Meena Green

Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance is celebrating its 30th anniversary on tour. The show which features over 150,000 taps per performance was created, choreographed, produced and directed by the fantastic Michael Flatley with music composed by Gerard Fahy. Lord of the Dance is a story about good and evil told through dance from the dreams of the Little Spirit (Evia Hayter).

The producers of the new production of Waitress have officially announced that Durham’s own Emma Lucia will lead the cast as Jenna in the upcoming show on the 4-9 May at Sunderland Empire. “I’m very exited to take on the role of Jenna in the North East. I grew up watching shows at Sunderland Empire, so it feels like a full circle moment to be back on home soil leading this wonderful and heartfelt production,” said Lucia.

Whitney Houston is widely considered to be one of the most gifted singers in the history of the art, and at the height of her fame came the opportunity to star in a blockbuster thriller alongside Kevin Costner called The Bodyguard. Now, over the 30 years later, the stage adaptation of that movie is touring the UK, with Sunderland one of its many stops.