Dreamboats and Petticoats
From: Wednesday, 22nd July 2009
To: Saturday, 31 October 2009
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Synopsis
In 1961 emotions run high as talented young musicians Norman and Bobby compete to win the hearts of their adoring female fans - and more importantly, the gorgeous Laura. But when Laura shows that she’s no slouch with the guitar, rock ‘n’ roll fame beckons. Featuring songs from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry and many more.
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Michael Coveney - 28 July 2009
The title song is one of several in this compilation nostalgia blast, mechanically devised around a couple of crowd-pleasing, chart-topping record albums, that will be unfamiliar even to most pop fans and bobby-soxers, but there are plenty more that make you feel at home.
And “home” in this case is Essex, where the crushes and “pashes” of Bobby and Laura (she’s, of course, “Bobby’s Girl”), Norman and Sue (that’s “Runaround Sue” who’s free on Saturday night but half a crown the rest of the week), are further exacerbated on a youth club outing to Southend.
There, on the carousels and dodgems, in a fantasy world of coloured lights, hair quiffs and flared polka dot dresses, we are also treated to the wholesale plunder of the back catalogues of Phil Spector, Roy Orbison, Chubby Checker, Neil Sedaka and Herb Alpert: the toughest job on Dreamboats and Petticoats must have been clearing the copyrights on the song titles.
Bob Tomson’s energetic productio...
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Naomi - 18 June 2012:
Fantastic show. We went to London twice to see this show again. A guarandeed Rockin' evening!...
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Laurence Marks (Book)
Maurice Gran (Book)
Bill Kenwright (Producer)
Laurie Mansfield (Producer)
Bob Tomson (Director)
Keith Strachan (musical supervision) (Music)
Carole Todd (Choreographer)
Sean Cavanagh (Design)
Mark Howett (Lighting)
Ben Harrison (Sound)
Brian Berg (executive producer) (Producer)
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