New season of shows launched at Grand Theatre

Blackpool Gazette

A vibrant new season of shows was officially launched at Blackpool Grand Theatre at a special afternoon event.  Adam Knight, the Chief Executive Officer at Blackpool Grand shares some of the highlights - from musicals to stand-up.

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00:00 We've got a packed and vibrant season ahead and I'm thrilled to be presenting some brilliant

00:03 productions from the West End and some of our leading UK theatre producers.

00:08 First up we've got Noises Off which comes to us direct from London and that will be

00:12 starring Matthew Kelly, Liza Goddard and Simon Shepard.

00:16 And that's going to be with us at the beginning of October.

00:18 October's going to be a cracking month for theatre because following that we've got the

00:22 real and imagined history of The Elephant Man which comes exclusively from Nottingham

00:27 Playhouse and it will be starring Zac Ford Williams from BBC One's Better.

00:32 Hot on the heels of that, to celebrate Halloween, The Woman in Black will be chilling audiences

00:37 for a week.

00:38 And then just before we hit our fantastic pantomime, which this year will star Tom Lister

00:42 and again our favourite here at Blackpool, Grand Steve Royal, we've got La Bamba which

00:47 is a fiesta of a musical which features artists from Strictly Come Dancing and comes to us

00:53 from Leicester Curve and again direct from a short season in London's West End.

00:58 And if you're looking forward to something in 2024 then watch this space because 2.22

01:04 A Ghost Story is on its way, giving us thrills and spills and more chills next April.

01:11 And peppered in and amongst that we've got some of the best comedians, we've got some

01:14 great stories from some of our favourite personalities, we've got Supervet here in November.

01:20 So it really is a cracking season and absolutely, as you say, something for everyone here in

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