In a blast from the past the 70’s icon David Essex is set to make his debut on the West End in April of next year at the Garrick theatre, when his musical All the Fun of the Fair hits the stage.
The musical takes its name from his 1975 hit album that has most of his greatest hits on it. The show will continue to book up until September 5th of next year.
All the Fun of the Fair is set to bring the stage alive with plenty of funfair and stunts set to a backdrop of rock n’ roll favourites. The musical is a joint effort by Essex and Jon Conway who is known for his previous contributions to Boogie Nights.
Essex plays the role of widower Levi Lee who is having a hard time getting out of the attentions bestowed upon him by an attractive woman who is recently divorced while also keeping up with his son’s ambitions and tangled love life. Lee also has to contend with some crazy predictions that are made for his future by the gypsy at the fair.
Some of the most recognizable songs on the soundtrack include Gonna Make Me A Star, Winter’s Tale, Rock On, Me and my Girl Nightclubbing, and Hold me Close.
Essex stated that the musical is still focused on being a play that happens to feature music and is not just an avenue for the songs to get played again. The sets are also expected to be breath taking given that they consist of fair rides such as carousel carriages and dodgem cars.
