Winner of nine Tony awards and one of the longest running shows ever to have played on Broadway, the exhilarating, inspiring and much loved musical that is Fiddler on the Roof appears at Venue Cymru from Monday 4th to Saturday 6th August and stars stage and screen favourite Joe McGann. Best known for his role as Charlie Burrows in ITV sitcom The Upper Hand, Joe plays the lead role of Jewish dairyman Tevye, who dreams of riches, respect and a quiet family life.
In a Jewish village in Czarist Russia, Tevye is doing his best to preserve tradition in the face of a changing world, but when his daughters refuse the matchmaker’s advice and marry for love, Tevye must choose between their happiness and those beloved traditions.
Fiddler on the Roof is blessed with a gloriously rousing score full of memorable melodies, which, bound by a moving and compelling storyline, heartwarming humour and colourful characters, Jerome Robbins’ dramatic original choreography, wonderfully evocative sets and costumes and sheer joie de vivre, make this the musical to take to your hearts.
Songs include Tradition, Matchmaker Matchmaker, Sunrise Sunset and the irrepressible favourite If I Were a Rich Man. In addition to his TV credits, Joe McGann recently starred as Nathan Detroit in the UK tour of Guys & Dolls and most recently as one of the three Magi in the BBC’s Liverpool Nativity, a modern musical version of the Christmas story.
Produced by Peter Frosdick and Martin Dodd for UK Productions, Fiddler on the Roof is directed by Julian Woolford, with choreography by Chris Hocking and Musical Supervision by Gareth Williams. Set design is by Charles Camm, with costumes by Elizabeth Dennis, lighting design by David Howe and sound design by Ross Portway and Jon Higson. Fiddler on the Roof has book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
In a Jewish village in Czarist Russia, Tevye is doing his best to preserve tradition in the face of a changing world, but when his daughters refuse the matchmaker’s advice and marry for love, Tevye must choose between their happiness and those beloved traditions.
Fiddler on the Roof is blessed with a gloriously rousing score full of memorable melodies, which, bound by a moving and compelling storyline, heartwarming humour and colourful characters, Jerome Robbins’ dramatic original choreography, wonderfully evocative sets and costumes and sheer joie de vivre, make this the musical to take to your hearts.
Songs include Tradition, Matchmaker Matchmaker, Sunrise Sunset and the irrepressible favourite If I Were a Rich Man. In addition to his TV credits, Joe McGann recently starred as Nathan Detroit in the UK tour of Guys & Dolls and most recently as one of the three Magi in the BBC’s Liverpool Nativity, a modern musical version of the Christmas story.
Produced by Peter Frosdick and Martin Dodd for UK Productions, Fiddler on the Roof is directed by Julian Woolford, with choreography by Chris Hocking and Musical Supervision by Gareth Williams. Set design is by Charles Camm, with costumes by Elizabeth Dennis, lighting design by David Howe and sound design by Ross Portway and Jon Higson. Fiddler on the Roof has book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.