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Second Joseph emerges from Any Dream Will Do
Published Wednesday 4 July 2007 at 16:20 by Alistair Smith
Craig Chalmers - one of the losing contestants on BBC1’s Any Dream Will Do - is still set to star in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat this summer, after he was announced as the lead for Bill Kenwright’s touring production of the show.
Craig Chalmers on BBC’s Any Dream Will Do Photo: BBC / David Venni
It means that the BBC1 show has discovered two Josephs, with Lee Mead featuring in the West End version and Chalmers appearing in the same role, at the same time, but in a different production that will tour the UK, opening in Bromley in August. This will produce what is believed to be a unique situation, whereby two productions of the same show, with the same producer involved - Kenwright - will be playing less than 15 miles apart, but with different casts.
Prior to appearing on the BBC reality show, Chalmers - who finished fifth on Any Dream Will Do - was a professional vocalist and entertainer and part of boy band No Reason.
The touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starts its run at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley on August 20. It will also play in Bath, Brighton, Cheltenham, Kings Lynn, High Wycombe, Plymouth, Derry, Dublin, Aberdeen, Cardiff and Sheffield. The West End production, starring Mead, opens on July 17.
Dus Craig is onder de pannen, was te verwachten na alle lovende kritieken van Bill Kenwright. Van de kandidaten was hij waarschijnlijk ook het meest geschikt. Lewis, Ben en Keith zijn gewoon te jong en te onervaren. Want ook al heeft Craig nog nooit in Musical gespeeld, hij heeft al wel heel veel podiumuren gemaakt.
Kenwright is ook nog de producent is van de WestEnd productie.
Beide shows lopen tegelijkertijd.
En die op het WestEnd is verlengd tot de zomer, en de premiere is nog niet eens geweest.
Mensen wat een hype. Genieten maar :tanden: want hypes duren nooit zo lang