Summer show 2010

BOUNCERS & SHAKERS

Myer's Studio, Epsom Playhouse - 2-4th September 2010

  About the Plays

Bouncers is an outrageous and hilarious parody of the disco scene originally set in the mid 1980's; four brutish bouncers portraying over twenty different characters invite us for a night out on the town.  We meet giggly girls, lads on the make, Hooray Henrys and a smooth-talking DJ, all against the tatty, glitzy glamour, flashing lights and pulsating beat of the disco floor.

Shakers is a wickedly glimpse of the oh-so trendy cocktail bar originally set in the early 1990's with four long-suffering waitresses, portraying a variety of customers: from the check-out girls to the chinless wonders, from the yuppies to the local lads tittering at the thought of a "Long, Slow, Comfortable Screw".

Bouncers was listed as one of the top 100 plays of the Twentieth Century by the National Theatre and both plays are studied by GCSE Drama students. The plays contain strong language and therefore are not suitable for young children. 

The Cast

Bouncers - Lucky, Eric, Judd, Les, Ralph

Shakers - Adele, Carol, Mel, Nicky

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Autumn Show - Novemeber 2010 - Banstead Community Hall

BRIGHT LIGHTS ON BROADWAY - Revue of Broadway musicals

Director - Sadie Reed

MD - Neil Shrimpton

Choreographer - Nicola Hawkins

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For Audion Pieces and Audition Form click the link at bottom of this page 

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 Copacabana - May 2011!

The UK stage musical known as Barry Manilow's Copacabana: A New Musical Comedy, had its American premiere in 2009. The book is by Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman; lyrics by Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman, and music by: Barry Manilow. It opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London and ran from June 23, 1994 to September 9, 1996. It followed with a UK tour for an additional year.

The story follows Stephen, a young aspiring songwriter, as he composes what he hopes will become a hit musical. His imagination takes him back to 1947 as he creates a story surrounding an ambitious young singer Lola la Mar who arrives in New York City from Tulsa hoping to become a star. Meanwhile Tony Forte, a 1947 incarnation of Stephen, is attempting to make it as a songwriter while tending bar at the famous Copacabana Nightclub. Tony instantly falls for Lola as she wanders into the Copacabana. The scene moves to Havana and a Cuban gangster before a happy resolution in the present day.

Characters

The Present Day

·         Stephen  – A young songwriter, who doubles as Tony in 1947

·         Samantha  – Stephen's's wife, who doubles as Lola La Mar in 1947

1947

·         Tony Forte  – Young, good-looking and talented. A struggling songwriter by day, by night he works at the Copacabana.

·         Lola la Mar  – A young, pretty girl with misguided ambitions to become a Broadway star.

·         Gladys Murphy  – A cheeky, warm-hearted cigarette girl at the Copacabana.

·         Sam Silver  – The gruff but kind manager of the Copacabana.

·         Rico Castelli  – An elegant but dangerous gangster who manages The Tropicana in Havana.

·         Conchita Alvarez  – A Latina bombshell of the first order and Rico's long-suffering partner/girlfriend.

·         McManus  – A New York cop of Irish descent.

·         Willie  – A waiter at the Copacabana.

·         Luis  – Rico's enforcer and bodyguard

·         Skip  – The house choreographer at the Copacabana.

·         Maitre D'  – The Snooty Headwaiter/host of the Copacabana.

·         Coat Check Girl  – Works at the Copacabana.

·         Piano Accompanist

·         Messers Hammerstein, Rodgers, Lerner, Lowe  – Audition Lola for musicals

·         A Back-of-the-House Voice  – Plays various show writers, producers, a record producer

·         Mr. Brill  – A music publisher

·         Another Music Publisher  – Non-speaking

·         Announcer  – At The Tropicana

·         Pirate Captain  – At The Tropicana, in El Bravo

·         Veronica Lake  – Non-speaking

·         Her Escort  – Non-speaking

·         x3 Bolero Couples

·         Chorus  – Show Girls, Show Boys, Copa Girls, Copa Boys, Tropicana Boys, Tropicana Girls, Copa Guests, Tropicana Guests, Pirates, Pirettes, Cops, Waiters, Busboys, Sailors, Fancy Gents, Thugs, Auditioners, Commuters, Porters, Rosie the Riveter, a Nurse, a WAC, a WAVE, a Salvation Army Sergeant