FOLLIES at the National Theatre

Book by James Goldman, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Dominic Cooke

Olivier Theatre

Press Night 6 September, last performance 3 January

Good ticket availability from November 2017 – January 2018

NT Live Broadcast: Thursday 16 November

1971, New York. There’s a party on the stage of the Weissman Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves. Including such classic songs as Broadway Baby, I’m Still Here and Losing My Mind, Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical is staged for the first time at the NT. Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, the production is directed byDominic Cooke (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom).

Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s previous work at the NT includes A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd andSunday in the Park with George.

The cast includes Julie Armstrong, Norma Atallah, Josephine Barstow, Jeremy Batt, Tracie Bennett, Di Botcher, Billy Boyle, Janie Dee, Anouska Eaton, Liz Ewing, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Forbes, Emily Goodenough, Bruce Graham, Adrian Grove, Fred Haig, Aimee Hodnett , Dawn Hope, Liz Izen, Alison Langer, Emily Langham, Sarah-Marie Maxwell, Ian McLarnon, Leisha Mollyneaux, Gemma Page, Kate Parr, Philip Quast, Edwin Ray, Gary Raymond, Adam Rhys-Charles, Jordan Shaw, Imelda Staunton, Zizi Strallen, Barnaby Thompson, Christine Tucker, Michael Vinsen and Alex Young.

Follies is designed by Vicki Mortimer, with choreography by Bill Deamer, musical supervision by Nicholas Skilbeck, orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, additional orchestrations by Josh Clayton, musical director Nigel Lilley, lighting design by Paule Constable and sound designer by Paul Groothuis.

The original production of Follies premiered on Broadway in 1971, where it was nominated for eleven Tony Awards, and won seven. The show premiered in London in 1987, and has been revived around the world many times to great acclaim. This 2017 staging will be the first time the musical has been performed at the National Theatre.

Supported by the Follies production syndicate.

Exclusive crystal provider for Follies

Press Night: Wednesday 6 September

Follies will be broadcast via NT Live on Thursday 16 November

Talks and Events

Janie Dee and Philip Quast – Thursday 14 Sept, 3pm

The Future of Musical Theatre – Friday 15 Sept, 6pm

Dominic Cooke – Wednesday 18 October, 6pm

The Works of Stephen Sondheim – Friday 3 and Friday 24 November, 10.30am

Creating Costume for Follies  – Wednesday 15 November, 6pm

The History of the Ziegfeld Follies – Friday 24 November, 6pm

Staging Sondheim’s Follies – Tuesday 28 November, 10.30am

Josephine Barstow and Tracie Bennett – Monday 18 Dec, 3pm

Designing Follies with Vicki Mortimer – Tuesday 12 Dec, 5.30pm

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