One, with Rod Stewart and Ozzy Osbourne.
As well as touring Star Wars: In Concert and Symphonicity with Sting in recent years, the RPCO has a flourishing international
schedule which has included visits to Mexico, South Korea, Greece, Barbados, the Far East, Italy, Monaco, Rome, Spain, Russia, Estonia and Turkey. Touring highlights have included a performance with Paquito D’Rivera in Brazil and trips to Scandinavia
for a concert tour of Les Misérables. The RPCO has toured the USA with Andrea Bocelli, and also as part of an extensive gala
Royal Christmas tour (2002) with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Charlotte Church. A repeat Royal Christmas tour
of North America in December 2005, featuring Andrea Bocelli and Denyce Graves, performed to sell-out audiences.
The RPCO’s many recordings include Mancini Rocks the Pops, Premier Pops, Pop Go the Beatles, Andrew Lloyd Webber Classic Songs
and Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein. It has featured on two best-selling recordings with Lesley Garrett, including the hugely successful Soprano in Red.
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
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PLAYER LIST FIRST VIOLINS Duncan Riddell Jonathan Lee Rosemary Wainwright Cindy Foster Rebecca Shorrock Simon Baggs SECOND VIOLINS Andrew Storey Charles Nolan Peter Dale Victoria Lyon David Lyon VIOLAS Andrew Williams Jonathan Hallett Liz Butler Clara Biss Nigel Goodwin CELLOS Andrew Fuller Daniel Hammersley Leonie Adams Rosemary Banks
DOUBLE BASSES Neil Tarlton John Holt FLUTES Helen Keen Lianne Barnard Jane Dixon Wayne PICCOLO Jane Dixon Wayne OBOES Louise Hayter Helen Barker Olivia Duque COR ANGLAIS Olivia Duque CLARINETS Jon Carnac Emily Meredith Anthony Pike BASS CLARINET Anthony Pike
ALTO SAXOPHONE Jamie Talbot TENOR SAXOPHONE Melanie Henry
TROMBONES Matthew Knight Jonathan Pippen BASS TROMBONE Andrew Waddicor
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Chris Caldwell BASSOONS Chris Rawley Shelly Organ Stuart Russell CONTRABASSOON Stuart Russell
TUBA Kevin Morgan TIMPANI Neil Morris PERCUSSION Richard Horne Chris Thomas
FRENCH HORNS Phil Woods Kathryn Saunders Jocelyn Lightfoot Paul Cott
HARP Suzy Willison-Kawalec
TRUMPETS Jonathan Clarke David Archer Alex Cromwell
BASS GUITAR Phil Cranham
GUITAR Peter Callard
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra is joined by guest musician Joeseph Connell on Drums.
WHAT THE PRESS SAY ‘MENZEL IS ABSOLUTELY BEGUILING. SHE IS TRULY A GENIUS ENTERTAINER’ Broadwayworld.com
‘Menzel has a powerhouse voice that soars above the orchestra’ The Stage
‘If you don’t feel the love, you’re dead’ Denver Post
‘THE STREISAND OF HER GENERATION’ Denver Post
‘IDINA MENZEL OFFERS A WINNING POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCE’ The Daily Telegraph
‘POWER-PACKED AND TUNEFUL’ The Independent
‘Menzel is sure of voice, convincing of action, accurate of emotion and attractive of personality’ Bloomberg.com
‘IDINA MENZEL WAS CAPTIVATING’ Musicomh.com
PRESS QUOTES
Speckulation Entertainment is a company dedicated to producing high quality entertainment and working on a wide range of projects in a variety of genres. Formed by producers Neil Eckersley and Paul Spicer, who also cofounded the West End’s highly successful and critically acclaimed Notes from New York series, it operates both in the West End and beyond. Current and recent theatre and concert work includes: Speckulation Acoustic Sessions (Pheasantry); Julie Atherton: No Space for Air (Apollo); Lance Horne: First Things Last (Garrick); When We Are Married (Garrick); Caroline O’Connor: The Showgirl Within (Garrick); Lynda Carter: At Last (Garrick); Jason Robert Brown (Garrick); Frances Ruffelle: Beneath the Dress (Garrick); Julie Atherton: No Space for Air (Delfont Room); Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program (Vaudeville); Christmas in New York (Prince of Wales); Marilyn & Ella (Apollo), Michael Bruce (Apollo), Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today (Vaudeville); Notes Unleashed! The Music of Lance Horne (Vaudeville); The Last 5 Years, starring Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer (Duchess), tick, tick... BOOM!, starring Julie Atherton, Paul Keating and Leon Lopez (Duchess), Christmas in New York, starring Maria Friedman (Lyric), The Last 5 Years, starring Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer (Theatre Royal Haymarket); A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe; and all of the shows in the ever-popular Notes from New York series (Donmar Warehouse, Arts, Trafalgar Studios). Speckulation Entertainment has received three Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Award nominations for its work to date: Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today (Vaudeville) for Best Solo Performance; Caroline O’Connor: The Showgirl Within (Garrick) for Best Solo Performance; and When We Are Married (Garrick) for Best Ensemble Performance. When We Are Married was nominated for Best Revival in the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards. Speckulation Entertainment has released original cast recordings of A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe, Stiles & Drewe’s Peter Pan, Christmas in New York and Dougal Irvine’s Departure Lounge. Solo releases by West End artists include Julie Atherton: No Space for Air and Helena Blackman: The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Its most recent album release, Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs, was promoted with the YouTube sensation ‘Portrait of a Princess’, which has received over 125,000 views to date.
When We Are Married
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Caroline O’Connor: The Showgirl Within
Portrait of a Princess
Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today
JASON HAIGH-ELLERY ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Jason has produced and / or directed over 300 audio and radio plays, including the highly successful Doctor Who: the New Audio Adventures series, working with actors such as David Tennant, Paul McGann, Sir Derek Jacobi, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, David Warner, Anthony Stewart Head, Mark Gatiss, Simon Pegg, Sheridan Smith, David Walliams
JASON HAIGH-ELLERY and Matt Lucas. Two of the scripts from the audio adventures have been adapted for the new BBC TV Series. He recently
directed David Tennant in The Adventures of Luther Arkwright. In co-production with the BBC he has produced the unmade 1979 Douglas Adams’ script Shada and Ghosts of Albion with Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Christopher Golden and produced
a new version of the classic horror The Phantom of the Opera. He is presently in production in Australia with two new animated movies for 2012/3 and is also producing an animated version of Doctor Who for 2Entertain.
In the theatre, Jason has produced Henry V, As You Like It, Days of Hope, Tomorrow Morning and Snoopy the Musical in London,
Love Shack, High Society, Fly me to the Moon, Debbie Does Dallas – the Musical, Teenage Kicks, The Steamie, Guess How Much I love You?, The Wedding Singer, Yes Prime Minister, Never Forget and Footloose – the Musical on tour. In the West End he has produced Life Coach, Wolfboy, Footloose – the Musical, Shout!, A Christmas Carol, Shoshana Bean – Live, the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice
Awards, Never Forget, Yes Prime Minister and the sell-out West End debut of Nicholas Hoult in New Boy. He was also an Executive
Producer on the South African version of Footloose – the Musical and produced Cinderella in Los Angeles. This year he has produced Footloose – the Musical and Yes Prime Minister on tour, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves at the Landor, Spring Awakening
at the Rose Theatre Kingston, Yes Prime Minister and The Ladykillers in the West End and is delighted to be producing both Snow White and Cinderella in Los Angeles.
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PRODUCTION CREDITS FOR SPECKULATION ENTERTAINMENT Executive Producer
Neil Eckersley
Creative Director
Paul Spicer
Production Assistant
Ava Eldred FOR THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
FOR IDINA MENZEL
Chief Executive
Chris Cotton
Management
Burton Goldstein
Chief Operating Officer
Jasper Hope
Heather Reynolds
Director of Finance
James Ainscough
Tour Administration
Daphne Hernandez
Director of Operations
Amanda Squires
Production Manager
Alex Dakoglou
Director of Customer Relations Sarah Woods
Tour Booking
Seth Malasky
Secretary to the Corporation
Vaughan Rees
Head of Show Management
Tom King
Event Managers
Anthony Clements
FOR IDINA MENZEL AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Jane Colenutt
Producers
Neil Eckersley, Paul Spicer
Acting Head of Programming
Caroline McNamara
Associate Producer
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Head of Programming
Lucy Noble
Lighting Designer
Richard Thomas
Programming Manager
Mehdi Aoustin-Sellami
Sound Designer
Stephen Hughes
Programming Coordinator
Victoria Thearle
Recording Engineer
Griff Hewis
Programming Assistant
Laura Bowyer
Production Manager
Natalie Brook-Reynolds
Head of Front of House
Julia Robinson
Production Assistant
Ava Eldred
Head of Ticketing Services
Marc Sheppard
Stage Manager
Adam McClelland
Box Office Manager
Rachel Tattersdill
FOH Sound
Dan Ungaretti
Monitors Technician
John Gale
Stage Engineers
Richard Callin
FOR ROYAL PHILHARMONIC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Matthew Gush
Managing Director
Ian Maclay
Marketing Agency
Jo Hutchison International
Concerts Director
Elizabeth Forbes
Press & PR
Arthur Leone PR
Finance Director
Michelle Johnson
Graphic Design
N9 Design
Recordings and RPCO Manager Kate Green
Piano Hire
Markson Pianos
Orchestra Managers
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Lighting Hire
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Debbra Walters
Sound Hire
Sound by Design
Librarian Patrick Williams
Follow Spots
Karl Logan
Stage Manager
Matthew Morgans
Charlotte Patten
Chris Ouzman
NEIL ECKERSLEY & PAUL SPICER WOULD LIKE TO THANK Jason Haigh-Ellery Mike Hoban, whose silent support speaks volumes in all of our shows Tristan Baker, Tim Henderson, Andrew Hodges, Claire Keat, Dominic May, John Roberts, Quentin Spicer, Andrew Vernon, Hilary Williams Paul Dickinson, Catherine Lewis and the Premier Service Team at Virgin Atlantic Sunita Lamba at Radisson Edwardian Burt Goldstein and Daphne Hernandez at Burton Goldstein & Co. Heather Reynolds at onentertainment Seth Malasky and Chris Goddard at Paradigm Kristen Foster and Hannah Stember at PMK-BNC Erin Privatsky Sue Birch at SueBMusic Anna Arthur, Andrew Greer and Lana Lay at Arthur Leone PR Jo Hutchison and Natalie Yalden at JHI Laurence Miller, Emma Brunjes and Marc Murphy at Nimax Theatres Liz Forbes and Katharine Plows at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
THANK YOU
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Mehdi Aoustin-Sellami, Victoria Thearle, Laura Bowyer, Rachel Tattersdill, Anthony Clements, Jane Colenutt and all the staff at the Royal Albert Hall and last but far from least
Idina Menzel and Marvin Hamlisch
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