Avenue Q
Palace Theatre Manchester
Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 May
A smash hit on Broadway, in the West End and worldwide, award-winning comedy musical Avenue Q will be bringing a host of fuzzy friends to the Palace Theatre, Manchester from Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 May.
Featuring the naughtiest puppets in town, brought hilariously to life by an ensemble cast of 11 performers, Avenue Q is a Tony Award-winning musical about growing up, dreaming big, and finding your purpose in life.
Meet Princeton, a bright-eyed graduate who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Soon discovering that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q, he finds himself moving in with some truly quirky characters. There’s Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fiancée Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his closet gay Republican roommate Rod, an Internet ‘sexpert’ called Trekkie Monster and a very cute kindergarten teacher named Kate Monster. And would you believe the building’s superintendent is Gary Coleman?! Featuring hysterically funny songs including The Internet is for Porn, Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist and It Sucks to be Me, Avenue Q is a hilarious musical with a warm (and very fuzzy) heart.
Avenue Q first opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in 2003, before transferring to Broadway later that year where it won three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. In 2006 it transferred to the West End produced by Cameron Mackintosh, where it ran for five years before touring the UK. It has appeared in more than ten countries all over the world.
Avenue Q was co-created by Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Robert Lopez, who also co-created the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical The Book of Mormon. With his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert also co-wrote the songs for Disney’s recent animated feature Frozen, with his work also seen on television in Scrubs, The Simpsons and Southpark.
Avenue Q is produced by Sell a Door Theatre Company, formed in 2007 to create touring theatre aimed at teens and young adults with the ambition to attract young audiences and to excite them to the possibilities of theatre. Their recent productions includeSeussical in the West End and the debut UK tour of Spring Awakening. It is co-produced by Richard Darbourne Ltd.
Original Concept Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Director Cressida Carré
Choreographer Cressida Carré
Set Design Richard Evans
Lighting Design Charlie Morgan Jones
Sound Design Chris Bogg and DBS Solutions
Puppet Designed Paul Jomain (www.Qpuppets.co.uk)
Orchestrations Stephen Oremus
Arrangements Stephen Oremus
Producers Sell a Door Theatre Co and Richard Darbourne Ltd.
Suitable for ages 14+
Listing Information
Avenue Q
Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 May
Perf Times: Tue – Thur eves 7.30pm. Fri 5pm & 8.30pm. Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm.
Palace Theatre Manchester
Tickets: £15- £38.50
0844 871 3019*
www.atgtickets.com/manchester*
(Subject to booking/transaction fee)
Groups of 10+: 0844 871 3038 (No booking fee. Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm)
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