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Legally Blonde ready to bend and snap its way into Playhouse Whitley Bay

Get ready to sscreen "omigod you guys" as one of the 21st century's biggest musicals struts onto the stage at Playhouse Whitley Bay stage this week.

Based on the hit 2001 Reese Witherspoon film of the same way, the stage version of Legally Blonde has proved a big hit all over the world over the past decade, with the likes of Sheridan Smith, Jill Halfpenny and Duncan James treading the boards in it.

And now it's the turn of Whitley Bay Operatic Society to perfect their bend and snap as they open their four night run of it at the Playhouse on Wednesday.

Featuring songs like the soaring title track, the anthemic So Much Better, epic What You Want, high octane fitness call to arms Whipped Into Shape and of course Bend & Snap, Legally Blonde is a show that lays down the law in fabulous style.

The cast list for its Whitley Bay run is:

Elle Woods - Bethanie Mitchinson
Margot - Nieve Allott
Serena - Victoria Monaghan
Pilar - Sophie Butler
Emmett - Matthew McGuire
Paulette - Nicola Hewett
Callahan - Ian Cairns
Warner - James Hardy
Vivienne - Caroline Sabiston
Brook - Bryony Souza-Hawkins 
Enid - Ellie Sturrock
Kate - Faye Johnson

Chutney - Hannah Colley
Elle's Mum - Laura Stokes
Elle's Dad - Phil Dixon

Delta Nu's - 
Sophie Clarke
Shannon Cuffe-Jones
Georgina Rogers
Steph Ross
Sara Devine

Whitley Bay Operatic Society's version of Legally Blonde is directed by Claire Khass. Choreographers are Katie Mason and Chantal Cadle.  

It opens at the Playhouse on Wednesday, May 1 and runs until Saturday, May 4. Get your tickets online from Ticketmaster or in person from the box office.

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