Guys & Dolls – September 2018
11th – 15th September 2018 at Loughborough Town Hall
Tickets: Tuesday evening £16, with all other performances £17 a ticket.
Director – Lyndon Perry
Musical Director – Hazel Needham
Choreographer – Allison Cundell
Welcome to Guys and Dolls, a romantic and funny musical fable about gambling men and the women who want to tame them. Guys and Dolls all begins with a bet. Nathan Detroit bets high-rolling gambler Sky Masterson that Sky cannot persuade Save-A-Soul Missionary Sister Sarah Brown to accompany him on a trip to Cuba. While Sky works his charms on a wary Sarah, Nathan is doing his best to stay outside the matrimonial clutches of his long-suffering fiancée, Miss Adelaide, while all the time trying to find a place to hold his floating crap game under the gaze of the police department.
Set in New York City in the mid 20th century, Guys and Dolls is populated with larger than life gangsters and gamblers, missionary dolls and showgirls. Guys and Dolls has one of the greatest musical scores in the history of theatre. Hit songs include: “Luck be a Lady”, “I’ve Never Been In Love Before”, the irrepressible “Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat”, and many more. This show is everything we love about musical theatre. Guys and Dolls will put a spring in your step and a smile on your face. So, don’t put your faith in Lady Luck or take a chance on the roll of the dice. Join us instead for an evening of odds-on entertainment!
Based on the short stories of Damon Runyon, with Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.
Sky Masterson – Chris Wilson
Sarah Brown – Rosie Morris
Nathan Detroit – James Daw
Miss Adelaide – Alix Ashurst
Nicely-Nicely Johnson – Mark Chinnery
Benny Southstreet – Liam Patrick
Rusty Charlie – Josh Hill
Harry The Horse – Cameron Sim
Big Jule – Ian Dean
LT Brannigan – Kevin Clarke
Joey Biltmore – Jack Cooling
Arvide Abernathy – Adrian Dobson
Matilda B Cartwright – Natalie Littlewood
Crapshooter Dancers:
Adey Greasley, Cameron Sim, Jack Cooling, Joe Harrison, Olivia Needham, and Sophie Gundle.
Hot Box Girls:
Cassie Briggs, Gemma Landers, Laura Fletcher, Mel Swift, Nicole Ray, Olivia Needham, Paige Brierley and Sophie Gundle.
Ensemble
Clare Proctor, Kirstie Bennett, Len Dobson, Matt Leeson, Nikita Collington and Richard York.
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