Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi - Phil Willmott

ENSEMBLE GIRLS:
Modern day hotel guests / Thompson Neighbours / 30’s Hotel Guests /
Hotel Maids / Secretaries/ 1940’s girls
ACT ONE
1. Somebody on the Roof – Company
2. Thompson – Older Alice
3. Once in a Lifetime (1)– Lord R, Younger Alice, Thompson and
Company
4. Show Tune (1) – Thompson and Company *
5. Rats – Fritz, Thompson and Younger Alice
6. A Wedding and a Yacht – Babs and men *
7. Yippee Ai Eh! – Hollywood’s Roy Rodgers and Babs
8. Tell Her – Thompson, Babs, Younger Alice, Fritz
9. Once in a Life Time (2) - Thompson, Babs, Younger Alice, Fritz, Roy.
ACT TWO
1. Thompson from Accounts – Younger and Older Alice, Thompson,
Company *
2. First Romances (1) – Mo
3. Tell Them – Babs and Thompson
4. Dance for Me Boy – Hollywood’s PRODUCER
5. The Next Ten Seconds – Younger Alice
6. Take a Moment – Older Thompson
7. Just Fine - Younger Alice, Older Alice and Company
8. Dance for me Boy/Boogey Woogey Dance Routine – Adelphi Girls and
G.I.s *
9. Tell Him – Younger Alice
10. Finale: Take A moment (2) Jo & Once in a Life Time (3) - All
Dance Routines:
Show Tune (1) – Thompson and Company
A Wedding and a Yacht – Babs and Men
Thompson from Accounts – Alice’s, Thompson, Company *
Dance for me Boy/Boogey Woogey Dance Routine – Adelphi Girls and G.I.s *
LOCATION
The action switches between the modern day Adelphi and an indeterminate
1920/30s golden era through to WW2.
ACT ONE:
Scene 1: The Adelphi reception now
Scene 2: The Adelphi Roof then & now/ The Adelphi ballroom back then
Scene 3: Thompson’s Mum’s house back then.
Scene 4: The bowels of the Adelphi Kitchen back then
Scene 5: The red carpeted Adelphi Entrance back then
Scene 6: A Swanky Hollywood party at The Adelphi back then
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