David Essex comes to Milton Keynes
Published - Monday, 09 February, 2009
A brand new musical heads to Milton Keynes Theatre this week as David Essex invites you onto a roller coaster ride of romance and rock and roll, underscored by a helter-skelter of David Essex hits and album favourites. All The Fun Of The Fair launched in 2008 to rave reviews, and is set around a travelling funfair and all played out against a stunning score courtesy of the hits of David Essex which powerfully underpin the events as that unfold.

David Essex stars in the role of funfair owner Levi Lee, who is coming to terms with the death of his wife and the attentions of another woman whilst struggling to deal with his rebellious teenage son’s tangled love life and ambitions. Danger and mysticism lurk in the future, as predicted by a gypsy fortune-teller if Levi changes his path. This moving story with a heartbreaking twist reaches out to every parent and anyone ever torn in love. Against this tender backdrop are hilarious crafty cons, action packed sequences and memorable melodies galore. Inhabiting a world of dodgems and dreams, beautifully crafted galloper horses and hearts’ desires, are characters who will live on in the mind long after the funfair has left town.

There’s Rosa, played by acclaimed West End actress Louise English, who yearns for the attentions of Levi, and then, a generation on, there’s Levi’s son Jack, a wild and willful young man who’s very much his father’s son though he might not always see I himself, played by talented newcomer Paul-Ryan Carberry.

Inspired by an early David Essex album - All The Fun Of The Fair, this stunning new production is a project David has long been keen to bring to fruition. Working with Jon Conway on the script development, directed by Nikolai Foster (Aspects of Love, Witches of Eastwick) and with a myriad of musical hits to choose from, the stage is now set for an unmissable theatrical ride,

All The Fun Of The Fair features the hits: Winter’s Tale, Hold Me Close, Gonna Make You A Star, Me And My Girl, Nightclubbing, Silver Dream Machine, Rock On and many more. 

Roll on up see the main attraction, get your money ready, let’s take a ride just call Box Office on 0870 0606652 or visit www.ambassadortickets.com/miltonkeynes