Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge – what they don't expect is to fall in love.
A romantic thriller, THE BODYGUARD features a whole host of irresistible classics, includingQueen of the Night, So Emotional, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, I’m Your Baby Tonight, Run to You, I Have Nothing, Jesus Loves Me, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and one of the greatest hit songs of all time - I Will Always Love You.
Cast
Beverley Knight - Rachel Marron
Queen of British Soul Beverley Knight has been one of the UK’s most consistent artists of the past 15 years, scoring several Top 10 albums, including the platinum-selling Voice: The Best of Beverley Knight. She has sold over a million albums in the UK, including four gold certified albums. She was awarded an MBE by The Queen in 2007 for her services to British music and her charity work, has won three MOBO Awards, and been nominated for Best Female at the Brit Awards three times and for the Mercury Music Prize twice. Her live performances have gained her a legion of famous fans, from David Bowie to Prince, Take That to Quincy Jones.
Performances include: supporting Prince at his 21 Nights O2 shows in 2007 and he was so taken by Beverley’s live set that he flew her to LA in 2008 to perform with him at his post-Oscars party, where they were joined on stage by Stevie Wonder. She supported Take That on their reunion arena tour, joining them on stage for ‘Relight My Fire’. Wolverhampton-born Beverley has toured the UK several times in her own right over the last decade and a half and has sold out London’s Royal Albert Hall on three occasions since she debuted there in 2007.
Recordings include: her latest critically acclaimed album, Soul UK, which entered the Top 15 in 2011, in which she pays tribute to the British soul artists who inspired her, including Soul II Soul, Loose Ends, Omar and Roachford. Also 2009's 100%, her first independently released album, as well as Music City Soul and gold selling albums Prodigal Sista, Who I Am and Affirmation. Beverley is currently working on her eighth studio album.
Radio and television include: presenting four series of Beverley’s Gospel Nights (Radio 2) and two series of Just the Two of Us (BBC1). In the last few years she has been a semi-regular guest on Loose Women as well as winning BBC1’s Celebrity Mastermind.
Other work includes: Beverley is an ambassador for charities including Christian Aid and has travelled to areas affected by disease and poverty to help raise awareness. She is an active campaigner for anti-Aids organisations the Stop AIDS Campaign and the Terrence Higgins Trust. In summer 2012, she wowed a 1 billion viewing audience with the song ‘I Am What I Am’ at the finale of the London 2012 Paralympics Opening Ceremony. Speaking after the ceremony, Beverley said: ‘Being a part of the show was not only awe inspiring but thought provoking. I was so proud to have been sharing the stage with true supermen and women.’
Tristan
Gemmill - Frank Farmer
Most people will recognise Tristan as Dr Adam Trueman in Casualty.
Theatre includes: Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (Theatr Clwyd Co); Lisbon Traviata (The King’s Head); Bats (Royal Exchange); Chimes At Midnight (Chichester Festival); Henry V (RSC Stratford, tour); Design For Living (ETT); Gaslight (National tour); Dangerous Corner (Whitehall Theatre); Rope (Wyndham’s and tour); Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (Garrick and tour).
Television includes: Call The Midwife, The Case, Dr. Adam Trueman in Casualty (2007-2011), Cape Wrath, Strictly Confidential, Where the Heart Is, Hannibal, Poirot – Cards On The Table, Life Begins, Golden Hour, Judge John Deed, Eastenders, Distant Shores, Rosemary & Thyme, Redcap, Grass, London’s Burning, The Bill, Sam’s Game, Trial & Retribution Iv, Nancherrow, The Mrs Bradley Mysteries.
Film includes: Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box, Flying Blind, The Jacket, Gladiatress and the short film Ten To Ten.
Debbie Kurup - Nicki Marron
Theatre credits include: Velma Kelly in Chicago (Cambridge and Adelphi Theatres); KT and Deloris van Cartier in Sister Act(London Palladium); Nancy in Oliver (Cyprus); Sylv in East(Leicester Haymarket); Anita in West Side Story (Cyrpus); Diana in I Love You Because (Landor Theatre); Dee Dee in Tonight’s the Night (Victoria Palace); Mimi in Rent (Prince of Wales and UK tour); Carmen in Fame (UK tour); Pepper in I Sing! (Union Theatre); Julie in Hot Stuff (Leicester Haymarket); Guys and Dolls (Sheffield Crucible); Rosalyn in Stand By Me (UK tour); Diane in Pal Joey(Chichester Festival Theatre); Poison (Tricycle Theatre); Consuela and Anita in West Side Story (Prince of Wales) and Boogie Nights(Savoy Theatre).
Concerts include: Fantine in Les Misérables(Guernsey); Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar (Guernsey); Chess in Concert (Royal Albert Hall) and The Night of 1000 Voices 2007 and 2010 (Royal Albert Hall).
Recording credits include: Sister Act (Original Cast); Chess in Concert (Live at the Royal Albert Hall); and Tonight’s the Night(Original Cast).
Tickets
When: Saturday 15th
March,
7:30pm
Price: £45
and £55
There are no discounts available for this show at weekends so we have:
£55 seats are in rows T and U (only
8 available)
£45 seats are rear
stalls V, W and X and rows A, B and D of the upper circle (12 available in the
stalls, 16 in the upper circle )
Where: Adelphi Theatre, 412 - 416 Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 0NE
If you'd like to see the show, please let me know as soon as possible with your seat preference. It's first come first served, so please indicate whether you would be willing to accept an alternative priced seat.
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I'll need full payment by Saturday 18th January to secure your ticket.
Please note:
The cast may change at short notice due to illness or unforeseen circumstances.