Come Dancing

14 Oct 08–8 Nov 08

A New Musical by the legendary Ray Davies

Photos from the show: 1.Ray Davies & cast 2.Stephen Lloyd, Marcus Ellard & Anthony Flaum 3.Gemma Salter, Katherine James & Katey Munroe 4.Wendy Mae Brown 5.Katey Munroe, Tony Timberlake, Ray Davies & Samantha Hughes 6.Samantha Hughes & Katherine James 7.Delroy Atkinson 8.Alasdair Harvey

Photographs by Robert Day

Due to overwhelming public demand we are delighted to announce that Come Dancing has extended its booking period to the 8th of November!

Former front-man of The Kinks and songwriting legend Ray Davies leads a cast of 13 plus a fantastic live band in his own brand new musical, Come Dancing. Set in and around the Ilford Palais in the 1950’s, Come Dancing takes us back to a time when Saturday night dancing at the local palais was the magical, not-to-be-missed highlight of every young person’s week.

Come Dancing will be a memorable night out too - full of new songs by one of the world's most respected songwriters.

Theatre Royal Stratford East in association with Come Dancing Ltd presents Come Dancing a new musical by Ray Davies

Story by Ray Davies. Book by Ray Davies and Paul Sirett. Music and lyrics by Ray Davies.

If you would like to hear Ray Davies talking about Come Dancing and see some film snippets from rehearsals click here.

For photos from Come Dancing rehearsals click here.

If you would like to take part in a Come Dancing inspired Ballroom Dance workshop click here.

What the press said:

'a toe-taping night in the theatre' whatsonstage.com

'...the evening goes with a swing' The Times

'feel good song after feel good song' thelondonpaper

'a lovely little show delivered with verve by an excellent cast' The Guardian

'evocative period designs by Harriet Barsby and Jenny Tiramani... a cracking onstage band, neat choreography by Omar Okai and staging of real heart by Kerry Michael.' Daily Telegraph

'delightful' Evening Standard

'wonderfully judged central performances' The Independent

'put on your dancing shoes and get down there' Mail On Sunday

Supported by Grange Park Opera

Ticket Information

Tickets are now available for performances up to 11th October. We hope to release tickets up to 25th October shortly.

Tues - Thurs evenings and Saturday matinees: Seats £15 & £23 (concessions £9 & £14) VIP seats £35 per person.

Fri & Sat evenings: Seats £18 & £26 (concessions £12 & £17) VIP seats £40 per person.

VIP seats

Our VIP package includes:

A free glass of champagne from the main Theatre Bar

A free Come Dancing poster

£5 off a bottle of Champagne from the main Theatre Bar

£2 off £10 or more of Come Dancing souvenirs

A free Come Dancing Programme

VIP seats in the dress circle can now be booked online!

Please note, however that VIP tables seats cannot be booked online. For more information on these seats or to book a table, please call our box office on (+44) 020 8534 0310 or e-mail tickets@stratfordeast.com specifying for which performance VIP table seats are required.

Your chance to be part of it.

Come Dancing could not happen without generous support from donors. If you would like to be a part of Come Dancing then why not join the Dancing Ladder. Climb a rung and get great member benefits.

To watch a video of The Kinks classic song 'Come Dancing' click here

Assisted Performances

Sign interpreted performance - 7:30pm, Tues 30th September

Audio described performance - 7:30pm, Thurs 2nd October (free Touch Tour also available at 6:30pm)

Captioned performance - 7:30pm, Thurs 9th October

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