London Musicals 2010.pub - Over The Footlights

STATE FAIR (1 st Revival)
London run: Trafalgar Studios, August 5 th -28th
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Tom Briggs & Louis Mattioli
Director: Thom Southerland
Choreographer: Sally Brooks
Musical Director: Magnus Gilljam
Cast: Philip Rham (Abel),
Susan Travers (Melissa), Laura Main (Margy),
Gareth Nash (Harry), Karl Clarkson (Wayne),
Jodie Jacobs (Emily), Stephen McGlynn (Pat),
Gemma Boaden, Anthony Wise, Lewis Grant
2010
16
This was the same production that had played the
Finborough in 2009, though with several changes
of cast, but again with piano-only
accompaniment.
Original London production:
Finborough, August 2009
Photo by Olivia Shaw
ELEGIES FOR ANGELS PUNKS AND
RAGING QUEENS (3 rd Revival)
London run: Shaw Theatre, 12 th – 28 th August
Music: Janet Hood
Book & Lyrics: Bill Russell
Director: John-Jackson Alomond
Choreographer: Omar F. Okai
Musical Director: Michael Roulston
Cast: Miguel Brown, Jonathan Hellyer, Titti La Camp, Leon Lopez,
Anna Mateo, West End Gospel Choir
Notes: Following significant progress in
AIDS treatment since this piece was written,
a new speech had been added to highlight
the dangers of greeting such medical
advances with complacency. Other updates
included an attack on the pronouncements of
current South African political leaders.
However, the show was now felt to be
outdated in its message and its format. It
had simply lost its edge.
Original London run:
King’s Head, Nov 1992/ Drill Hall Jan 1993
First revival: Comedy Theatre, June 1993
Second revival: Bridewell, June 2001
Photo by Marilyn Kingwell