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«For 7 years I have been involved in a musical for which I wrote many songs. Then I'm participating in the production of a theater show in London and recently I collaborated with Joker Out, the young Slovenian rock band that was at Eurovision this year. I think if I were on stage next to these beautiful 20-year-olds, their fans would be shocked and wonder 'who brought that gentleman up?'
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Elvis’s songs in stage adaptation of the movie “Cold War”
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Elvis’s songs in stage adaptation of the movie “Cold War”
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Re: Elvis participating in the production of a theater show in London
This certainly passed me by originally. Thanks.
Anybody have any idea about this or seen it mentioned elsewhere?
Anybody have any idea about this or seen it mentioned elsewhere?
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
Re: Elvis participating in the production of a theater show in London
Oooooh - "participating in a theatre production" - not HIS theatre production - someone else's mebbe?'
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Is it yours? Are you keeping this as a massive secret? 
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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Like a pantomime villain your best jokes are behind you 
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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https://amp.theguardian.com/stage/2023/ ... da-theatre
Oscar-nominated romance Cold War to have major London stage adaptation
Elvis Costello songs to feature in play by Girl from the North Country’s Conor McPherson, directed by Rupert Goold at Almeida theatre
London’s Almeida theatre has announced a stage adaptation of stylish Oscar-nominated romance Cold War.
Paweł Pawlikowski’s film captivated audiences in 2018 with its postwar tale of two musician lovers whose passion is disrupted by the privations of the eastern bloc. After premiering at Cannes, Cold War earned three nominations at the Academy awards and four at the Baftas.
Now it is being adapted for the stage by Conor McPherson, the Irish playwright who vividly dramatised Bob Dylan’s songwriting in Girl from the North Country.
Set to run at London’s Almeida between November and January, the production will be directed by the theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold. Elvis Costello songs will feature alongside choral works and traditional Polish folk songs.
Anya Chalotra, known for the lead role of Yennefer in TV fantasy drama The Witcher, will play the headstrong Zula, while Luke Thallon – recently directed by Goold in the Peter Morgan play Patriots – will play her pianist lover Wiktor. Also announced in the cast is Elliot Levey, who won an Olivier award in 2022 for his performance in Rebecca Frecknall’s West End production of Cabaret.
Cold War is another foray into musical theatre for Goold, following his 2022 production Tammy Faye, a new musical about the US televangelist of the same name. It featured music by Elton John, lyrics by Jake Shears and a book by James Graham, and won two Olivier awards this year for actors Katie Brayben and Zubin Varla.
Goold also recently collaborated with Graham on Dear England, a National Theatre play about Gareth Southgate’s tenure as England football manager.
Oscar-nominated romance Cold War to have major London stage adaptation
Elvis Costello songs to feature in play by Girl from the North Country’s Conor McPherson, directed by Rupert Goold at Almeida theatre
London’s Almeida theatre has announced a stage adaptation of stylish Oscar-nominated romance Cold War.
Paweł Pawlikowski’s film captivated audiences in 2018 with its postwar tale of two musician lovers whose passion is disrupted by the privations of the eastern bloc. After premiering at Cannes, Cold War earned three nominations at the Academy awards and four at the Baftas.
Now it is being adapted for the stage by Conor McPherson, the Irish playwright who vividly dramatised Bob Dylan’s songwriting in Girl from the North Country.
Set to run at London’s Almeida between November and January, the production will be directed by the theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold. Elvis Costello songs will feature alongside choral works and traditional Polish folk songs.
Anya Chalotra, known for the lead role of Yennefer in TV fantasy drama The Witcher, will play the headstrong Zula, while Luke Thallon – recently directed by Goold in the Peter Morgan play Patriots – will play her pianist lover Wiktor. Also announced in the cast is Elliot Levey, who won an Olivier award in 2022 for his performance in Rebecca Frecknall’s West End production of Cabaret.
Cold War is another foray into musical theatre for Goold, following his 2022 production Tammy Faye, a new musical about the US televangelist of the same name. It featured music by Elton John, lyrics by Jake Shears and a book by James Graham, and won two Olivier awards this year for actors Katie Brayben and Zubin Varla.
Goold also recently collaborated with Graham on Dear England, a National Theatre play about Gareth Southgate’s tenure as England football manager.
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Re: Elvis participating in stage adaptation of the movie “Cold War”
Cold War songs that we know already are “I Do (Zula’s Song)” and “The Difference”.
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Re: Elvis’s songs in stage adaptation of the movie “Cold War”
https://www.lesoleil.com/2021/04/17/elv ... de3ab9dd0/
April 2021
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BETWEEN POLAND AND FINLAND
Elvis Costello recorded some of Hey Clockface's pieces alone in a Finnish studio. Again, the idea was to change the air and reshuffle the cards in his creation.
"When I went to Helsinki, this rhythm and this strange rock sound was conditioned by the fact that I was alone. I didn't have a drummer. Most of the percussion is vocal..." he suggests.
However, it was somewhere in Poland that this great cinephile found the inspiration for this last complete album. "Two songs from Hey Clockface were written in reaction to Pawel Pawlikowski's film Cold War," Costello said. This is the case of Revolution #49, covered in French by Isabelle Adjani.
"I imagined it was set in a snowy landscape of Poland in 1949," he says. That's why the song is called Revolution #49... With a little nod to the Beatles. From the beginning, there was this link between Polish and English. And Pawel's film travels from Poland to France. For me, it made sense for Revolution #49 to make the same journey."
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BETWEEN POLAND AND FINLAND
Elvis Costello recorded some of Hey Clockface's pieces alone in a Finnish studio. Again, the idea was to change the air and reshuffle the cards in his creation.
"When I went to Helsinki, this rhythm and this strange rock sound was conditioned by the fact that I was alone. I didn't have a drummer. Most of the percussion is vocal..." he suggests.
However, it was somewhere in Poland that this great cinephile found the inspiration for this last complete album. "Two songs from Hey Clockface were written in reaction to Pawel Pawlikowski's film Cold War," Costello said. This is the case of Revolution #49, covered in French by Isabelle Adjani.
"I imagined it was set in a snowy landscape of Poland in 1949," he says. That's why the song is called Revolution #49... With a little nod to the Beatles. From the beginning, there was this link between Polish and English. And Pawel's film travels from Poland to France. For me, it made sense for Revolution #49 to make the same journey."
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https://myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl/consent?s ... b6bbc%252f
5. Movie: Cold War
'I also saw Cold War in a film house in Liverpool. A black and white film by Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski that was released this year. It is about a music company trying to survive in communist Poland in 1949. The repertoire, which mainly consists of folk music, must now focus on the revolution and Stalin. A romance develops between the company's boss and one of the singers. I won't reveal too much of the plot, but one of the two flees to the West. And what is so clever, the folk music you hear in Poland, just like the character, undergoes a transformation. You hear the same melody in a Parisian jazz club, but arranged for a jazz quintet. Fantastic. And then the brooding power games between the two main characters.
5. Movie: Cold War
'I also saw Cold War in a film house in Liverpool. A black and white film by Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski that was released this year. It is about a music company trying to survive in communist Poland in 1949. The repertoire, which mainly consists of folk music, must now focus on the revolution and Stalin. A romance develops between the company's boss and one of the singers. I won't reveal too much of the plot, but one of the two flees to the West. And what is so clever, the folk music you hear in Poland, just like the character, undergoes a transformation. You hear the same melody in a Parisian jazz club, but arranged for a jazz quintet. Fantastic. And then the brooding power games between the two main characters.
Re: Elvis’s songs in stage adaptation of the movie “Cold War”
I hope Revolution 49 is not in the musical! Must remind myself of Zula's song - Clockface has been off my radar since 'Boy Named If' blasted it clean off the face of the earth!
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https://ticketing.almeida.co.uk/events/6828
General sale of tickets started yesterday, Oct. 3rd.
I've booked for the matinee at 2Pm on Saturday , 16th of December.
General sale of tickets started yesterday, Oct. 3rd.
I've booked for the matinee at 2Pm on Saturday , 16th of December.
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Full cast for Cold War musical at the Almeida confirmed
The show opens next month in north London
The Almeida Theatre has unveiled the full cast for its upcoming world premiere production of Cold War, an adaptation of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Academy Award-nominated film.
Artistic director Rupert Goold will direct the piece, which features music from the original film and songs by Grammy Award-winner Elvis Costello.
It is is scheduled to open on Tuesday 12 December, with previews starting on Thursday 30 November. It will run until Saturday 27 January.
The cast for this production includes the previously revealed Anya Chalotra, Elliot Levey and Luke Thallon, alongside the newly announced Ali Goldsmith, Ryan Goscinski, Elliot Harper, Ediz Mahmut, Anastasia Martin, Alžbeta Matyšáková, Jordan Metcalfe, Katarina Novkovic, Sophie Maria Wojna and Alex Young.
Conor McPherson is responsible for the book of the adaptation, based on Paweł Pawlikowski’s multi-award-winning film about two Polish creatives who fall in love in the midst of the Cold War.
Simon Hale serves as the music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger. The choreography is by Ellen Kane, Jon Bausor is the set designer, Evie Gurney is the costume designer, Paule Constable is the lighting designer, and Sinéad Diskin is the sound designer. Jo Cichonska is the musical director, and the casting is overseen by Amy Ball CDG.
Cold War is presented in association with Tanya Seghatchian and John Woodward, as well as Sonia Friedman Productions, and it receives support from the Ruddock Foundation for the Arts.
Full cast for Cold War musical at the Almeida confirmed
The show opens next month in north London
The Almeida Theatre has unveiled the full cast for its upcoming world premiere production of Cold War, an adaptation of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Academy Award-nominated film.
Artistic director Rupert Goold will direct the piece, which features music from the original film and songs by Grammy Award-winner Elvis Costello.
It is is scheduled to open on Tuesday 12 December, with previews starting on Thursday 30 November. It will run until Saturday 27 January.
The cast for this production includes the previously revealed Anya Chalotra, Elliot Levey and Luke Thallon, alongside the newly announced Ali Goldsmith, Ryan Goscinski, Elliot Harper, Ediz Mahmut, Anastasia Martin, Alžbeta Matyšáková, Jordan Metcalfe, Katarina Novkovic, Sophie Maria Wojna and Alex Young.
Conor McPherson is responsible for the book of the adaptation, based on Paweł Pawlikowski’s multi-award-winning film about two Polish creatives who fall in love in the midst of the Cold War.
Simon Hale serves as the music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger. The choreography is by Ellen Kane, Jon Bausor is the set designer, Evie Gurney is the costume designer, Paule Constable is the lighting designer, and Sinéad Diskin is the sound designer. Jo Cichonska is the musical director, and the casting is overseen by Amy Ball CDG.
Cold War is presented in association with Tanya Seghatchian and John Woodward, as well as Sonia Friedman Productions, and it receives support from the Ruddock Foundation for the Arts.
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https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/cold-wa ... uV6E8EfkUw
Cold War (stage version)
Adapted by Conor McPherson Original author Paweł Pawlikowski
Paperback £8.79 This edition isn't available yet, but you can be amongst the first to receive it by pre-ordering now! Pre-order
Ebook £8.79
Cold War (stage version)
Adapted by Conor McPherson Original author Paweł Pawlikowski
Paperback £8.79 This edition isn't available yet, but you can be amongst the first to receive it by pre-ordering now! Pre-order
Ebook £8.79
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Inside Rehearsels…Cold War:
https://youtu.be/4SQdS_3ssi4?si=v7U-cfZzYLZQAuFk
https://youtu.be/4SQdS_3ssi4?si=v7U-cfZzYLZQAuFk
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From Facebook: the musical contains 3 old EC songs, 2 recent EC songs and 2 new ones.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t983
Loose Ends - BBC Radio 4 - December 9, 2023
Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Elvis Costello and Conor McPherson, Martin Kemp and Suranne Jones for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Roachford and Ify Iwobi.
Loose Ends - BBC Radio 4 - December 9, 2023
Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Elvis Costello and Conor McPherson, Martin Kemp and Suranne Jones for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Roachford and Ify Iwobi.
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The best (non-festive) shows to book this Christmas from Stranger Things to David Tennant's Macbeth
Want to hit the theatre but sick of the seasonal fare? Look no further...
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Cold War at the Almeida Theatre
Conor McPherson adapts Pawel Pawlikowski’s Oscar-nominated film set in communist-controlled Poland, with new songs by Elvis Costello. This is an epic love story that spans decades and countrys and stars Anya Chalotra, Luke Thallon and Elliot Levey.
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The best (non-festive) shows to book this Christmas from Stranger Things to David Tennant's Macbeth
Want to hit the theatre but sick of the seasonal fare? Look no further...
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Cold War at the Almeida Theatre
Conor McPherson adapts Pawel Pawlikowski’s Oscar-nominated film set in communist-controlled Poland, with new songs by Elvis Costello. This is an epic love story that spans decades and countrys and stars Anya Chalotra, Luke Thallon and Elliot Levey.
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The best new London theatre openings in December
From David Tennant in ‘Macbeth’ to Bluey’s stage debut, it’s a December to remember
Though pantomime season is in full swing and the halls are now thoroughly decked, December actually means a last-gasp burst of prestige theatre to finish the year, as celebrities cram in a cheeky play outside of filming season and big new stage shows look to launch during a season of maximum attention. From David Tennant doing Shakespeare to the London stage debut of beloved cartoon dog Bluey, it’s a blockbuster month.
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4. Cold War
Although there have been a few grumbles at the lack of Polish talent involved, there’s no denying that the Almeida’s new musical is a very handsome prospect, as Elvis Costello and Conor McPherson adapt Paweł Pawlikowski’s hit indie film about a pair of star cross’d lovers who vow to escape communist Poland. Anya Chalotra and Luke Thallon star in Rupert Goold’s production.
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The best new London theatre openings in December
From David Tennant in ‘Macbeth’ to Bluey’s stage debut, it’s a December to remember
Though pantomime season is in full swing and the halls are now thoroughly decked, December actually means a last-gasp burst of prestige theatre to finish the year, as celebrities cram in a cheeky play outside of filming season and big new stage shows look to launch during a season of maximum attention. From David Tennant doing Shakespeare to the London stage debut of beloved cartoon dog Bluey, it’s a blockbuster month.
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4. Cold War
Although there have been a few grumbles at the lack of Polish talent involved, there’s no denying that the Almeida’s new musical is a very handsome prospect, as Elvis Costello and Conor McPherson adapt Paweł Pawlikowski’s hit indie film about a pair of star cross’d lovers who vow to escape communist Poland. Anya Chalotra and Luke Thallon star in Rupert Goold’s production.
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