Hope Mill - NINE in Concert

Name: Hope Mill - NINE in Concert | What's On | Lowry
Start: 2025-02-02T14:30:00+00:00
Location: Lowry

A Hope Mill Theatre Production

Sat 01 Feb 2025 and Sun 02 Feb 2025

Sat 01 Feb 2025

7:30PM

Lyric Theatre

Past event
Sun 02 Feb 2025

2:30PM

Lyric Theatre

Past event

In celebration of Hope Mill Theatre’s 9th Birthday, they present NINE the Musical in the concert starring Broadway and West End star, RAMIN KARIMLOO as Guido Contini.

Nine is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Arthur Kopit.

Movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest movie endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands.

Featuring the songs, ‘Be Italian’, ‘Unusual Way’, ‘Cinema Italiano’ and many more.

Nine the musical won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Original Score, and was released as a movie in 2009 and featured an all-star cast including Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Fergie, Sophia Loren and Judi Dench.

Ramin Karimloo, said: “I have always wanted to play Guido and do the musical NINE, I just love the story, I love the music and can't wait to work with an incredible group of artists led by strong women. I think this is going to be an incredible process and I’m really looking forward to working with Joe and Will up in Manchester."

Book by Arthur Kopt
Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Adapted By Mario Fratti
Based on Fellini’s 81/2

Key Artwork Design by FEAST Creative

Additional information

Runtime: Act One - 60 minutes | Interval | Act Two - 60 minutes

Credits

Ramin Karimloo who’s stage credits include: Piquillo in Songbird (Washington National Opera), Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (London Palladium), Nicky Arnstein in Funny Girl (August Wilson Theatre, NYC), Shams in Rumi: The Musical (London Coliseum), Anatoly in Chess (Umeda Arts Theatre, Osaka & Tokyo International Forum), Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Theatre Orb, Tokyo), Che in Evita (Theatre Orb, Tokyo & Vancouver Opera), Gleb Vaganov in Anastasia (Broadway, NYC), Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden (Lincoln Centre), Jean Valjean in Les Miserables (Toronto, London & NYC, Tony Award Nominee), The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (London, Italy & Monte Carlo) & The Phantom in Love Never Dies (London, Olivier Award Nominee) will be playing the lead role of Quido Conti.

Joining Ramin Karimloo as Guido Contini, will be Ruthie Henshall (Chicago, Billy Elliot) as Liliane la Fleur. Also appearing will be Amber Davies (Pretty Woman, Back to the Future) as Stephanie, Josefina Gabrielle (Les Miserables, Oaklahoma!) as Guido's Mother, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (HEX, Cinderella) as Luisa, Melissa James (Moulin Rouge, Gypsy) as Claudia, Danielle Steers (Just For One Day, Bat Out of Hell the Musical) as Sarraghina and Zizi Strallen (Mary Poppins, Strictly Ballroom) as Carla.