Musicals

Highly entertaining Catch me if you can in Bremerhaven

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GermanyGermany McNally, Whitman and Shaiman, Catch me if you can: Soloists, Chorus, and Extras of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Davide Perniceni (conductor). Stadttheater Bremerhaven, 1.2.2025. (DM-D)

Tobias Bieri (Frank Abagnale Jr.) and Celena Pieper (Brenda Strong) © Heiko Sandelmann

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Carrie Hope Fletcher stars in Calamity Jane, an old-fashioned but still whip-cracking musical

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Calamity Jane (adapted for the stage by Charles K Freeman from a screenplay by James O’Hanlon): Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 28.1.2025. (JPr)

Carrie Hope Fletcher (centre, Calamity Jane) and Richard Lock (far right, Rattlesnake) © Mark Senior

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Colourful and entertaining My Fair Lady captivates audiences in Bremerhaven

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GermanyGermany Lerner & Loewe, My Fair Lady: Soloists, Chorus, Ballet, and Extras of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Philharmonic Orchestra Bremerhaven / Hartmut Brüsch (conductor). Stadttheater Bremerhaven, 2.11.2024. (DMD)

Kay Krause (Colonel Pickering), Victoria Kunze (Eliza Doolittle), Dirk Böhling (Prof. Henry Higgins) © Wolfgang kurima Rauschning

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Gothenburg Opera’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a heartwarming and colourful fantasy

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SwedenSweden Roald Dahls Charlie och chokladfabriken (Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory): Soloists and ensemble of Gothenburg Opera / Michael England (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 21.9.2024. (NS)

[l-r] Violet Beauregarde (Amanda Lindgren), Augustus Gloop (Robert Sillberg), Mrs Gloop (Carina Söderman), Veruca Salt (Julia Carlström), Willy Wonka (Ola Salo), Mike Teavee (Oskar H Olsson) and Mrs Teavee (Åsa Fång) © Lennart Sjöberg

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