Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London at the Adelphi Theatre previewed 6 July 2007, opened 17 July 2007 and closed 30 May 2009.

A majar revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic family musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

"A heavenly triumph" The London Evening Standard

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat retells the biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and his coat of many colours and is full of unforgettable songs including 'Any Dream Will Do', 'Close Ev'ry Door To Me' and 'One More Angel'.

"It fizzes with energy" The Financial Times

Gareth Gates is scheduled to perform the role of 'Joseph' from Monday 9 February 2009 to Saturday 23 May 2009. Ricky Rojas will play 'Joseph' from Monday 25 May 2009 to Saturday 30 May 2009.

Gareth Gates is making his West End debut starring as Joseph. Gareth was runner-up in the first ever Pop Idol in 2002 since when he has had four number one singles and sold 3.5 million records to date. During 2008 Gareth appeared in ITV1's Dancing on Ice and went on to participate in the Dancing on Ice UK Tour. All casting is subject to change.

"A sure-fire hit all over again" The Daily Telegraph

"This early Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice show is a poppy, popup, rainbow-coloured, musical Sunday-school story. The sphinxes' eyes roll, but by today's standards, this revival of Steven Pimlott's 1991 hit is technologically unsophisticated and charmingly old-fashioned. Lloyd Webber's score has great fun parodying musical genres, from country-andwestern, French ballads, disco, to rock'n'roll. And Rice's lyrics have wit and bounce. As cheesy as it's corny, it's an unapologetically feelgood confection. Go, go, go; expect delight, but no surprises." The Mail on Sunday

"A just reminder of how talented Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber are" The Daily Express

"Tuneful, charismatic, endearing, Lee Mead is a faultless Joseph - at once a torso-flashing pretty boy and serious West End player... At the very end, as Mead is raised triumphantly on a platform into the heavens and his coat of many colours extends in a waterfall sweep, the crowd leaps to its feet to give a deserved standing ovation. Deserved because Joseph is a triumph - funny, slick, camp, and the most entertaining couple of hours I've spent inside a theatre for a long time..." The Observer

"You chuckle all over again at Rice's lyrics, the best of their type since WS Gilbert's... Lloyd Webber’s masterly magpie pastiches of reggae, rock'n'roll, even French accordion music, sound as fresh and funny as ever." The Sunday Times

Andrew Lloyd Webber says: "The character of Joseph is very difficult to cast. He has to be nauseatingly gorgeous so you understand why the brothers throw him in the pit and we have to be convinced of the journey he goes on and the value of forgiveness. It's a tough call." - The role of 'Joseph' was choosen by the public through the BBC TV programme Any Dream Will Do which was broadcast on Saturday evenings from 31 March to 9 June 2007 and was won by Lee Mead who played the lead role 'Joseph' up to 10 January 2009.

Joseph in London at the Adelphi Theatre previewed from 6 July 2007, opened on 17 July 2007 and closed on 30 May 2009.