Summer Holiday
The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton – 2005
Synopsis
Based on the film Summer Holiday Stage adaptation by Michael Gyngell and Mark Haddigan Orchestrations by Keith Strachan Directed by Peter Yates, screenplay by Ronald Cass and Peter Myers by special arrangement with StudioCanal
1963. The year Beatlemania was born, the Profumo affair scandalised Britain and preceded the resignation of Harold Macmillan, Ronnie Biggs, Buster Edwards and co. snatched £2.6m cash from the London to Glasgow mail train, the ‘Britain in Bloom’ campaign began, the US trounced ‘Great Britain’ 23-9 in the Ryder Cup …. and Cliff Richard and the Shadows took off on a joyous jaunt across Europe in a Routemaster bus in the film ‘Summer Holiday’. The film is now a feel-good stage musical in Michael Gyngell and Mark Haddigan’s adaptation, with Don and his fellow London Transport bus mechanics journeying through Paris, the Alps, Italy and then Greece, along the way picking up three young girls in a clapped-out Morris Minor and a young American pop star on the run from her domineering mother, and all to the strains of a hit-filled score featuring In the Country, Summer Holiday, I Could Easily Fall in Love with You, Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, The Young Ones and On the Beach. A real taste of Great British nostalgia to a score your audiences will already know and love!
Cast List
Don – Nigel Parkinson
Edwin – Ben Handley
Cyril – Daniel Summers
Steve – Leon Davies
Alma – Helen Watts
Mimsie – Rebecca Thorne
Angie – Rachel Horton
Barbara – Emma Davis
Stella – Eileen Woolley
Jerry – David Hill
Wilf – Michael Brown
Sandra – Chris Sandhu
Marjorie – Melanie Glazzard
Malcolm – Jonathon Dudley
Jean D’Arm – Adam Lacey
WPC – Claire Badger
Commander – Chris Ingley
Guard – Geoff Bird
Bride – Melanie Glazzard
Groom – Jeremy Taylor
Bridesmaids:
Claire Badger, Laura Canadine, Kimberley Fletcher, Sarah Moors, Jodie Richards, Louise Shriane, Lydia Stringer, Emily Summers, Sarah Watts
Customs Man – Chad Horton
Wrightmore – Michael Brown
Announcer – Michael Brown
The Company
Claire Badger
Dianne Bending
Paul Bickerton
Janet Bingham
Geoff Bird
Michael Brown
Zoe Bunn
Laura Canadine
Margeret Carter
Sheila Clift
Ben Cole
Beth Davies
Pam DeAbreu
Jonathon Dudley
Elizabeth Finney
Kimberley Fletcher
Melanie Glazzard
Julia Gough
Joan Harris
Linda Higgs
Jennie Hill
Chad Horton
Chris Ingley
Adam Lacey
Jacqueline Lacey
Kim Lavender
Robert Leek
Beccie Lees
Natalie McDonald
Sarah Moors
Gary Powell
Tracey Powell
Jodie Richards
Chris Sandhu
Cameron Sharp
Beckie Shillam
Louise Shriane
Kirsty Somers
Lydia Stringer
Emily Summers
Joe Summers
Jeremy Taylor
Brian Taylor
Kathryn Trigg
Joey Walter
Sarah Watts
Production Team
Director & Choreographer – Mike Capri
Musical Director – Tim Harding