Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, the classic American musical set in 1850s Oregon, is heading back to Manchester in an all-new production starring Sam Attwater as Adam and Helena Blackman as Milly.

This new production is directed and choreographed by Broadway's award-winning Patti Colombo.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers tells the story of Adam Pontipee, the eldest of seven brothers living in the rural backwoods, who goes to town to get himself a wife. Convincing Milly to marry him that very same day, he forgets to mention he has six brothers - all living together in his cabin. Milly decides to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Then, after reading about the Roman capture of the Sabine women, Adam has what he thinks is an inspired solution to his brothers' loneliness - they will kidnap the women they want!

Seven Brides with Seven Brothers is packed with 16 timeless classics, including Bless Your Beautiful Hide, A Woman Ought to Know Her Place and Goin' Courtin'.

Sam Attwater (Adam) landed his first TV acting role in 2009, playing Ricky in Hollyoaks. The following year he joined Eastenders and its online spin-off Eastenders: E20 as Leon Small. Sam is also a singer and recently played Brad Majors in the 40th Anniversary tour of The Rocky Horror Show and has appeared in musicals including Dreamboats and Petticoats in the West End, Tonight's the Night and 20th Century Boy. He also won the hit ITV show Dancing on Ice.

Helena Blackman (Milly), who was runner up in BBC1's How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria, was Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy at the Wales Millennium Centre, Dorothy in an acclaimed run of The Wizard of Oz at Leicester Haymarket Theatre and toured the UK as Nellie Forbusy in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific. She played Gertie in Noel & Gertie at the Cockpit in London and was in The Secret Garden at West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Patti Colombo’s choreography for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Goodspeed Opera House received a Connecticut Critics Circle ward for Best Choreography, and The Elliot Norton Award for the national tour. She choreographed national tours of Doctor Dolittle and Seussical the Musical and received Drama-Logue Awards for Drood, ON the Town, Most Happy Fella and West Side Story.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has a book by Lawrence Kasha and David S Landay, music by Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer and new songs by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. Set design by Anna Louizoes, lighting design by Nicky Richings, sound design Jezz Helens, musical supervisor Martin Hughes, musical director Bruce Knight and associate director/choreographer Karl Warden.

It is produced by Paul Nicholas, Peter Frosdick and George Critchley.

Listing Information:
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Opera House, Quay Street, Manchester

Monday 21 to Saturday 26 October

Perf Schedule: Mon Eve 7.45pm. Tue – Sat eves 7.30pm. Thur & Sat matinees 2.30pm

Tickets £10-£35

0844 871 3018

www.atgtickets.com/manchester

Published: 26-Sep-2013: (2077)