'Morecambe' one man show comes to The Dukes
AFTER a successful premiere at this year's Edinburgh fringe, and its transfer for Christmas to the Duchess Theatre in London's West End, Lancaster City Council is pleased to announce that Morecambe will be coming to the district early next year.
Morecambe, a one man play inspired by Eric Morecambe’s life, will be running from Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th February 2010 at The Dukes in Lancaster - one of Lancaster City Council's key cultural partners.
David Owen, head of Cultural Services at Lancaster City Council, said: "As well as being a coup for the district, I am delighted that this production will see Eric ‘coming home’. I'm aware that the show is a particularly demanding and challenging technical production. The district is fortunate in that The Dukes is one of only a few theatres in the region that can accommodate such a complex technical specification in terms of lighting, sound and staging - the time it takes just to set up the stage is estimated at six hours!"
Julie Brown, producer at The Dukes, added: “It’s great to be welcoming the show to The Dukes on behalf of the region. It was the hot ticket at the Edinburgh fringe and there’s a real buzz about it coming here. It’s an opportunity for the whole region to come together and celebrate the life of ‘the tall one with glasses’. This production is a real highlight of our spring–summer season of work, which sees shows coming in from as far afield as South Africa.”
Date Published: 19/10/09