Christmas with The Rat Pack in Birmingham
Take a trip back in time in the company of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr to the glamorous, glitzy nights of Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 60s . . . and all in Birmingham!
Take a trip back in time in the company of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr to the glamorous, glitzy nights of Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 60s . . . and all in Birmingham!
Christmas with The Rat Pack will be at Birmingham's New Alexandra Theatre from Monday, November 28, to Saturday, December 3, 2011. Eveneing performances are at 7.30pm and Wednesday and Saturday matinees are at 2.30pm.
Tickets cost £13-£34 plus fees from the box office on 0844 871 3011 or at www.atgtickets.com/birmingham - for group bookings call 0844 871 3031.
Supported by the fabulous Burrelli Sisters and The Rat Pack Big Band, fans will experience Frank, Sammy and Dean as they performed at the famous Sands Hotel.
Starring Stephen Triffitt as Frank Sinatra, George Long as Sammy Davis Jr and Mark Adams as Dean Martin, Christmas with the Rat Pack - which is now almost as traditional as mince pies and mulled wine - features a host of seasonal classics including Baby it's Cold Outside, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Let it Snow, Let it Snow, White Christmas, Winter Wonderland and Auld Lang Syne.
The Sands Hotel was the very height of Las Vegas sophistication. It was there in 1960, during the filming of the movie Ocean's Eleven, when for the first time Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford performed together on stage.
From then on, they were forever known as The Rat Pack. Las Vegas was their playground and everywhere else was known, in Rat Pack vocabulary, as 'Dullsville, Ohio'.
Frank, Sammy and Dean were a force to be reckoned with, an inexhaustible energy that is as apparent in their music today as it ever was.
This spectacular production celebrates the incredible singing talent of three world-famous entertainers and some of the finest music and song that has ever been recorded.
Stephen Triffitt (Frank Sinatra) is the best known Sinatra performer in the UK. He first came to the public's attention when he appeared on Stars in Their Eyes in May 2000. He won his heat, polling 400,000 votes - and a new career was born! Soon after Stephen flew to Atlantic City to star as Frank in a show called The Main Event.
He returned from the States in June 2002, once again starring in The Main Event, this time for a three-month run, headlining at The Venetian on the Strip in Las Vegas, which was built on the site of the Sands Hotel.
Stephen then embarked on a UK national tour of Frank, Sammy & Dean – The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas. This led him to star in the West End, where the show was nominated for an Olivier Award, and ran for more than 1,000 performances.
Mark Adams (Dean Martin) was also part of the Olivier-nominated West End cast of Frank, Sammy & Dean - The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas. He was then invited to Canada to open the show in its North American premiere at the Canon Theatre in Toronto. He recently toured the UK with his own show That's Amore!, a celebration of Dean Martin based on Dean's successful US TV variety show that ran for over 10 years.
George Long (Sammy Davis Jr) created the role of Sammy Davies Jr in the original Olivier Award nominated West End cast of Frank, Sammy & Dean - The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas, at The Strand Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket, as well as two national tours. His credits also include the Olivier Award-nominated production of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess and the original West End cast of Sister Act The Musical.
