Booking for HALF A SIXPENCE at the Noël Coward Theatre has been extended for a second time to 2 September 2017!
From 20 March, there will be an additional midweek matinee performance on Thursdays at 2.30pm. Listings schedule below.
The entire Chichester cast have transferred to the West End, starring newcomers Charlie Stemp as ‘Arthur Kipps’ and Devon-Elise Johnson as ‘Ann Pornick’ – alongside three times Olivier-nominated actor Ian Bartholomew as ‘Chitterlow’ and three times Olivier-nominated actress Emma Williams as ‘Helen Walsingham’.
This new stage version of “HALF A SIXPENCE”, the musical adaptation of H.G. Wells’s semi- autobiographical novel ‘Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul’, is a completely fresh adaptation which reunites book-writer Julian Fellowes (Oscar-winning screenwriter and creator of Downton Abbey) with George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, the musical team that co-creator Cameron Mackintosh first put together to create the hit stage adaptation of “Mary Poppins” with Disney. The score is inspired by and features several of composer David Heneker’s exhilarating songs from the original production, including ‘Flash Bang Wallop’, ‘Money To Burn’ and ‘Half A Sixpence’.
Arthur Kipps, an orphan and over-worked draper’s assistant at the turn of the last century, unexpectedly inherits a fortune that propels him into high society. His childhood companion, Ann Pornick, watches with dismay as Arthur is made over in a new image by the beautiful and classy Helen Walsingham. Both young women undoubtedly love Arthur – but which of them should he listen to? With the help of his friends, Arthur learns that if you want to have the chance of living the right life, you need to make the right choices.
REVIEW: HALF A SIXPENCE (Noel Coward Theatre) ★★★★
HALF A SIXPENCE is now booking until 2 September 2017. Book tickets
From 20 March 2017 the new performance schedule will be:
Monday 7.30pm
Tuesday 7.30pm
Wednesday 2.30pm (no evening performance)
Thursday 2.30pm / 7.30pm
Friday 7.30pm
Saturday 2.30pm / 7.30pm
Photo: Manuel Harlan
