Noel Coward Theatre, London
Running time: 2 hours 25 minutes (including interval)
Age Restrictions: Under 3s will not be admitted and under 16s must be accompanied by and sat next to a ticketholder who is 18+.
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The nation's favourite TV show has become a brand-new Great British Musical.
Five years in development, created in association with the producers of the phenomenally successful TV series and following nightly standing ovations at its world premiere in Cheltenham, The Great British Bake Off Musical will open at the Noël Coward Theatre. WhatsOnStage described the show as “hilarious, deeply touching and an utterly joyous feast of fun” with The Times exclaiming that the musical comedy “serves up a hearty sugar and spice recipe.”
Follow the trials and tribulations of our bakers as they enter the hallowed tent, including a policeman, a carer, a sixth form student, a retired dinner lady, an environmentalist vegan, an Italian fashionista, and more, as they come together to share their journeys of friendship, love, and laughter.
From your neighbours to your colleagues to your grandparents to your children, everyone is welcome in the Bake Off tent.
Expect a scrumptious signature slice of humour, heart, and abundant joy, with sixteen wonderful new memorable songs.
Award-winning West End and Broadway actor John Owen Jones will be returning for his starring role as Phil Hollinghurst, the esteemed blue-eyed, silver-fox judge, along with Scott Paige, Claire Moore, Cat Sandison, Charlotte Wakefield, Damian Humbley, Jay Saighal, Michael Cahill, Louis Gaudencio and Annette Yeo. The cast also includes Aharon Rayner and Gabriella Stylianou who will be making their West End debut.
Joining the principal line-up is four-time Olivier Award-nominee and BAFTA-nominee Haydn Gwynne as Pam Lee, the iconically stylish, sharp-tongued judge, along with former Pop Idol contestant turned West End singing sensation Zoe Birkett as one half of the comedy presenter duo Kim and, rising star Grace Mouat best known for her role in the original SIX will play contestant Izzy. Georgie Westall, Stuart Hickey and Jamil Abbasi, making his West End debut, join as understudies and Aanya Shah, Amelie Rouse and Maisy Mein will share the child role of Lily.
The Great British Bake Off Musical has risen in London for 12 weeks only. Now playing at the Noël Coward Theatre until 13th May. This laugh out loud dose of escapism will leave you savouring every bite. On your marks, get set... BOOK!
Noel Coward Theatre
Noel Coward Theatre
St Martin's Lane
London
WC2N 4AU
The Noel Coward Theatre, London, originally known as the New Theatre, was built by Sir Charles Wyndham on St. Martin's Lane in London, England and opened on March 12, 1903. It was built behind the Wyndham's Theatre which was completed in 1899. In 1973 it was renamed the Noel Coward in tribute to the late Sir Bronson Noel Coward who had presided as its manager for many years. The theatre is now owned by Delfont-Mackintosh Ltd. (as of September 2005).
The building was designed by architect W. G. R. Sprague with an exterior in the Classical style and an interior in the Rococo style. The theatre seats 872 patrons on 4 levels. The building is now a Grade II Listed structure.
The Noel Coward Theatre Notable Productions
After opening in 1903 with a production of Rosemary starring Charles Wyndham and his wife, Mary Moore, the Noel Coward has hosted a number of notable productions. The theatre's first play, I'll Leave it to You played the then New Theatre in 1920. George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan with an acclaimed performance by actress Sybil Thorndike ran in 1924.
The 1930s saw John Gielgud's production of Hamlet and he also appeared with Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft and Edith Evans in Romeo and Juliet. With the Blitz, came the destruction of the theatres that were home to the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells Theatre Companies. Both companies made the New Theatre home until their respective theatres were rebuilt in the 1950s. One of the most successful shows to play the New Theatre was Lionel Bart's musical retelling of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, which opened 30 June 1960.
Among some of the notable productions recently is the 1994 revival of Turgenev's A Month in the Country starring Helen Mirren and John Hurt.
Recently, The Noel Coward Theatre has played host to some notable Shakespeare productions including a production of Twelfth Night set in India with an entirely Asian cast. The production played to packed houses and only closed as the Royal Shakespeare Company themselves had exclusive rights to perform their annual London season of Tragedies there. Between December 2004 and April 2005, they presented Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear and a brand new production of Euripedes' Hecuba starring Vanessa Redgrave.
In June 2005, the Irish hit The Shaughraun opened its Noel Coward Theatre London production, however it's success at the Dublin Gate Theatre was not matched in the capital and it closed just over a month after opening. This closure was followed with a dark period of around three months before the theatre transferred to the ownership of Delfont Mackintosh Limited and reopened in October 2005 with The Right's Size's new production Ducktastic!. Once again this failed to live up to expectations and closed swiftly just three weeks after opening on 19 November 2005. A short Christmas season of Patrick Stewart's one-man version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol played between 6-31 December 2005.
The theatre has since played host to some big names from the West End and Hollywood alike with performances from Jude Law, Daniel Radcliffe, Judi Dench, and Ben Wishaw. Currently productions of The Full Monty, Henry V, and A Midsummer Night's Dream are on at this venerable theatre.
Travel by train: Charing Cross. Nearest tube: Leicester Square
