The Rat Pack Press Release

THE RAT PACK LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS The Bristol Hippodrome Monday 7th - Saturday 12th June After four years in London’s West End, the Olivier Award nominated “Frank, Sammy & Dean – The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas” really is the coolest party in town! Having played over 1000 performances in the West End, numerous critically acclaimed UK national tours since 2000, playing all over Europe, to sell out audiences in Canada and standing ovations in America, “Frank, Sammy & Dean – The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas” will be returning to The Bristol Hippodrome from June 7 - 12. This spectacular production celebrates the incredible singing talent of three world-famous entertainers and performers and some of the finest music and song that has ever been recorded. Back when the famous rubbed shoulders with the politicians and partied hard, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin, all singing, all dancing, all round entertainers, injected not only their songs into the 50s and 60s, but a lifestyle that everyone wanted. Legends of the 20th century, idols of the music industry, superstars of the movies, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr and Dean Martin are above all renowned worldwide for their talented voices. Their unique contribution to 20th century popular music is second to none. Frank, Sammy & Dean all received critical acclaim quite late in their careers and it wasn’t until the late 50s and early 60s that they stormed the world and stayed at the top. And their recordings still constantly chart high throughout the world. With a talented cast and 15-piece orchestra, take a trip back to the glamorous, hot, glitzy nights of Las Vegas. Experience Frank, Sammy & Dean’s world famous classic recordings and more in this sensationally staged production that brings the music and lives of these legendary characters together again. ‘The Lady is a Tramp, ‘Mr Bojangles’, ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’, ‘That’s Amore’, ‘For Once In A Lifetime’, ‘Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime’, ‘New York, New York’, ‘My Kinda Town’ , ‘Fly Me to the Moon’, ‘Sway’, ‘Volare’, ‘Me And My Shadow’, ‘My Way’, ‘Memories Are Made Of This’, ‘What Kind of Fool’ are just some of the songs that are featured. Enormously popular in records, film and television, they were pioneer entertainers of Las Vegas. Triumphant in their success, their love was performing live, their favourite venue The Sands. Frank, Sammy & Dean made The Sands famous due to constant appearances as performers, spontaneous and scheduled, their zany banter and jokes pulled on one another on and off stage and at their parties. When the Rat pack was in town everybody had the best of times and everybody made money! Humphrey Bogart, whom Frank Sinatra adored, formed the Holmby Hills Rat Pack, later know as the Rat Pack and Frank Sinatra was named pack master. This elitist club’s philosophy in life was dedicated to ‘a little hey-hey’, in Rat Pack vocabulary, having ‘a good time’; drinking, socialising, partying. They worked hard, so they played hard and they answered to no one. Las Vegas was their playground and everywhere else was known, in Rat Pack vocabulary, as ‘Dullsville, Ohio’. Frank, Sammy & Dean were a force to be reckoned with, an inexhaustible energy that is as apparent in their music today as it ever was. If you wish you’d swung with the hardest partying pack in town, now’s your chance! THE RAT PACK Live From Las Vegas Monday 7th - Saturday 12th June Performances: Mon - Fri at 7.30 pm Mat on Wed at 2.30 pm Saturday at 4.00 pm & 8.00 pm Tickets: £16.50 - £28.50 Concessions available excluding Sat Eve