{"id":561646,"date":"2025-11-10T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/561646\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:28:10","slug":"its-a-wonderful-knife-christmas-dundee-cast-announcement-theatre-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/561646\/","title":{"rendered":"IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL KNIFE \u2013 CHRISTMAS DUNDEE \u2013 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT \u2013 Theatre Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2b50 IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL KNIFE \u2013 CHRISTMAS DUNDEE \u2013 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT \u2b50<\/p>\n<p>The Old Joint Stock is delighted to announce the cast of its first Brand New Christmas Musical, IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL KNIFE \u2013 CHRISTMAS DUNDEE.<\/p>\n<p>This chaotic, comedic, and utterly unique production mashes the iconic and beloved Christmas tale, It\u2019s a Wonderful Life, with the uniquely Australian adventure film, Crocodile Dundee\u2014a movie that still holds the record for the most-watched film on the BBC on Christmas Day, with a whopping 21 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Starring Paul Westwood as Paul Hogan, Oliver Cartwright as Burt The Crocodile, Thea Jo Wolfe as Kylie Minogue &amp; Others, Will Usherwood-Bliss as Hugh Jackman &amp; Others and Tom Kiteley as Arnold Schwarzenegger &amp; Others.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Christmas Eve, and Hollywood star Paul Hogan is feeling old and forgotten \u2014 the day after his old screen companion, Burt the crocodile, passed away at the ripe old age of 90. On the brink, Paul wonders if life would have been better if he\u2019d never been born. Meanwhile, Burt is sent back down to Earth to save Paul and show him the positive impact his life has had on the world \u2014 so that Burt, in turn, can earn his wings.<\/p>\n<p>Expect big songs, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hugh Jackman, and a tap-dancing croc\u2026 wearing Crocs. What more could you want to get into the Christmas spirit?<\/p>\n<p>IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL KNIFE \u2013 CHRISTMAS DUNDEE will be directed by Lilly Butcher, produced by Emily Susanne Lloyd, with musical direction by Maddy Lygo, choreography by William Spencer, marketing direction by Liam Alexandru, set &amp; costume design by George P. Martin, digital media &amp; content by Perro Loco Productions and artwork by Tom Mann for Ghostlight Studios.<\/p>\n<p>IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL KNIFE \u2013 CHRISTMAS DUNDEE has book &amp; lyrics by James Edge, with music by Adam Gerber.<\/p>\n<p>IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL KNIFE \u2013 CHRISTMAS DUNDEE will play the Old Joint Stock, Birmingham, running from 3rd \u2013 30th December 2025, with tickets on sale now.<\/p>\n<p>BONKERS! ! !<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts? X x x<\/p>\n<p>Tickets &amp; more info \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designmynight.com\/birmingham\/pubs\/city-centre\/the-old-joint-stock-theatre\/its-a-wonderful-knife-christmas-dundee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.designmynight.com\/birmingham\/pubs\/city-centre\/the-old-joint-stock-theatre\/its-a-wonderful-knife-christmas-dundee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2b50 IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL KNIFE \u2013 CHRISTMAS DUNDEE \u2013 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT \u2b50 The Old Joint Stock is delighted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-561646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115526114058533008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}