Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) tickets are on sale now.This week’s offering from the online series ‘The Shows Must Go On’ YouTube channel, was the NBC 2016 production of ‘Hairspray Live!’ With so little joy being had from social interactions these weekly Musicals have kept us theatre-lovers going almost in a wartime like spirit, helping to escape the horrors of this awful tragedy happening right on our doorsteps, with good old-fashioned escapism.and I love that! Having nothing to look forward to the weekend for, this series has managed to punctate a Friday night with streamed Musical theatre productions and given us something fun each week!įor those who have been living under a rock and have never heard of Hairspray, it is a wry parody, seen through the eyes of teenager Tracy Turnblad, growing up in 1960's Baltimore, USA.

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is at the Criterion Theatre to 6 February. McArthur and Simon Harvey direct, with design by Ana Inés Jabares-Pita, lighting design by Colin Grenfell, sound design by Michael John McCarthy and Luke Swaffield, and choreography by Emily-Jane Boyle. Isobel McArthur stars in her own work, and is joined by cast members Tori Burgess, Christina Gordon, Hannah Jarrett-Scott, Meghan Tyler. In a Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) review, Marianka Swain said: 'Its irreverent merriness is definitely a welcome addition to the West End, and makes for a fun night out'. Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a 1990s-pop reinvention of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, and follows the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Instead of continuing its West End performances, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) will now begin a nationwide 60-week tour from September 2022, before returning to London.

In a statement from Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) producer David Pugh, he said the show's closure is down to a lack of audiences throughout the West End following the government's implementation of Plan B Covid restrictions.

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) was due to play at the Criterion Theatre until 17 April, as part of its open-ended West End run. Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)will play its final performance at the Criterion Theatre on 6 February.

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