Get Ready To Go Wild With DreamWorks' Madagascar Live!; UK Tour Of New Adventure Arena Show To Visit Exeter Between 21-24 February 2013

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GET READY TO GO WILD WITH MADAGASCAR LIVE!

UK tour of new adventure arena show

Stage Entertainment Touring Productions proudly presents the first arena tour of DreamWorks Madagascar Live!, visiting Exeter from 21-24 February 2013.

Everyone’s favourite Madagascar characters will star in a live theatrical show based on the blockbuster DreamWorks Animation franchise, reliving the fun and humour of the animals and their escapades, brilliantly recreated in an arena production of lively storytelling, dance and music, including the hit song ‘Move It, Move It’.

Audiences of all ages will love the wild and action-packed adventure as Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the Hippo and the plotting penguins escape from their home at New York's Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien's Madagascar.

This celebration of friendship is brought vividly to life by imaginative sets and costumes, joyous dance numbers and spectacular new songs bringing West End values to the arena environment. A cast of 25 characters take the audience on a journey from Central Park Zoo all the way to the beaches of Madagascar in a song-filled show for the whole family.

Bill Damaschke, Chief Creative Officer for DreamWorks Animation, said today:

“I could not be more delighted that the characters of Madagascar will be taking to the stage in the UK in 2013. The show that we have created, and that is being presented by Stage Entertainment Touring Productions brings together all the energy, wit and fun of the films to make an inventive entertaining live experience. Along with the classic track ‘Move It, Move It’, we have added a selection of new songs, along with sets and costumes, dance and movement that bring the whole experience to life in spectacular fashion.”

Caspar Gerwe CEO Stage Entertainment Touring Productions, said today:

“Family members of all ages will love this live staging of DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar. A perfect treat for everyone - the show entertains, delights and amuses in equal measure. This UK tour brings the live version of this much loved story to a venue near you. Don’t miss it!”

DreamWorks Madagascar Live! is being presented by Stage Entertainment Touring Productions.

Listings:

Stage Entertainment Touring Productions presents DreamWorks Madagascar Live!

UK Arena Tour 2013 9 January – 10 March 2013

www.madlive.co.uk

Box Office (Exeter): 08444 99 99 55

Group Bookings (all venues): 0800 0358 0058

Ticket prices: Tickets from just £20 with NO BOOKING FEES*

£99 for a family of four with big discounts for groups of 10+

Recommended for everyone 3 and over.

Running time 90 minutes approximately

* small admin charge may apply

MADAGASCAR LIVE is directed by Gip Hoppe, director of Dora the Explorer Live who has worked with Broadway Across America and Nickelodeon on other family friendly live touring productions including: Blue’s Clues Live, Dora’s Pirate Adventure and Go, Diego, Go Live! Hoppe also wrote and directed the Broadway play Jackie: An American Life and is a founding member and co-artistic director of the Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre.

The show is written by Kevin Del Aguila, who received a Drama Desk Award nomination as book writer of the Off-Broadway hit Alter Boyz and has also written the musical adaptations of the children’s books Lilly’s Big Day and Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.

Tony Award-winner David Gallo, whose Broadway credits include Memphis, Xanadu, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Thoroughly Modern Millie, and whose touring show credits include Dora The Explorer Live and Blue’s Clues Live, serves as the show’s Scenic Designer.

The show will feature costume design by Tony Award-winning Gregg Barnes, whose Broadway credits include Legally Blonde, Flower Drum Song, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and whose touring show credits include Disney On Ice – Princess Classics, Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, Winnie The Pooh and Madison Square Garden’s The Wizard of Oz.

To be in with a chance of winning a family ticket to the opening night of the show at a venue of your choice answer the following question:

Which zoo do the Madagascar animals escape from?

Closiing date for entries, Monday 18th February

For more information on dates, venues and times please visit http://www.madlive.co.uk.