A show recreating the final performance of the legendary Frank Sinatra is coming to Wirral as part of a UK tour.
Following a sell-out run at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London’s West End, Richard Shelton is bringing his Frank Sinatra: The Retirement Concert show to the Floral Pavilion New Brighton on Thursday, May 2.
It recreates the moment in June 1971, when at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Hollywood, at the age of 55, Frank Sinatra announces he is retiring, bringing to an end his 36-year career in show business.
His retirement concert was described as a milestone in music history and saw the passing of an icon and a golden era.
A spokesperson for the show said: "Wearing Sinatra’s personal tuxedo, the iconic concert is faithfully recreated by Richard Shelton, the world’s leading dramatic interpreter of Frank Sinatra and a former star of ITV's Emmerdale, accompanied by the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, one of the most enduringly popular big bands of all time.
"Including All or Nothing at All, That’s Life and My Way – no other artist summed up their life by a song title so succinctly or made such sense of what it is just to be alive".
Acclaimed as ‘The world’s leading dramatic interpreter of Frank Sinatra', he was nominated ‘Best Actor in a Leading Role’ for his portrayal of the icon in ‘Rat Pack Confidential’ (London, West End and Nottingham Playhouse) and has performed his critically acclaimed show ‘Sinatra: RAW’, wearing Sinatra’s personal tuxedo, on stages across the globe.
Founded in 1967 by trumpeter and arranger Syd Lawrence, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra has been thrilling audiences in concert halls, theatres, TV shows and music festivals all over Great Britain and Europe for over 50 years.
Renowned for its exciting blend of high-octane Big Band Swing and Classic Dance Music, the orchestra, directed since Syd’s retirement by Chris Dean, has a repertoire ranging from the wartime million sellers of the legendary Glenn Miller through the era of the great Count Basie Orchestra to the hit songs of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
Count Basie himself described the Syd Lawrence Orchestra as “So good it should be BANNED!”.
Tickets for Frank Sinatra: The Retirement Concert show to the Floral Pavilion New Brighton on Thursday, May 2. are from https://www.floralpavilion.com/?s=Sinatra
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