End of the Rainbow
From: Monday, 15th November 2010
To: Saturday, 21 May 2011
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Synopsis
December 1968 and Judy Garland is about to make her comeback...again. In a London hotel room with her young new fiancé at her side, Garland battles with a tornado of drugs and alcohol as she undertakes an exhausting series of concerts at the Talk of the Town to try and reclaim her crown as the greatest talent of her generation. Despite a series of failed marriages and a wrecked Hollywood career, Judy remains a tough, compelling, remarkable woman always armed to the teeth with her legendary razor-sharp wit.
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23 November 2010
A star is well and truly reborn at Trafalgar Studios where Tracie Bennett brings to vivid last-gasp-of-life Judy Garland in Peter Quilter’s new comedy-drama End of the Rainbow. Set in the months before she died in Chelsea of an accidental overdose at the age of 47, Judy has arrived in London for another comeback attempt via a five-week season at the Talk of the Town, with her young husband-to-be and newly appointed manager Mickey Deans (Stephen Hagan) and reverent gay pianist Anthony (Hilton McRae) in tow.
Over the days of the play, high hopes turn to high drama as Judy’s personal demons rear their ugly heads, she becomes paralysed by stage fright and incapable of functioning without her “grown-up candy”, a potent mix of liquor and pills. And the two men currently in her life, of the many who “tend not to stay around ... they go when I’m not looking”, tussle for dominance, one offering a chance of escape, the ...
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saffy - 30 October 2011:
Funny, sad, poinent. I was moved to tears. Saw this performance in Aberdeen. Had to travel 250 mile round trip to see this show. It was amazing and well worth it. Just wish it was nearer central belt. Would recommend this to anyone. Met someone there who had went to see show twice because she was so impressed by it. The show brought you back to a bygone era. Judy had a remarkable talent but behind the facade was a delicate and vulnerable person who lived life on the brink. Tracie acting was amazing and superceded my expectations. I brought my son (14 years old) reluctantly along to the show but he thought it was first class too. ...
Cast
Tracie Bennett (Judy Garland)
Hilton McRae (Anthony))
Stephen Hagan (Mickey Deanes)
Robin Browne (Radio Interviewer/Porter/Stage Manager)
Creative
Peter Quilter (Author)
Royal and Derngate (Producer)
Terry Johnson (Director)
William Dudley (Design)
Gareth Owen (Sound)
Simon Corder (Lighting)
Gareth Valentine (Musical Director)
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