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The Octagon‘s third play in their new season is the World Premiere of Plater’s Alan Looking For Buddy.

We have two tickets up for grabs, courtesy of our friends at the Octagon.

THE PLAY:
Alan Plater, the renowned TV writer and playwright (from Z Cars to Fortunes of War), who created the hit musical Blonde Bombshells of 1943, has teamed up with award-winning multi-instrumentalist Alan Barnes to bring the World Premiere of a new musical to the Octagon.

Looking for Buddy is a musical with an original jazz score, a dark and mysterious atmosphere and a Geordie Philip Marlowe, which takes a wry, witty and surreal look at the new Tyneside.

Meet Phil, an underemployed architect: Ella, a beautiful blonde who isn’t really blonde and Fat Jack who isn’t really fat. All are haunted by the music of Buddy Bolden, a legendary New Orleans trumpet player who never recorded and nobody really knows what he sounded like.

Then Zelda arrives from another galaxy (or perhaps London), carrying the solution to the area’s problems: a regeneration scheme for North Tyneside! She’s delivering the Holy Grail, and knows it. And that is when the story really starts…..

This new play stars the popular star of the musical Billy Elliot and Waterloo Road, Tim Healy.

Would you like to win some tickets, courtesy of The Octagon Theatre? If so, send us the answer to the question below.

THE PRIZE:
We have one pair of tickets valid for Monday, 6th April, at 7.30pm at the Octagon. (Please make sure you are able to attend om this date before you enter, as we cannot offer you an alternative).

HOW TO WIN:
Simply answer this question: Which hit TV show set in Germany starred Tim Healy and Jimmy Nail?

Please email your full name and answer with the heading ‘Buddy’ Comp to glenn@whatsonstage.com by the closing date of Tuesday 31st March, 2009.

The winner will be notified by email on Wednesday, 1st April, 2009.

Terms and Conditions:
Please include your full name and answer within your email. Any entries without this information will not be drawn. Only one entry per household please (this includes email addresses) and please note that multiple entries will be deemed void. Also, please ensure that you are free to attend before entering, as we cannot offer you any alternative dates.

Check the website after the closing date to see if you have won. Please note travel is not provided.

Thanks and Good Luck!

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