Darius is Nick

Darius to reprise Funny Girl role opposite Sheridan Smith

The Edinburgh Playhouse has announced that Darius Campbell will be playing the role of Nick Arnstein opposite Sheridan Smith as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the theatre this week to Saturday 15 April 2017.

The theatre had previously announced that Chris Peluso would be playing the role as the major UK tour arrives in Edinburgh. Peluso and Campbell are alternating the role of Arnstein, the entrepreneur and gambler who became Fanny Brice’s husband.

Sheridan Smith (Fanny Brice), Darius Campbell (Nick Arnstein). Pic Johan Persson

This week’s performances will be Sheridan Smith’s only Scottish dates in the role of Fanny Brice. She is alternating the role with Natasha J Barnes, who has just been in Aberdeen and is booked to appear when the production reaches the Glasgow King’s at the end of May.

Funny Girl tells the story of Fanny Brice, whose vocal talents and comedic ability see her rise from Brooklyn music hall singer to Broadway star, featuring her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein.

The musical brought global fame to Barbra Streisand when it opened on Broadway in 1963. It boasts some of the most iconic songs in film and theatre history, including People and Don’t Rain On My Parade. The Original Cast album reached #2 in the billboard charts and Streisand reprised the role in the 1966 London production as well as the 1968 film adaptation when she played opposite Omar Sharif as Arnstein.

The current touring production is the 2016 Menier Chocolate Factory revival, directed by Michael Mayer, which initially stared Sheridan Smith and Darius Campbell.

Listings

Funny Girl
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA.
Tuesday 18 – Saturday 22 April 2017
Daily, 7.30pm. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday at 2.30pm.

Tickets and booking details: http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/funny-girl/edinburgh-playhouse/

Funny Girl website: http://www.funnygirlthemusical.co.uk/
Twitter: @FunnyGirl_UK
Facebook: /FunnyGirlUK

Sheridan Smith’s original cast recording of the Mernier production is available from Amazon. Click below for the CD or MP3 Download.

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