Press release
New Adventures, Martin McCallum and Marc Platt present
"Edward Scissorhands"
Devised, Directed and Choreographed by Matthew Bourne
Music Composed, Arranged and Adapted by Terry Davies
Based on the original Motion Picture Score by Danny Elfman
Based on the original Motion Picture by arrangement with 20th Century Fox
Original story and motion picture directed by Tim Burton
Original screenplay, story and co-adaptation by Caroline Thompson
Designed by Lez Brotherston
Lighting Designed by Howard Harrison
Sound Designed by Paul Groothuis
Tour commences following a record breaking run at London’s Sadler’s Wells.
£2.8 million gross Box Office takings
92,500 people saw the show
Highest grossing show ever at Sadler’s Wells
66% new attendees at Sadler’s Wells
1119 tickets for patrons with disabilities and their companions sold for £11,980 (full price value: £53,828)
1829 children’s 1/2 price matinee tickets
3205 schools tickets
Following an enormously successful 11 week run at Sadler’s Wells a fourteen week UK tour begins in Edinburgh this week. Further week-long runs will follow at Southampton, Salford, Norwich, Wimbledon, Cardiff, Birmingham, Woking, Nottingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Wycombe, Bradford, Milton Keynes.
Public and critical acclaim for this latest production from Matthew Bourne has ensured that all Box Office records for a dance show have been broken at Sadler’s Wells over this Christmas. £2.8 million has been taken at the Box Office. A staggering 92,500 people have seen the show and with seats selling fast on tour, the productions looks set to recoup its costs easily before the end of the tour. Edward Scissorhands was also nominated for a South Bank Show Award for Dance.
An international tour that includes Tokyo, Seoul, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Paris will ensure that Edward Scissorhands will rapidly become one of the most successful touring dance shows created in the UK.
Alistair Spalding, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Sadler’s Wells: "I'm delighted that our ongoing relationship with Matthew Bourne as associate artist has resulted in another outstanding Christmas season for Sadler's Wells. This is a very exciting time for dance. Its increasing popularity in every part of the nation's cultural life is aided enormously by the creations of Matthew Bourne, and Sadler's Wells is proud to support his work.’
Mathew Bourne said: " New Adventures is delighted to have once again broken the Sadler’s Wells box office record with our new production of Edward Scissorhands. We are dedicated to bringing highly entertaining and inspiring dance/theatre to as wide an audience as possible. The fact that 66% of our audience was first time attendee's at the UK's premiere dance house is particularly thrilling and speaks for itself. I have been privileged to watch audiences take Edward to their hearts and roar their approval at over 85 performances. I would like to thank Alistair Spalding and Sadler’s Wells for another wonderful Christmas Season and, as they embark on a 14 week British Tour, pay tribute to the hardest working company in the UK."
Matthew Bourne, famous for his legendary version of Swan Lake, directs and choreographs this new production with design by long-term collaborator Lez Brotherston. It features a company of 30 dancers from Bourne’s own company, New Adventures. Sharing the title role are rising stars Sam Archer and Richard Winsor. Both aged 24, Edward Scissorhands is already their fourth show with Bourne, having previously performed in The Car Man, Nutcracker!, and Play Without Words. Scott Ambler and Etta Murfitt have both acted as Associate Directors as well as creating leading roles in the new production.
Edward Scissorhands is the touching and witty gothic fairytale of a boy created by an eccentric inventor who dies leaving him alone and unfinished. Left with only scissors for hands, Edward must find his place in a strange new suburban world where the well-meaning community struggle to see past his strange appearance to the innocence and gentleness within.
Original music has been composed by Terry Davies. He has also adapted musical themes from the motion picture composed by Danny Elfman. Elfman is one of Hollywood’s most unique and best-loved composers. Recognised worldwide for his music for The Simpson’s, he has also recently written the theme music to the TV cult hit Desperate Housewives. Terry Davies’ previous successes with Bourne have included the multi award-wining shows Play Without Words and The Car Man.
UK Tour 2006
EDINBURGH
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9FT
7-11 February 2006
Box Office 0131 529 6000
www.eft.co.uk
SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton Mayflower, Commercial Road, Southampton, SO15 1GE
14-18 February 2006
Box Office 023 8071 1811
www.the-mayflower.com
SALFORD
The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ
21-25 February 2006
Box Office 0870 111 2000
www.lowry.com
NORWICH
Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RL
28 Feb ‘ 4 March 2006
Box Office 01603 630 000
www.theatre-royal-norwich.co.uk
WIMBLEDON
New Wimbledon Theatre, The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1QG
7-11 March 2006
Box Office 0870 060 6646
www.theambassadors.com/newwimbledon
CARDIFF
Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place,Cardiff, CF10 5AL
14-18 March
Box Office 0870 040 2000
www.wmc.org.uk
BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham Hippodrome, Hurst Street, Birmingham, B5 4TB
21-25 March 2006
Box Office 0870 730 1234
www.birminghamhippodrome.com
WOKING
New Victoria Theatre, Peacocks Centre, Woking, GU21 6GQ
28 March - 1 April 2006
Box Office 01483 545 900
www.theambassadors.com/woking
NOTTINGHAM
Nottingham Theatre Royal, Theatre Square, Nottingham, NG1 5ND
4-8 April 2006
Box Office 0115 989 5555
www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk
GLASGOW
Glasgow Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 3QA
11-15 April 2006
Box Office 0141 240 1133
www.theatreroyalglasgow.com
NEWCASTLE
Newscastle Theatre Royal, 100 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6BR
18-22 April 2006
Box Office 0879 905 5060
www.theatreroyal.co.uk
WYCOMBE
Wycombe Swan, St Mary Street, High Wycombe, Bucks,HP11 2XE
25-29 April 2006
Box Office 01494 512 000
www.wycombeswan.co.uk
BRADFORD
Alhambra Theatre, Morley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1AJ
2-6 May 2006
Box Office 01274 432 000
www.bradford-theatres.co.uk
MILTON KEYNES
Milton Keynes Theatre, Marlborough Gate, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3NZ
9-13 May 2006
Box Office 0870 060 6652
www.miltonkeynestheatre.com