Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
Directed by David Mallet
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The live version of Jeff Wayne's 1978 bestselling album was brought to the stage in 2006 as part of a sell-out tour of the UK. Filmed at London's Wembley Arena, and using a blend of theatre, music and visual imagery, the production incorporates performers from the original recording, including Justin Hayward, Chris Thompson and Wayne himself. There's also audio and visual elements featuring Richard Burton, as well as the ten-piece Black Smoke Band and the 48-piece Ulladubulla Strings.Read moreLess
The live version of Jeff Wayne's 1978 bestselling album was brought to the stage in 2006 as part of a sell-out tour of the UK. Filmed at London's Wembley Arena, and using a blend of theatre, music and visual imagery, the production incorporates performers from the original recording, including Justin Hayward, Chris Thompson and Wayne himself. There's also audio and visual elements featuring Richard Burton, as well as the ten-piece Black Smoke Band and the 48-piece Ulladubulla Strings.
The story
The live version of Jeff Wayne's 1978 bestselling album was brought to the stage in 2006 as part of a sell-out tour of the UK. Filmed at London's Wembley Arena, and using a blend of theatre, music and visual imagery, the production incorporates performers from the original recording, including Justin Hayward, Chris Thompson and Wayne himself. There's also audio and visual elements featuring Richard Burton, as well as the ten-piece Black Smoke Band and the 48-piece Ulladubulla Strings.
Cast & crew
Richard BurtonGeorge Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Justin HaywardThe Sung Thoughts of The Journalist
Russell WatsonParson Nathaniel
Chris ThompsonThe Voice of Humanity
Tara BlaiseBeth
James AlexisThe Artilleryman
Anna-Marie WayneCarrie
Lewis MacleodThe Martian Voices in The Prequel (voice)Explore the crew
- Editor
- David Mallet
- Original Music Composer
- Jeff Wayne
- Editor
- Juliet Santini
- Producer
- Dave Crowe
- Director
- David Mallet
- Producer
- Damian Collier
- Producer
- Stuart Watts
- Producer
- Jeff Wayne
- Editor
- Nick Morris