Bend it like beckham musical

Bend It Like Beckham

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About the show

Written by:Charles Hart, Gurinder Chadha, Howard Goodall, Paul Mayeda Berges
Premiered:
Categories:s, Comedy, Drama, Sports, Two Act
Setting:s, England, London

Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical is based on the film of the same name.

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Synopsis

It tells the story of Jess Bhamra, a British Indian girl living in London, who dreams of playing football professionally, much to the dismay of her traditional Sikh family.

Despite the cultural and familial pressures, Jess pursues her passion with the support of her friend Jules, navigating conflicts between tradition and ambition, and identity and love.

The musical celebrates the fusion of cultures, the challenge of integrating traditional values with modern dreams, and the universal story of friendship, family, and following one&#;s dreams against all odds.

Songs from Bend It Like Beckham

UB2
Girl Perfect
Look at Us Now
Get Me
First Touch
People Like Us
Just a Game
Sudden Death
Girl Perfect (Reprise)
Glorious
Result!
More Fool Me
There She Goes
Bend It
Glorious (Reprise)
People Like Us (Reprise)
Harriers&#; Anthem
Heer
Fly
Final
Bend It Like Beckham cast confirmed including Jamie Campbell Bower
Casting has been confirmed for big new West End musical Bend It Like Beckham at the Phoenix Theatre including Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalie Dew and Lauren Samuels. [caption id="" align="alignright" width=""] Jamie Campbell Bower[/caption] The producers of new West End musical Bend It Like Beckham have confirmed casting for the show, which opens at the Phoenix Theatre this May. Hot newcomer Natalie Dew will lead the cast as Jess. Natalie performed in last year's workshops for the show and rumour has it she was sensational. Natalie's credits include the Royal Court's recent play Teh Internet Is Serious Business and as Ophelia in Hamlet for the Northern Broadsides theatre company. Love interest is up and coming British actor Jamie Campbell Bower who plays Joe. Jamie is best known for his movie roles including the Twilight saga of movies, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallow and Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd. [caption id="" align="alignright" width=""] Natalie Dew[/caption] Natalie and Jamie are joined by a strong cast including BBC talent show Over The Rainbow finalist and
Man in Chair
What appears, at first glance, an unusual choice for a musical proves a joyous celebration of culture, identity and acceptance.
The timing of the original hit movie Bend It Like Beckham () was at the cusp of an explosion in women’s soccer, with numbers soaring from thousands to nearly two million women and girls now playing the sport across Britain. Retaining the timeframe but adjusting the location to Indian-centric Southall, Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges repeat their movie co-writing duties to create a flowing, engaging, humorous musical.
Chadha also repeats her directing credit, showing herself completely fluent in music theatre language with a pair of climactic numbers (one in each act) in which characters and locations share the stage in abstract but completely clear dimensions.
Far from being exclusively a sports story, plenty of necessary colour and movement are derived from the engagement, mehndi and wedding of Pinky, vacuous sister of lead character Jess.
In line with the realistic suburban focus of the setting, Howard Goodall’s score avoids full Bollywood, providing catchy ballads and anthems along with smatterin

Bend it Like Beckham
10 years after the celebrated film, Bend it Like Beckham the musical hit the West End stage and began previewing at the Phoenix Theatre, London in May running for over 9 months before preparing for international tours.
The original book was written Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges, the music is composed by Howard Goodall with lyrics from Charles Hart.
Nominated for 5 Olivier Awards, Bend it Like Beckham also won the Asian Awards for Best new Musical, the Critic&#;s Circle Award for Best New Musical and the Time Out Readers&#; Award for Best West End Musical.
Libby Purves review Bend it Like Beckham for Theatre Cat says:
BACK OF THE NET!
Rejoice! In the midst of Fifa’s dismal doings musical theatre makes football beautiful again. Gurinder Chadha’s and Paul Mayeda Berges’ fable, of a British-Asian teenage girl longing to play football rather than cook dhal and live traditionally, was beloved on screen but emerges all the stronger for being driven by Howard Goodall’s music and Charles Hart’s lyrics. It’s a lovely show, with the rare quality in musicals of feeling all-of-a-piece: one solid creation by a team who understand one another and were al

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