Performance

Venue	Curve
Town	Leicester
County	Leicestershire
From	28th June 2019
Opened	3rd July 2019
To	13th July 2019
When	19:30. Jul 3 at 19:00. Wed, Sat Mats 14:15
Curve (V830272338)
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Date of change: 14 Mar 19 - T254970176
Date of change: 16 Aug 18 - T254970176

The Color Purple

Work:: The Color Purple (S1413359603)

The 1930s-set family chronicle centres on black teenager Celie, as she journeys from childhood through joy and despair, anguish and hope to discover the power of love and life in racially divided southern America. The musical premiered in 2004, receiving its Broadway premiere in 2005 and going on to by nominated for ten Tony Awards. It ran until 2008 and has since been revived for several national US tours

Book by	Alice Walker
Adapted by	Marsha Norman
Music	Brenda Russell
Music	Allee Willis
Music	Stephen Bray
Lyrics	Brenda Russell
Lyrics	Allee Willis
Lyrics	Stephen Bray

Production:: (T254970176)

Producer	The Curve
Producer	Birmingham Hippodrome
Director	Tinuke Craig
Design	Alex Lowde
Costume	Alex Lowde
Music	Alex Parker (musical supervision)
Music	Martin Higgins (orchestrations)
Choreographer	Mark Smith
Lighting	Joshua Pharo
Sound	Tom Marshall
Design	Cynthia De La Rosa (hair / make-up)
Director	Kay Magson (casting director)
Performer	Joanna Francis (Shug Avery)
Performer	Ako Mitchell (Mister)
Performer	Simon-Anthony Rhoden (Harpo)
Performer	Karen Mavundukure (Sofia)
Performer	Danielle Fiamanya (Nettie)
Performer	Delroy Brown (Pa)
Performer	T'Shan Williams (Celie)
Performer	Geoff Aymer
Performer	Owen Chaponda
Performer	Perola Congo
Performer	KM Drew Boateng
Performer	Danielle Kassarate
Performer	Anelisa Lamola
Performer	Rosemary Annabella Nkrumah
Performer	Jochebel Ohene MacCarthy
Performer	Landi Oshinowo
Performer	Jo Servi

Listing:: L01052025701

Current production:Work

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Special Performances

5 Jul 19 Sign Interpreted
9 Jul 19 Captioned
12 Jul 19 Touch Tour
12 Jul 19 Audio Described

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