- Title: 'Willkommen': Redmayne stars in London revival of 'Cabaret'
- Date: 12th December 2021
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (DECEMBER 12, 2021) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF KIT KAT CLUB, FORMER PLAYHOUSE THEATRE POSTER FOR CABARET ACTRESS CLAIRE FOY ON RED CARPET VARIOUS OF ACTOR JOSH O'CONNOR ON RED CARPET PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JOSH O'CONNOR, SAYING: "I mean it's sort of anything industry, like, we want to keep the theatre and any live events or anything, and cinemas, going. But I am not a politician so I can't really say but it's a really tricky balance and we are all trying to have to work it out ourselves because there's not an awful lot going on up there." TREVOR NUNN ON CARPET CREATIVE TEAM OF 'CABARET' POSING, WITH DIRECTOR REBECCA FRECKNALL AT FRONT (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, REBECCA FRECKNALL, SAYING, ON EDDIE REDMAYNE: "Brilliant. He's the most hard-working, conscientious actor I have ever worked with. His work ethic is incredible, and his love of the role and the production and the team is absolutely wonderful, so he's been a real anchor for the piece." FRECKNALL BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, REBECCA FRECKNALL, SAYING: "It's been complicated but our production team have been so wonderful and rigorous and safe with us, so we have never felt unsafe at work. Everybody's stepped into it knowing it was going to be a challenge, so it's been a real can-do attitude from everyone involved. It's been challenging but it's never stopped us and it could have been so much harder with the wrong attitude, so everyone's been brilliant at making it come together." FRECKNALL BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRODUCER ED BARTLAM, CO-PRODUCER OF CABARET, SAYING: "I hope it is and it needs to be, what this show is proving, and shows all over London and further afield than London is proving, is that you know people love live entertainment. That live experience that you have in theatre or a club or a bar or a restaurant or a cafe is completely essential for us. So I think there's a huge demand for that. And in terms of work, our industry's had a really tough time and everyone from producers to stagehands to lighting people to actors, so it's really important that we are all back doing something, and we are really proud in playing our part in getting the West End back up and running again." COMEDIAN JIMMY CARR ON CARPET/POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH FANS
- Embargoed: 26th December 2021 22:07
- Keywords: Cabaret Eddie Redmayne London production theatre
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Theatre
- Reuters ID: LVA002F7QFVPP
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- Story Text: Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne makes a return to London's West End in a new production of the musical "Cabaret", which opened on Sunday (December 12).
Redmayne plays the role of Emcee, alongside stage and screen star Jessie Buckley, in the production directed by Rebecca Frecknall.
"He's the most hard-working, conscientious actor I have ever worked with," Frecknall said of Redmayne. "His work ethic is incredible, and his love of the role and the production and the team is absolutely wonderful, so he's been a real anchor for the piece."
The Tony Award-wining musical was originally performed on broadway in 1966 and features songs such as "Willkommen".
The musical is based on Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novel "Goodbye to Berlin", which chronicles in part the seedy cabaret nightlife of the German capital in the final years of the Weimar Republic.
Asked about how the pandemic had impacted the rehearsals and production of the show, Frecknall said: "It's been challenging but it's never stopped us and it could have been so much harder with the wrong attitude, so everyone's been brilliant at making it come together."
The revival is being performed at London's Kit Kat Club until May.
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