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Playhouse Theatre Northumberland Avenue WC2N 5DE		The Harder They Come
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Show Details Preview 23rd May 08 Opens 9th Jun 08 Booking to 1st Nov 08 Show Times Monday - Saturday 7.30 pm Matinée Weds & Sat 2.30 pm Local Info Top Class restaurants nearby; The Thai Square (Thai) 17-19 Cockspur Street 020 7839 4000 Mint Leaf (Indian) Suffolk Place 020 7930 9020 R. S. Hispaniola (European) Victoria Emabankment 020 7839 3011 Book Now Great Hotel Deals This link takes you straight to the online booking page for this actual show! The Londontown online hotel booking service is the best one - backed by men and women on the phone who guide you to get the best central hotel for your needs and offer great deals as well. We use them ourselves. Taxis & Travel Contact us This links you to the taxi page of Transport for London.		This musical is based on the cult film of the seventies which was a spearhead in the rise of reggae with many wonderful songs full of tenderness and wisdom. Rather than it being 'an adaptation' for the stage, it is a testament to the axiom that an audience gets more from live music in this case - live with dancing. The show (shortened from previous productions) is now 2 hours and ...minutes of powerful energy that bounces back from audiences that clearly love every minute of it. Added to this is a wide  range of emotions and some wonderful humour. The Story A Jamaican country boy has a dream which is to get his songs recorded and into the limelight in the big city of Kingston. He meets up with his mother who had left him to be brought up by his grandmother.  she cannot accommodate him even now so he is homeless and is drawn to a gospel church where he meets Elsa his girl. The church wins a talent contest. Ivan wants to get a song recorded but the mean greedy record producer Hilton who, with the aid of two corrupt policemen, puts him on a path of being an outlaw hunted for drugs and murder. The play draws heavily on morality so as not to idealise gangsters and drugs. Ivan pays the price big time. Cast • Ivan - Roland Bell • Preacher - Victor Romero Evans • Longa - Derek Elroy • Elsa - Joanna Francis • Pedro - Marlon King •  Pinky - Susan Lawson-Reynolds  •  Miss Daisy - Joy Mack  • Hilton - Marcus Powell •  Matthew J Henry •  Jacqui Dubois • Christopher J A Murrell • Kirk Patterson • Joe Speare • Chris Tummings • Karlene Wray Band - Perry Melius, Wayne Nunes, Daren Benjamin, Greg Assing, Alan Weekes, Peter-Lee (from curtain-up.com) • Directors -  Kerry Michael and Dawn Reid  • Set & costume - Ultz  • Lighting - Jo Joelson • Choreography - Jackie Guy •  Sound - Stefan Lumsden If you love good  songs and powerful energy this will feed you. Some of the Songs (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher Day-O Banana Boat Song The Harder They Come Many Rivers to Cross Rivers of Babylon You Can Get It If You Really Want The Ganga Song Woman and Money I Am Blessed (traditional song) Just a Closer Walk With Thee Love Got Lion Heart
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