Anything Goes

‘Cole Porter songs and tap-dancing sailors, what’s not to love?’ The Hollywood Reporter

All aboard for this saucy and splendid major new production of Cole Porter and P. G. Wodehouse’s classic musical of pure escapism, Anything Goes. Featuring a joyful, gold-plated score of theatre’s most memorable standards, including ‘I Get A Kick Out of You’, ‘You’re the Top’, ‘It’s De- Lovely!’ and Anything Goes, with a 50 strong company featuring a full-sized live orchestra and 15 tap-dancing sailors, it’s everything you want a big Broadway musical to be and more!

Making her West End debut is internationally renowned Broadway star Sutton Foster, who reprises her Tony-Award winning role as the delectable Reno Sweeney, from the 2011 Broadway production. During her dazzling stage career, Foster has won two Tony-Awards, two Drama Desk Awards and three Outer Critics Circle Awards. She will be joined by multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Robert Lindsay, as Moonface Martin, best known for starring in the hugely successful BBC sitcom My Family.

Joining them in this all-star line-up, are acting royalty and Evening Standard Theatre Award-winner Felicity Kendal (The Good Life / Much Ado About Nothing) as Evangeline Harcourt and West End Legend Gary Wilmot (Chicago / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Elisha Whitney.

It’s Bon Voyage on the S.S America but it’s not all smooth sailing as they head out to sea; etiquette is cast off through the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to find true love. Their journey proves that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing and dancing sailors, a comical disguise, a farcical blackmail, delightful double-entendres, and some timeless good fun!

Cole Porter’s Golden Age musical oozes sophistication and class, with productions over recent decades entertaining audiences of all ages. To quote the musical, there really is “No Cure Like Travel”, and you’ll want to head to the Barbican to see Anything Goes.

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What to watch for

Sutton Foster will make her West End debut as Reno Sweeney in the production. Foster starred in the 2011 Broadway revival and won her second Tony Award for her portrayal of the nightclub evangelist.

Listen out for Cole Porter’s timeless hits, including “You’re The Top” and “I Get A Kick Out of You.”

Anything Goes was first seen in London in 1935, just a year after it premiered on Broadway.

Performers like Ethel Merman, Patti LuPone, and Elaine Page have starred as Reno Sweeney in various productions.