Production Details
- Dates: 23rd – 27th June 2015
- Venue: Gala Theatre
- Director: Fred Wharton
- Musical Director: Steven Hood
- Choreographer: Kathleen Knox
Synopsis
Join us for our next production Sunset Boulevard musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Based on Billy Wilder’s Academy Award-winning 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond (Eileen Glenton), a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street.
When young screenwriter Joe Gillis (Graeme Walton) accidentally crosses her path, she sees in him an opportunity to make her comeback to the big screen. Romance and tragedy follow.
Cast
Principals
- Norma Desmond – Eileen Glenton
- Joe Gillis – Graeme Walton
- Max von Mayerling – Anthony Smith
- Betty Scheafer – Katy Walton
- Artie Green – Andy King
- Sheldrake – Steve Norman
- Cecil B. DeMille – Paul Maddison
- Manfred – Ed Turner
- Chorus Principles – Steven Berry, Chris Coates, Mike Dixon, Catherine Finn, Shireen Gale, Steve Hill, Michelle Hood, Sarah Jackson, Geoff Knott, Delia McNally, David O’Donnell, Ed Turner, Rebecca Turner, Jade Worthy
The Company
Alison Banks, Emma Barthel, Denise Beckford, Steven Berry, Liz Cairns, Ian Chilver, Chris Coates, Doreen Cothay, John Cuckson, Joe Dennis, Janet Dixon, Mike Dixon, Christine Dobbie, Linzi Downing, Catherine Finn, Bob Gale, Shireen Gale, Karen Gallagher, Anne Gatherar, Katy Haggart, Steve Hill, Steph Hitch, Michelle Hood, Sarah Jackson, Andy King, Geoff Knott, Catherine Lawes, Paul Maddison, Delia McNally, Megan Milton, Sharon Milton, Sue Morl, Steve Norman, David O’Donnell, Nicky Tones, Ed Turner, Rebecca Turner, Jack Watson, Caroline Wilson, Jade Worthy
Dancers
Michael Brown, Rebecca Fishwick, Ellie Jackson, Louise Masters, Chileshe Stobbs, Nina Walsh
Orchestra
- Reeds – Sue Ferris, Catherine Freeman, Julie Dorr
- Horns – Chris Senior, David Milner
- Trumpet – Alex Lewis
- Trombone – John Flood
- Keyboards – Mark Thompson, Andrew Clarence,
Andy Soulsby, Peter Allsopp - Guitar – Stuart Davies
- Percussion – Malcolm Dick
- Violins – Julia Boulton, Jayne Cuggy
- Cello – Ros Barton-Grey;
- Bas – Ian Paterson