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Disco Inferno - 31st May to 3rd June 2006

"Celebration/A Night To Remember"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's the summer of '76.
Outside, the weather is as hot as the fashion and passion are on the dancefloor and Jack is about to celebrate a 21st birthday he'll never forget.
Working in a London Dance Club, 'Disco Inferno', Jack meets Lady Marmalade, the devil's right-hand woman...

 

Duke & Lady Marmalade

"Village People Medley"

Maggie&Tom

 

 

 

 

 

"Kissing In The Back Row Of The Movies"

 


Dreaming of becoming successful, Jack makes a Faustian pact with Lady Marmalade, trading his soul to fulfil his wildest fantasies. Sounds like an ideal bargain? Think again.

Jack&Dancers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director  Ann Turner
Choreographer  Jean Cator
Musical Director  Charlie Caine
Rehearsal Pianist  Peter Chamberlin

 

Jack  -  Ed Wilson Jane  -  Sarah Browne Tom  -  Tom Monument
Maggie  -  Becky Rowe Heathcliffe  -  Peter Pepper Kathy  -  Melanie Platten
Duke  -  Alan Syder Lady Marmalade  -  Jayne Cator Terry  -  Lee Chapman
Nick Diablo  -  John Lawson   Lily  -  Nick King

 

Ladies and Gents of the Ensemble
Will Baker Jenny Bugg Neil Chapman Sam Clarke
Jon-Paul Court Andy Cowan Sara Crowley Alison Cunnell
Chris Dilley Ian Doughty Liz Ireland Joanne Madden
Stuart Margitson Kim Mason Laura Rowe Andy Shipp
Nick Sparkes Amy Towers Maria Wilson Debbie Wray

 

Orchestra
Keyboard 1  -  Peter Chamberlin Keyboard 2  -  Charlie Caine Alto Saxophone  -  Barbara Barrett
Tenor Saxophone  -  Sarah Sykes Lead Guitar  -  Tom Scales Bass Guitar  -  Emily Wilkinson
Percussion  -  Richard Brown

 

'Glitzy show has a sheer zest for life'

(Eve Stebbing, Eastern Daily Press, 1 June 2006)


   'Hot Stuff met its 'Young Man' in this big, glitzy, glamorous musical, incorporating the big hits of the Seventies (and beyond).  It was an exhilarating trip from the minute the 31-strong cast hit the stage with the number Celebration/A Night To Remember.  They cavorted about the platform in true West End style.  And the slick, Fame feel that shimmied through the moves in that number was to be typical of all the routines, from the pink wash and glitter balls of If You Leave Me Now to the faultless tap dancing of Pop Muzik.
   As in most musicals, the story was pretty slight and could be summed up in the sentence - boy sells soul to devil to make him a star.  But the principals pulled it out of the yawn territory with some energetic performances, particularly Jayne Cator, with her sultry rendering of the devil's servant, and Peter Pepper as the gruff club scene king Heathcliffe.
   For a cast that still have their L-plates on (Threshold is the training company for Norfolk and Norwich Operatic) this was an ambitious show that carried you along in its sheer zest for life.