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love this production just as much as the film!”
This new Christmas Spectacular production will feature a book written by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers and Hairspray) and an original score of great new songs.
The original staging will be enhanced with giant screens, showing both computer graphic backdrops and live action close-ups.
The 5,000 seater arena will have a 70ft wide stage and a 60ft long thrust stage, with some scenes taking place around and above the audience.
Released in 2003, Elf has become a phenomenon and took $220m at the US box office.
It tells the story of Buddy (Will Ferrell, pictured right) who was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.
Yes! There are screenings as part of many Christmas cinema events, including the festive pop-up at Cardiff Castle on Sunday There are three screenings and tickets have been selling fast but there are a few tickets left for the 8.30pm showing.
If you can’t make it, you can see Elf on ITV that same evening at 6pm.
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