It is the seductive, sultry story that makes Chicago one of the longest-running musicals on New York’s Broadway. Now the 1970s hit has come to Bristol Hippodrome as part of an extensive international tour.
The story of Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart was thrust into the mainstream through the major motion picture release back in 2002, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger. It snagged the Oscar for Best Picture along with five other Academy Award - a rare feat for a musical - setting the bar high for future performances.
Set in the jazz age of late 1920s Chicago, the musical presents a satirisation of the criminal justice system and the concept of a 'celebrity criminal', based on real-life murders. It follows murderers Roxie Hart (Faye Brookes) and Velma Kelly (Djalenga Scott) who find themselves scrambling for the limelight in the papers to ensure their freedom from Cook County Jail with a sparkling cabaret career to follow.
