Sam Brown Archives - North West End UK

Charity Gala Performance in aid of Music Therapy Nordoff and Robbins Sinatra The Musical is continuing its run in the West End. This performance was in aid of the Charity Nordoff and Robbins; raising awareness of mental health and the benefits of music therapy. Sinatra is a staged biopic uncovering the ‘truth’ behind the man who captured the nations hearts and navigates the conundrum of his complex life. Supported by a talented cast, the story spotlights those who fuelled his meteoric rise to fame, as well as those who witnessed his turbulent downfalls. At its heart, the production portrays Sinatra as a devoted family man who remained fiercely close to his children—a narrative angle strongly backed by his daughter, Nancy Sinatra, who contributed to the show's development. The journey op...

Opera North’s production of Wagner’s final work for the stage arrives in a blaze of glory from director Sam Brown’s theatrical staging in Leeds but what is served up at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester is much more muted in its dramatisation, and although the work was originally written with the orchestra below the stage to add acoustic and psychological drama, here it was very much centre and fore. Running at just over four hours stage time, Parsifal tells the story of the Knights of the Holy Grail, much of it narrated by a veteran knight, Gurnemanz (Brindley Sherratt). The castle of Monsalvat has been established by Titurel (Stephen Richardson) as a sanctuary for the Holy Grail and the Spear that pierced Christ’s side, before retiring in favour of his son, Amfortas (Robert Hayward), who...

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Sinatra The Musical – Aldwych Theatre

Opera North: Parsifal – Bridgewater Hall