ENDED: Winner Louise James
We’ve teamed up with Norwich Theatre Royal to giveaway not one, not two, but FOUR tickets to one lucky Mumbler for the opening night of Bedknobs and Broomsticks at Norwich Theatre Royal (28th September)…you lucky things!
All you have to do to be in with a chance to win is tell me who immortalised the role of Eglantine Price in the 1971 Disney version of the film? – Send your answer using the contact form HERE.
You don’t have long, the competition ends at 8pm on Sunday and the winner will be notified ASAP.
The show is running from the 28th September – 3rd October 2021.
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More information about the show below…
DIANNE PILKINGTON to lead the company as Miss Eglantine Price, the role immortalised on film by Angela Lansbury
CHARLES BRUNTON to play Emelius Browne
New musical directed by award-winning theatre-makers
CANDICE EDMUNDSand JAMIE HARRISON
Michael Harrison is thrilled to announce the cast for Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks, which will make its world premiere as an exciting new stage musical this Summer on a major UK & Ireland Tour.
The show opens for Norfolk audiences at Norwich Theatre Royal on Tuesday 28 September and runs until Sunday 3 October. Tickets still available via norwichtheatre.org or 01603 630000.
Dianne Pilkingtonwill star as Miss Eglantine Price, the mysterious lady that the three orphaned Rawlins children are evacuated from wartime London to live with. Dianne’s West End credits include Les Miserables,Wicked, Mamma Miaand Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein.
Charles Bruntonwill play Emelius Browne. Charles starred in the iconic role of Miss Trunchbull in Matildaboth in the West End and on Broadway. Other credits include Love Never Dies, Chessand Scrooge.
Enter a world of magic and fantasy with Disney’s classic movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks. When the three orphaned Rawlins children are reluctantly evacuated from wartime London to live with the mysterious Eglantine Price, they have no idea what adventures lie ahead. Upon discovering Eglantine to be a trainee witch, they join forces to search for a secret spell that will defeat the enemy once and for all. Armed with an enchanted bedknob, a bewitched broomstick and a magical flying bed, they encounter surprising new friendships on their journey from Portobello Road to the depths of the beautiful briny sea.
With the original songs by the legendary Sherman Brothers(Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), includingPortobello Road, The Age Of Not Believing, The Beautiful Briny and new music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and book by Brian Hill, Bedknobs and Broomsticks will be brought to life by award-winning theatre-makers Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison.
The rest of the company includes Mark Anderson, Jessica Aubrey, Georgie Buckland, Kayla Carter, Jonathan Cobb, Jacqui Dubois,Matthew Elliot-Campbell, Sam Lupton, Rob Madge, Vinnie Monachello,Nathaniel Morrison, Conor O’Hara, Sadie-Jean Shirley, Robin Simoes Da Silva, Emma Thornett and Susannah Van Den Berg.
The Rawlins children will be played by Dexter Barry, Izabella Bucknell, Haydn Court, Poppy Houghton, Evie Lightman and Aidan Oti.
Book your tickets via the Norwich Theatre Royal website.