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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...




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.


Director Ann Turner
Choreographer Jean Cator
Musical Director Charlie Caine
Rehearsal Pianist Peter Chamberlin
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Jack - Ed
Wilson |
Jane - Sarah
Browne |
Tom - Tom
Monument |
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Maggie -
Becky Rowe |
Heathcliffe
- Peter Pepper |
Kathy -
Melanie Platten |
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Duke - Alan
Syder |
Lady Marmalade
- Jayne Cator |
Terry - Lee
Chapman |
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Nick Diablo
- John Lawson |
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Lily - Nick
King
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Ladies and Gents of the Ensemble
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Will Baker
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Jenny Bugg
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Neil Chapman
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Sam Clarke
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Jon-Paul Court
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Andy Cowan
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Sara Crowley
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Alison Cunnell
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Chris Dilley |
Ian Doughty |
Liz Ireland
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Joanne Madden
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Stuart Margitson
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Kim Mason |
Laura Rowe
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Andy Shipp |
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Nick Sparkes
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Amy
Towers
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Maria
Wilson |
Debbie Wray
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Orchestra |
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Keyboard 1
- Peter Chamberlin |
Keyboard 2 - Charlie Caine |
Alto Saxophone - Barbara Barrett |
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Tenor
Saxophone - Sarah Sykes |
Lead Guitar - Tom Scales |
Bass Guitar - Emily Wilkinson |
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Percussion - Richard Brown |
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'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. |
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