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Post by ABr on Sept 20, 2019 9:52:09 GMT
Initial casting has been announced for this at Cadogan Hall next year! Created a new thread to avoid confusion with the Hope Mill production. www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/ricardo-afonso-lesli-margherita-zorro-concert_49935.html"Ricardo Afonso (Jesus Christ Superstar) will star as the titular Zorro and Diego, alongside Lesli Margherita (who will reprise her Olivier Award-winning role of Inez) and four-time Olivier nominated actress Emma Williams (Half A Sixpence) who will also reprise her role of Luisa. Further casting is to be announced." |
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Post by FrontrowverPaul on Sept 20, 2019 10:30:58 GMT
I'm booked. Love these Sunday night concert performances and secured my fave front row seat.
Also on sale direct from Cadogan Hall without the Agency commission.
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Post by jgblunners on Sept 20, 2019 13:49:41 GMT
LMTO + Emma Williams + Ricardo Afonso = booked instantly!
I know nothing about the show or the score but have also come to love these concerts at Cadogan so look forward to whatever this turns out to be.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 20, 2019 13:54:08 GMT
If anyone want to go 'in character', my very good friend, BurlyBeaR , has a lovely new cape available for hire. Very reasonable fees!  |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2019 14:50:53 GMT
Purchased under duress! 😑
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Post by miz on Sept 20, 2019 20:06:58 GMT
Booked! I think I saw Ricardo play the role about 10 years ago. Was it the Garrick theatre?
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Post by winonaforever on Sept 21, 2019 17:55:01 GMT
I'm going!
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 21, 2019 20:34:18 GMT
Booked! I think I saw Ricardo play the role about 10 years ago. Was it the Garrick theatre? It was at the Garrick, 2008-9, but Ricardo Afonso wasn't in the cast. Matt Rawle played Diego.
I'm very excited that both Emma Williams & Lesli Margherita are reprising their roles. I adored Zorro, saw it 22 times, & have been waiting a decade in the hope of a revival.
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Post by miz on Sept 22, 2019 20:24:14 GMT
Thank you for the correction, Dawnstar.
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Post by duncan on Sept 22, 2019 20:35:15 GMT
Looking back - 29th March 2008 - Zorro
I got an upgrade and my 2 thoughts back then were,
1 - Much more entertaining than a Gypsy Kings musical has any right to be.
2 - This will surely make a star out of Matt Rawle.
Ho hum on that!
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Post by londonpostie on Sept 22, 2019 20:48:52 GMT
Fwiw, there's 2 hours 40 on Youtube plus a Royal Variety jobbie.
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Post by miz on Sept 23, 2019 17:37:50 GMT
Did Earl Carpenter play the father 10 years ago? My memory, which is not so good nowadays, is vaguely telling me he might've done. Or was it someone else ?
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 24, 2019 8:21:48 GMT
Did Earl Carpenter play the father 10 years ago? My memory, which is not so good nowadays, is vaguely telling me he might've done. Or was it someone else ? I believe he did for the pre-West End tour, though I didn't see it myself. In London it was Jonathan Newth, who was certainly more believable age-wise as Matt Rawle's father than Earl Carpenter would have been. |
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Post by miz on Sept 24, 2019 10:26:18 GMT
Dawnstar, thank you for the clarification. That means I never saw EC in Zorro. But anyway, I really enjoyed the show back then.
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 24, 2019 18:36:08 GMT
I've also remembered that Earl Carpenter was busy doing a stint in Les Mis at the same time Zorro was on in the West End. I first saw Les Mis a month after Zorro closed & he was my first Javert (sadly every Javert I've seen since has been a bit disappointing by comparison!). Now I'm on my laptop & have checked my notes and only Matt Rawle, Lesli Margherita & Nick Cavaliere did both the tour & the WE of the 6 leading roles. I wonder whether Nick Cavaliere might also come back for the concert?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2019 19:51:43 GMT
What happened to Matt Rawle? High profile wise he did Martin Guerre, this and I saw him in Evita and the Aspects tour. Not heard of him since
Is he still treading the boards?
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Post by notmymuse on Sept 25, 2019 11:10:30 GMT
He did Light in the Piazza in Leicester, then Pippin at the Menier, then the Cabaret tour. Then he vanished until he and played the lead in Anything Goes in Sheffield in 2015, then carried on on it's tour which got cancelled after a few venues. I've not heard of him since.
It's a shame - I used to follow him a fair bit.
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Post by miz on Sept 25, 2019 11:28:12 GMT
I remember Pippin.
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 25, 2019 17:53:46 GMT
I saw him in The Light In The Piazza, which was on not long after Zorro finished. Unfortunately I found him pretty unbelievable as a supposed-to-be 20 year old.
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 16, 2020 12:26:04 GMT
Deals now out there for this through TodayTix and WhatsOnStage
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2020 12:23:19 GMT
Anyone heard any other casting rumours for this? Think I'll probably go for this over Pirate Queen on the same night, but waiting to see if they add any names to the line up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2020 12:07:24 GMT
A little JCS reunion going on over at Cadogan Hall, but no mention of a Garcia yet!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2020 12:15:58 GMT
And Zubin Varla was Judas in JCS at the Lyceum, back in the day and so good on the recording. But his voice was so great when he was in Fun Home last year.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 6, 2020 12:30:02 GMT
A little JCS reunion going on over at Cadogan Hall, but no mention of a Garcia yet! Unless he happens to be otherwise employed on that day, I can't think why they don't just get Nick Cavaliere to reprise the role. He's still working - I saw him in Edmund de Bergerac last year & Aladdin a couple of years before - and I don't see that it matters that he's a decade older given Emma Williams & Lesli Margarita both are too. |
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Post by ABr on Feb 11, 2020 11:03:16 GMT
For those still holding out for tickets, just received an email with and offer for £20 tickets, using 20ZORRO on the Cadogan Hall website |
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