London Musicals 2010.pub - Over The Footlights
London Musicals 2010.pub - Over The Footlights
London Musicals 2010.pub - Over The Footlights
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Picture Book, Spanish Hospitality, Left Spain, We Rule the World.<br />
2010<br />
DEPARTURE LOUNGE<br />
<strong>London</strong> run: Waterloo East,<br />
September 30 th – October 31 st<br />
Music & Lyrics: Douglas Irvine<br />
Director: Pip Minnithorpe<br />
Choreographer: Cressida Carré<br />
Musical Director: Chris Maloney<br />
Cast: Chris Fountain (JB),<br />
Steven Webb (Ross),<br />
Liam Tamne (Jordan),<br />
Jack Shaloo (Pete),<br />
Verity Rushworth (Sophie)<br />
22<br />
Songs: Brits on Tour, Brand New,<br />
Thursday Night, Do You Know What I<br />
Think of You? Why Do We Say Gay?<br />
Story: Four lads are stuck at Malaga airport awaiting a delayed flight home after their<br />
drunken post-A-Level holiday. <strong>The</strong>y are JB the posh kid, Ross the intelligent outsider,<br />
Jordan the quiet lady-killer with a secret, and Pete the badly sunburnt hard man. Gradually<br />
tension and rivalry grows because of Sophie, the “bit of a tart” they met on holiday. <strong>The</strong><br />
story involves flashbacks, anger, soul-searching and musing about being stuck in the<br />
departure lounge of life.<br />
Notes: <strong>The</strong> production was first staged at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, winning an award<br />
for the Best Music Score. In mid-2009 the show played a summer festival in New York and<br />
had a 6 week run at a cabaret theatre in Chicago. This production at the Waterloo East<br />
venue was the first fully staged <strong>London</strong> production of the show, and was warmly received.<br />
BELLS ARE RINGING (2 nd Revival)<br />
<strong>London</strong> run: Union, October 1 st – 23rd<br />
Music: Jule Styne<br />
Lyrics & Book: Betty Comden & Adolph Green<br />
Director: Paul Foster<br />
Choreographer: Alistair David<br />
Musical Director: Peter McCarthy<br />
Cast: Anna-Jayne Casey (Ella Peterson), Gary Milner (Jeff Moss), Corinna Powlesland (Sue Summers),<br />
Fenton Gray (Sandor), Richard Grieve (Inspector Barnes), Tama Phethean (Blake Barton),<br />
Bob Harms (Larry Hastings), Carl Au (Carl),<br />
Adam Rhys-Charles (Dr Kitchell),<br />
Aoife Nally (Gwynne Smith),<br />
Michael Bryher (Francis)<br />
It was generally agreed that small fringe<br />
theatres provide the perfect venues for<br />
reviving dated but delightful shows like this<br />
one – past its sell-by date for major fullscale<br />
production, but still offering a great<br />
deal of entertainment.<br />
Original <strong>London</strong> Production:<br />
Coliseum, November 1957<br />
First revival: Greenwich <strong>The</strong>atre,<br />
December 1987<br />
Photo by Roy Tan
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