CHESS
Tues
20th - Sat 24th November 2012
7.45pm
CHESS
is a glorious musical about power, greed, love and obsession. The best,
and worst of the human condition is on show here and it is supported
by some wonderful music.
The
collaborators on Chess are giants of rock music and rock musicals and
they have created a complex rock opera that played to full houses and
standing ovations on Broadway and in the West End. This highly acclaimed
musical develops the ancient and distinguished game of chess into a
metaphor for romantic rivalries and East-West political intrigue. The
principal pawns form a love triangle: the loutish American Grandmaster,
the earnest Russian champion, and the Hungarian-American female chess
second, who arrives at the international championships with the American
but falls for the Russian.
From
Tyrol to Thailand the players, lovers, politicians, CIA and KGB make
their moves to the pulse of this monumental rock score. Several numbers,
including "One Night in Bangkok" and "I Know Him So Well", are international
hits.
Tickets
£15 from Ticket Secretary 07530 528094 or online