Casting and public workshops announced for new musical BORDELLO
Audiences are being offered the chance to be a part of the development of brand-new musical, Bordello, The Musical with two public workshop performances on 20 & 21 March at 2.30pm at the Royal Academy of Dance, London, with further tickets released for the general public as of 18 March.
All tickets for these exclusive first-look performances are priced at just £10 and are on sale now with a strictly limited number available to the public.
The workshop performances are presented in partnership with Hope for Justice, a charity fighting human trafficking and modern slavery, identifying victims, supporting survivors and preventing exploitation all around the world.
Casting for the workshop performances includes an all-Jewish cast of Tess Primack (Fiddler on the Roof, Jekyll & Hyde), Gina Murray (Chicago, Hairspray), Jos Slovick (Beautiful, Once), and Greg Bernstein (Fiddler on the Roof, Mary Poppins).
Completing the cast are Danny Becker (Chicago), Georgia Permutt (Footloose), Natalie Green (Les Misérables), Ralph Bogard (Fiddler on the Roof), Tori Scott (Guys and Dolls), Lauren Ingram (Rocky Horror Show), and Sam Baumal (Sunday in the Park with George), Natasha Karp (The Kite Runner), Nitai Levi (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812), Natasha Spencer-Levy (Highway Man), and Izzi Levine (Spring Awakening).
The production also includes Adrien Bariki-Alaoui & Iro Davlanti-Lo of The Argentine Tango School and the London Musical Theatre Orchestra.
Inspired by historical events surrounding Raquel Liberman, Bordello is the immigrant story of one heroic Polish woman who is forced into prostitution and risks everything to bring an international Jewish sex-trafficking ring to justice. With a musical palette that includes tango and klezmer, this never-been-told-before tale of love and bravery is set in the colorful world of Buenos Aires in 1920.
The full creative team includes book writer and lyricist Barbara Bellman, composer and co-orchestrator Emiliano Messiez, co-book writer and additional lyrics by Joan Ross Sorkin, director and choreographer Racky Plews, music supervisor, co-orchestrator and vocal arranger Steven Gross, costume and video designer PJ McEvoy, sound designer Sam Vincent, lighting designer Tim Deiling, and casting director Jim Arnold CDG.
Co-book writer and lyricist Barbara Bellman said: “We are extremely excited to be able to give audiences in London the opportunity to be amongst the first to experience our new musical, Bordello.
“This is a rare opportunity for theatregoers to be a part of the creative process in a room packed full of musical theatre talent, sharing the journey of this show which means so very much to all of our creative team."
To book tickets for the Bordello workshops and further info, please click here.
