Sister Act

Product Description

New musical Sister Act is of course based on Whoopi Goldberg’s 1992 movie classic. Whoopi starred as Deloris Van Cartier, a club singer who finds herself on the wrong side of the mob & takes on the guise of a nun, Sister Mary Clarence, so she can find safety in a convent. As Whoopi herself has summed up the plot, “ Good girl sees bad thing, goes to nuns.”

Since it was first staged in California in 2006, Sister Act has undergone a number of changes with drastic rewrites including new scenes & characters being cut altogether. The action has been moved from 1990’s Reno & San Francisco to 1970’s Philadelphia, giving much of Glenn Slater & Alan Menken’s score an authentic disco flavour, as well as the rousing gospel that made the movie such a hit. Also, the characters from the film remain the same, which will surely come as a huge relief to millions of Sister Act fans.

The brand new London production boasts an impressive cast including Sheila Hancock, Ian Lavender, Katie Rowley Jones & West End newcomer Patina Miller as Deloris. The production ischoreographed by Anthony Van Laast, the dance maestro behind Mamma Mia!, Michael Crawford’s Las Vegas spectacular EFX & the cult Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock’n’ Roll Swindle.