{"id":9308,"date":"2015-06-29T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T11:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/06\/29\/glorious-opening-night\/"},"modified":"2015-06-29T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T11:03:49","slug":"glorious-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/29\/glorious-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorious Opening Night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The critically acclaimed five star West End production, Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical,opened to a packed house last night at London\u2019s Phoenix Theatre Amongst the audience were familiar faces including Omid Djalili, Naughty boy, Madhu & Sulaiman from Signature, Anita Anand, Nihal, Adil Ray, Vanessa Feltz, Graham Norton, Juliet Stevenson, Lily Collins, Indira Verma and <\/strong>Manish Bhasin. <\/font><\/p>\n

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Adapted by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges <\/strong>from the 2002 smash hit film of the same name, Bend it Like Beckham: The Musical follows Jess, a talented young football player torn between following in the footsteps of her hero David Beckham, or living up to family expectations of university, career and marriage. <\/font><\/div>\n


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The diverse and talented cast of the musical includes Natalie Dew <\/strong>as football crazy Jess with Lauren Samuels as Jules, a player with the Harriers, a local women\u2019s football team, and Jamie Campbell Bower <\/strong>as their coach Joe. Sophie-Louise Dann plays Paula, Jules\u2019s Mum, with Jamal Andr\u00e9as <\/strong>as Jess\u2019 good friend Tony.\u00a0 Preeya Kalidas plays Pinky, Jess\u2019 sister, with Tony Jayawardena and Natasha Jayetileke as Jess\u2019 parents, Mr and Mrs Bhamra.<\/font><\/div>\n

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Speaking on the musical\u2019s mass appeal director Gurinder Chadha said: \u2018At its core Bend It like Beckham is a story about finding your place in the world whilst remaining true to yourself and those you love. I think that is something that crosses any and all cultural and racial lines.\u201d<\/font><\/div>\n

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Bend it like Beckham now playing at the Phoenix Theatre,<\/strong> taking bookings until October 2015.<\/font><\/div>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Scored by Howard Goodall (Love Story, The Hired Man)<\/em> with the collaboration of pioneer of the British Bhangra sound, composer and performer Kuljit Bhamra and lyrics by Charles Hart (Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Love Never Dies)<\/em>, the music of Bend It Like Beckham is an East-West fusion of Bhangra and soaring joyous melodies. Gurinder Chadha once again takes the helm as director, with choreography and musical staging by Aletta Collins (Anna Nicole)<\/em>. <\/font><\/span> \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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