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She Loves Me at the Menier Chocolate Factory starring Scarlett Strallen
West End and Broadway star Scarlett Strallen leads the cast in romantic musical She Loves Me at the Meniere Chocolate Factory this Christmas.
Based on Miklos Laszlo’s play Parfumerie, this wonderful love story has been the basis for the films The Shop around the Corner and You’ve Got Mail starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks..
Premiering on Broadway in 1963, She Loves Me returns to the London stage for the first time since 1994.
She Loves Me runs from 25 November 2016 until 4 March 2017 at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
STORY
Consistently at odds with each other in the Parfumerie where they work, Amalia and Georg have something unusual in common. They both rapturously write to romantic pen pals. Despite the anonymity of their secret admirers, they live for the lettersand the day they will finally meet. Little do they realise they are closer than they think.
CAST
Scarlett Strallen (Amalia) and Mark Umbers (Georg Nowack) lead the cast alongside Alastair Brookshaw (Ladislav Sipos), Les Dennis (Mr Maraczek), Callum Howells (Arpad Laszlo), Katherine Kingsley (Ilona Ritter) and Dominic Tighe (Steven Kodaly).
The company will also feature Rachel Bingham, Peter Dukes, Luke Fetherston, Olivia Fines, Aimee Hodnett, Sarah-Marie Maxwell and Vincent Pirillo.
CREATIVE
Directed by Matthew White with set and costume by Paul Farnsworth, lighting by Paul Pyant, sound by Greg Clarke and orchestrations by Jason Carr. She Loves Me has music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joe Masteroff.
REVIEWS
★★★★★ Scarlett Strallen can break your heart at Amalia’s idealistic ardou – Paul Taylor, The Independent
★★★★★ An early Christmas present of the best sort imaginable. – Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard
★★★★★ A scintillating and delightful revival – Mark Shenton, The Stage
★★★★★ The sweet smell of success – Susannah Clapp, The Guardian
★★★★ Gift-wrapped perfection – Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Performance dates
Booking to 4 March 2017
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Venue Information
Menier Chocolate Factory, 53 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU
Nearest Tube or Train: London Bridge (Northern line, Jubilee line)
Nearest Buses: 17, 21, 35, 40, 43, 47, 48, 133, 141, 149, 343, 381, 521
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Casting announced for Menier Chocolate Factory’s She Loves Me
Further casting has been announced for the upcoming production of She Loves Me at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Joining the previously announced West End and Broadway star Scarlett Strallen is Alastair Brookshaw (Sweeney Todd, ENO) as Ladislav Sipos, Les Dennis (Coronation Street) as Mr Maraczek, Callum Howells (Lord of the Flies) as Arpad Laszlo, Katherine Kingsley (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Savoy) as Ilona Ritter, Dominic Tighe (Sunny Afternoon, Harold Pinter) as Steven Kodaly and Mark Umbers (Sweet Charity, Haymarket) as Georg Nowack.
The company will also feature Rachel Bingham, Peter Dukes, Luke Fetherston, Olivia Fines, Aimee Hodnett, Sarah-Marie Maxwell and Vincent Pirillo.
Directed by Matthew White, the romantic musical returns to the London stage for the first time since 1994.
Based on the play Parfumerie, the play follows Amalia and Georg, quarrelsome co-workers who are unknowingly secret romantic pen pals.
She Loves Me runs from 25 November 2016 until 4 March 2017 at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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Scarlett Strallen to star in romantic musical She Loves Me.
Scarlett Strallen is to star in a new production of romantic muscial She Loves Me at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Based on Miklos Laszlo's play Parfumerie, Strallen will play Amalia, a sales girl in a parfumier who doesn't realise her male penpal is closer than she thinks.
Premiering on Broadway in 1963, the musical was last staged in London in 1994 with Ruthie Henshall playing Amalia and John Gordon Sinclair as her love interest.
Matthew White is set to direct with set and costume by Paul Farnsworth, lighting by Paul Pyant, sound by Greg Clarke and orchestrations by Jason Carr. The show has music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joe Masteroff.
Strallen's numerous theatre credits include Singin’ in the Rain (Palace Theatre), A Chorus Line (London Palladium), The Music Man (Chichester), Passion (Donmar Warehouse), Mary Poppins (West End/Broadway), The Witches of Eastwick (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium).
She Loves Me will run from 25 November 2016 until 5 March 2017 at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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