{"id":218,"date":"2015-10-06T18:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T23:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=218"},"modified":"2015-10-06T18:30:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T23:30:55","slug":"londons-playhouse-theatres-production-of-the-rocky-horror-show-on-bbc-america-saturday-october-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/06\/londons-playhouse-theatres-production-of-the-rocky-horror-show-on-bbc-america-saturday-october-18\/","title":{"rendered":"London&#8217;s Playhouse Theatre&#8217;s Production of The Rocky Horror Show on BBC America Saturday, October 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rocky_horror_picture_show.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-217 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rocky_horror_picture_show.jpg\" alt=\"rocky_horror_picture_show\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rocky_horror_picture_show.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/rocky_horror_picture_show-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">London&#8217;s Playhouse Theatre production of <em>The Rocky Horror Show<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BBC AMERICA celebrates the 40th anniversary global tour of the original international hit,<em> The Rocky Horror Show<\/em>. A special midnight premiere of a brand new two-hour gala performance from the stage of London&#8217;s Playhouse Theatre, starring original show creator, Richard O&#8217;Brien as &#8216;The Narrator&#8217;, and guest &#8216;Narrators&#8217; Stephen Fry, Anthony Head, Adrian Edmondson, Emma Bunton and Mel Giedroyc, premieres midnight Saturday, October 18 on BBC AMERICA. An encore Halloween midnight airing follows a full day of <em>Doctor Who-lloween<\/em>, October 31.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The Rocky Horror Show<\/em> is a piece of our collective pop culture consciousness,&#8221; says Sarah Barnett, President and General Manager, BBC AMERICA. &#8220;Daring, fun and funny, unabashed and wildly entertaining, we think this brilliant new version of <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> will be embraced by our fans in the lead up to Halloween.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-1807387589\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Inspired by science fiction and horror B movies, the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll musical tells the story of squeaky clean sweethearts Brad and Janet and their encounter with crazy transvestite scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter and his latest muscular creation, Rocky Horror. The score is packed with fan favorite songs including &#8220;The Time Warp&#8221;, &#8220;Sweet Transvestite&#8221; and &#8220;Dammit, Janet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m still in awe at the popularity of the show,&#8221; said Richard O&#8217;Brien, Creator and Narrator, <em>The Rocky Horror Show<\/em>. I wrote something I thought I might like to go see and it&#8217;s now lived successfully for more than 40 years in theaters around the world. Jumping on stage to bring the original show back to life has been an amazing experience. I hope audiences continue to have as much fun with it as I am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Rocky Horror Show<\/em> is an Ambassador Theatre Group production presented by Rocky Horror Company and Picturehouse Entertainment. The show is directed by Christopher Luscombe and produced by Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Rocky Horror Show<\/em> first appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1973 and following its success was later adapted into the film, <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em>, featuring creator Richard O&#8217;Brien in the role of Riff Raff, Susan Sarandon as Janet and Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. The screen version boasted the longest running release in film history, which has helped to perpetuate the success of the stage production. <em>The Rocky Horror Show<\/em> has since taken the world by storm with productions taking place in over 30 countries.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2915839282\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>CAST AND PRODUCTION CREDITS<\/p>\n<p>Guest Narrators Stephen Fry (<em>Wilde<\/em>, <em>Blackadder<\/em>, <em>QI<\/em>) Adrian Edmondson (<em>The Young Ones<\/em>) Emma Bunton (Spice Girls) Mel Giedroyc (<em>The Great British Bake Off<\/em>) Anthony Head (<em>Merlin, Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Usherette Jayde Westaby<\/p>\n<p>Janet Haley Flaherty<\/p>\n<p>Brad Ben Forster<\/p>\n<p>Narrator Richard O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n<p>Riff Raff Kristian Lavercombe<\/p>\n<p>Magenta Jade Westaby<\/p>\n<p>Columbia Sophie Linder-Lee<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Frank-N-Furter David Bedella<\/p>\n<p>Rocky Dominic Andersen<\/p>\n<p>Eddie\/Dr. Scott Richard Meek<\/p>\n<p>Phantoms Rachel Grundy, Ben Kerr, Will Knights, Hannah Malekzad<\/p>\n<p>Swing Andrew Ahern<\/p>\n<p>Written by Richard O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n<p>Director Christopher Luscombe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC AMERICA celebrates the 40th anniversary global tour of the original international hit, The Rocky Horror Show. 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