Desperate to be Doris

Synopsis

By day Dean works as a filing clerk in his local VAT office, by night he is a tribute act and sings like Doris Day. Already a legend in his living room, Dean longs for a chance to share his Calamity Jane with the world. The opportunity comes when his local operatic society Out of My Range decide to stage the hit musical and Dean plucks up courage to audition.

Our Review:

23 June 2011

Standing astride stand up comedy and light entertainment, Maggie Fox and Sue Ryder, under the banner of Lip Service, have been entertaining a loyal following for over twenty five years. A new incarnation of the musical Desperate to be Doris, with a community choir (complete with daffodil headdress during the "Secret Love" number), does not disappoint.

This new production opens as the lovable lead Dean (Darren Southworth) begins his daily routine, aided by two Doris Day lookalikes (Ryder and Fox). He makes his was to the offices of The Pyjama Game where he works with his loveable, bonkers platonic work colleague Joy and a plethora of equally strange and silly characters all played by the Lip Service duo.

Soon, the new boss, Candida, causes trouble brandishing cuts and unpopular new products. As Dean dreams of being a cowboy and thinks a lot out loud, ‘too loud’ says Joy, he finds himself dragged to the Am Dram meetings of Out Of My Range. There, he&#...

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