Wednesday 8 August 2018

NEWS: 'Let It Be' Cast go back to Abbey Road during a break in their rehearsals for forthcoming UK Tour


LET IT BE CAST TAKE A
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
TO ABBEY ROAD

Cast take a break from rehearsals to recreate
iconic Beatles picture on 49th anniversary
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The cast of Let It Be took a break from rehearsals in London this morning (Wednesday 8 August) to become Day Trippers on a Magical Mystery Tour to recreate one of The Beatles’ most iconic images in advance of the show’s UK tour which visits Manchester Opera House on 22-27 October.

Today marks the 49th anniversary since the world-famous Abbey Road crossing photograph was actually taken.

To mark the anniversary, Let It Be’s very own Fab Four followed in the footsteps of the biggest band in music history.

The cast pulled on their costumes to recreate the iconic Abbey Road album cover picture at 11.30am – 49 years to the day and the exact time when it was photographed by Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan on 8 August 1969.

West End smash hit show Let It Be: A Celebration Of The Music Of The Beatles returns to stages this Summer and Autumn to premiere the new updated show to audiences across the UK and Ireland. Beatles fans are invited to join John, Paul, George and Ringo for a great night of live music – from the early beginnings to the height of Beatlemania.

In a twist from the original Let It Be show, audiences will then be invited to Imagine what it would be like to see The Beatles reunite for one night only.

The second act is set a decade after The Beatles went their separate ways. It gives fans a rare glimpse of how the Fab Four once again Come Together to perform the concert that never was.

In two weeks, the updated Let It Be production will be premiered in the UK and Ireland when it opens at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre on Tuesday 21 August 2018.

The show will then embark on a UK and Ireland tour visiting the Everyman in Cheltenham; Liverpool Empire; Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall; the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin; New Theatre in Hull; Edinburgh’s Playhouse Theatre; Orchard Theatre in Dartford; and Manchester’ Opera House.

The show will then head to Europe and overseas, with the international tour taking in countries including Germany and North America. It is also hoped that the show will return to a London theatre in late 2018 or early 2019.

A cast of talented musicians will play the Fab Four. The performers have already toured the show to entertain on some of the biggest stages in the world including Broadway.

The Let It Be cast are Michael Gagliano from Woking (John Lennon); Emanuele Angeletti from Italy (Paul McCartney); Irish/Australian John Brosnan (George Harrison); and Ben Cullingworth, from Market Harborough in Leicestershire (Ringo Starr). The band will be joined on stage throughout the tour by musical director Michael Bramwell on keyboards.

Michael Gagliano has already appeared as John Lennon in the new Let It Be show in North America, Canada and Japan, as well as on the West End with the original show.

Michael commented: “To stand on the Abbey Road crossing exactly 49 years to the day and time since John, Paul, George and Ringo did just that, and being dressed as they were, is mind blowing. I’m sure they would never have imagined that almost half a century later people would still be visiting the crossing to recreate that iconic album cover picture for themselves.”

Website:             www.LetItBeLive.com
Facebook:           /LetItBeUKTour
Twitter:                @LetItBeUKTour

LET IT BE UK 2018 TOUR

CARDIFF
Wales Millennium Centre
Tuesday 21 August – Saturday 25 August 2018
029 2063 6464

CHELTENHAM
Everyman
Tuesday 28 August – Saturday 1 September 2018
01242 572573

LIVERPOOL
Empire Theatre
Monday 3 September – Saturday 8 September 2018
0844 871 3017

NOTTINGHAM
Royal Concert Hall
Tuesday 11 September – Saturday 15 September 2018
0115 989 5555

DUBLIN
Gaiety Theatre
Monday 17 September – Saturday 22 September 2018
08 18 719 388  

HULL
New Theatre
Monday 24 September – Saturday 29 September 2018
01482 300306

EDINBURGH
Playhouse Theatre
Monday 8 October – Saturday 13 October 2018
0844 871 3014

DARTFORD
Orchard Theatre
Monday 15 October – Saturday 20 October 2018
01322 220000

MANCHESTER
Opera House
Monday 22 October – Saturday 27 October 2018
0844 871 3018

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