The long-awaited West End production of Hello, Dolly is finally coming to The London Palladium next July. Here’s how to buy tickets to see Imelda Staunton in the show today.
You might know Imelda Staunton best from playing Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix or from portraying Queen Elizabeth II in the final two seasons of The Crown — her performance in The Crown’s fifth season actually earned Staunton a nomination for the Best Actress Award at the Golden Globes.
But, did you know Staunton began her career on the stage?
The BAFTA Award-winning actress started her acting career in 1976 in repertory theatre, and has performed in a variety of plays and musicals such as Wizard of Oz, Uncle Vanya, Guys and Dolls.
Staunton has won four Laurence Olivier Awards — three for Best Actress for her roles in the musicals Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy, and one for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her work in both A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn Is Green — and she’s been nominated for a phenomenal 13 more.
Now, Staunton will return to the theatre once again in the musical Hello, Dolly. The theatre show will see the 67-year-old reunite with director Dominic Cooke, who she worked alongside for the critically acclaimed revival of the musical Follies. Also joining Staunton in Hello, Dolly are Olivier Award-winning actress Jenna Russell, Andy Nyman who is best known for his play Ghost Stories, and Tyrone Huntley, who portrayed Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Hello, Dolly was initially scheduled to run for 30 weeks in 2020 but, like a lot of things that year, due to COVID the musical was delayed. Now, we’re finally getting the Hello, Dolly performances we need!
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What is the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly about?
Hello, Dolly can be traced back to 1938 with Thornton Wilder’s The Merchant of Yonkers. This farce inspired the 1964 Hello, Dolly musical which was performed on Broadway.
Perhaps the most famous Hello, Dolly adaptation is the 1969 movie starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau. The 1969 film won an incredible three Academy Awards, including Best Score in a Musical Picture, and was nominated in four other Academy Awards categories, including Best Picture.
The plot of the musical is as follows: an interfering socialite turned matchmaker, Dolly Levi, travels to Yonkers in New York to find a wife for ‘half-a-millionaire’ Horace Vandergelder. However, the plan changes when Dolly decides that the next match she makes should be for herself.
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Is Hello, Dolly coming to London?
Hello, Dolly is indeed coming to London! The musical will be taking residence in The London Palladium in the capital city’s West End for a limited time only.
The London Palladium is a Grade II listed West End theatre located on Argyll Street. As it’s in Soho, it’s super simple to get to via public transport, and the nearest stations are Oxford Circus for Bakerloo, Central, and Victoria lines, and Bond Street for Elizabeth, Central, and Jubilee lines.
Hello, Dolly will be at The London Palladium Saturday 6th July to Saturday 14th September 2024.
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How to get Hello, Dolly tickets for London 2024
Pre-sale tickets for Hello, Dolly go on sale today (Wednesday 6th December) at 10am, and to be eligible for pre-sale, be sure to sign-up via the LW Theatres website.
General on sale will take place two days later on Friday 8th December, also at 10am.
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