4 Steps to Heaven

Archive Listings for 4 Steps to Heaven

T205639312 (4STEP99) Performer Peter Howarth (Roy Orbison). Performer Reuven Gershonn (Buddy Holly). Performer Rebel Dean (Elvis). Performer Kludo White (Eddie Cochran). Director Keith Strachan. Design Andy Walmsley. Lighting Jim Beagley. Director James Compton (music). Company Bill Kenwright.
29 Jul 99 to 28 Sep 99	Piccadilly Theatre, West End :: V406 listing details L412866859
T01249225252 (4STEP98) Performer Alexander Bourne (Buddy). Performer Time Whitnall (Elvis). Performer Peter Howarth (Roy Orbison). Lighting Jim Beagley. Director James Compton (Musical). Director Keith Strachan.
24 May 99 to 29 May 99	Arts Theatre, Cambridge :: V19 listing details L01544090454
19 Apr 99 to 24 Apr 99	Grand Theatre, Swansea :: V831 listing details L01357087890
22 Mar 99 to 27 Mar 99	Princess Theatre, Torquay :: V900 listing details L1779528871
2 Nov 98 to 7 Nov 98	Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657 listing details L0470739172
24 Aug 98 to 29 Aug 98	Grand Opera House, Belfast :: V548 listing details L545689815
Other listings
19 Jul 99 to 24 Jul 99	Royal & Derngate, Northampton :: V449 listing details L641670708
5 Jul 99 to 10 Jul 99	Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea :: V42 listing details L0222363663
28 Jun 99 to 3 Jul 99	Theatre Royal, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L01474757427
28 Jun 99 to 3 Jul 99	Theatre Royal, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L2061310599
14 Jun 99 to 19 Jun 99	Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool :: V518 listing details L0832889461
17 May 99 to 22 May 99	Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774 listing details L096438912
17 May 99 to 22 May 99	Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774 listing details L802701228
10 May 99 to 15 May 99	New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341 listing details L024041238
10 May 99 to 15 May 99	New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341 listing details L562065418

Details

Concert :: A musical celebration of the four legends of rock 'n' roll - Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Eddie Cochran. Inspired by the title of Cochran's posthumous 1960 hit song '3 Steps to Heaven', 4 Steps to Heaven features a long play-list of classic songs from the 50's and 60's, including Presley's 'Hound Dog', 'All Shook Up' and 'Love Me Tender'; Holly's 'Heartbeat', 'Peggy Sue' and 'That'll Be the Day'; Orbison's 'Pretty Woman', 'Only the Lonely' and 'Blue Bayou'; and Cochran's 'Summertime Blues' and 'C'mon Everybody'. All four singers died prematurely: Orbison and Presley both died at the age of 42 of heart attacks, Holly was killed, aged 22, along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in a plane crash while on tour in the American mid-West in 1959 and, the following year, Cochran died, aged 21, from injuries sustained from a car crash while on tour in England.