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Funny Girl

“A girl ought a have a sense of humour, that's one thing you really need for sure.”

Funny Girl is based on the life of Broadway star, film actress and comedienne Fanny Brice (a role made famous by Barbra Streisand) and her tempestuous relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. This classic musical and critically acclaimed production features Sheridan Smith in “an unforgettable star turn” (The Times) and a host of iconic musical numbers including ‘People’, ‘I’m the Greatest Star’ and ‘Don’t Rain On My Parade’.

Following its record-breaking, sell-out run at Menier Chocolate Factory and in London’s West End, Funny Girl was captured by Digital Theatre live at Manchester’s Palace Theatre on the last night of its national tour.

The capture is co-produced by Digital Theatre and Sky Arts.

The stage production is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis Productions and Chocolate Factory Productions.

Directed by

Michael Mayer

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Reviews

Five stars

The Daily Telegraph

“Sheridan Smith is ‘the greatest star by far’”
Four stars

Evening Standard

“Triumphantly reinvents Funny Girl for a new generation”
Five stars

The Stage

“Sheridan Smith triumphs”

Cast & creative team

Characters

Fanny Brice

Sheridan Smith
Nick Arnstein

Darius Campbell
Florenz Ziegfeld

Nigel Barber
Mrs Meeker

Zoë Ann Bown
Mr Keeney

Martin Callaghan
Emma/Mrs Nadler

Jennifer Harding
Mrs Brice

Rachel Izen
Eddie

Joshua Lay
Mrs Strakosh

Myra Sands
Swing

Rhiane Alleyne
Swing

Kit Benjamin
John Cornet/Man/Ensemble

Lloyd Davies
Mimsey/Ensemble

Flora Dawson
Swing

Joseph Dockree
Swing

Abigayle Honeywill
Ensemble

Brontë Lavine
Swing

David Mcintosh
Ensemble

Peter Nash
Vera/Ensemble

Gillian Parkhouse
Renaldi/Ensemble

Tom Partridge
Swing

Nova Skipp
Bubbles/Ensemble

Alexandra Waite-Roberts
Ensemble

Sam Wingfield
Ensemble

Alexandra Wright

Team

Isobel Lennart

Book
Robert Delamere

Capture Director
Michael Mayer

Director
Jule Styne

Music
Bob Merrill

Lyrics
Harvey Fierstein

Revised Book
Lynne Page

Choreography
Michael Pavelka

Set Designer
Matthew Wright

Costume Designer
Mark Henderson

Lighting Designer
Richard Brooker

Sound Designer
Alan Williams

Musical Supervisor And Arrangements
Chris Walker

Orchestrations
Campbell Young Associates

Hair, Wigs & Make-Up Design
Pippa Ailion Cdg/ Jim Arnold Cdg

Additional Casting
Richard Fitch

Tour Director
Rebecca Howell

Associate Choreographer
Paul Coltas

Photographer

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