A Hollywood legend live on stage in the West End
A Conversation With John Travolta
Hosted by Jonathan Ross
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Sunday February 16 at 6.00pm
Tickets £30-£350 No Booking Fee
Global movie icon John Travolta, one of Hollywood’s biggest and best-loved stars, is to get up close and personal on stage in London’s West End in A Conversation with John Travolta.
This unmissable event is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear first hand from one of the world’s biggest stars about their career and life, in the beautiful setting of The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
Mr Travolta, who was first catapulted to international stardom in the blockbuster Saturday Night Fever, which launched the disco phenomenon in the 1970s, will treat the audience to an intimate evening of anecdotes about his illustrious career, private insights from his life as one of the world’s most admired screen idols as well as taking part in a special question and answer session with audience members.
The on stage interview will be conducted by award-winning TV chat show host, Jonathan Ross.
In a career spanning four decades, Mr Travolta has been in many of Hollwood’s biggest box office successes, from the global smash-hit musical Grease alongside Olivia Newton-John to the Look Who’s Talking franchise. He has been honoured twice with Best Actor Oscar nominations, the latest for his riveting portrayal of a philosophical hit-man in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. He also received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for this highly acclaimed role and was named Best Actor by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, among other distinguished awards.
He earned his first Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his role as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever. His additional film credits include Brian DePalma thrillers Carrie and Blowout, as well as Nora Ephron’s comic hit Michael. Travolta starred in Phenomenon and took an equally distinctive turn as an action star in John Woo’s top-grossing Broken Arrow. He also starred in the classic Face/Off opposite Nicolas Cage. Travolta garnered further praise as a Mafioso-turned-movie producer in the comedy sensation Get Shorty, wining the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. In 1998, Travolta was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts with the Britanna Award: and in that same year he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chicago Film Festival. In 2008, he received his fourth Golden Globe nomination for his role as Edna Turnblad in the big-screen, box-office hit Hairspray. As a result of this performance, the Chicago Film Critics and the Santa Barbara Film Festival decided to recognise Travolta with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his role. He will next star in the action movie Killing Season with Robert De Niro and The Forger, co-starring Christopher Plummer.
As an enthusiastic pilot, Travolta currently holds 11 jet licenses. His personal 707 aircraft is painted in the original Qantas V-Jet livery and bears the name Jett Clipper Ella in honor of his children. Travolta is the Qantas Airways Global Goodwill “Ambassador-at-Large” and piloted the original Qantas 707 during “Spirit of Friendship” global tour.
He is also very involved in his charity, The Jett Travolta Foundation, which raises money for children with educational needs.
