Spend Spend Spend!
Directed by Craig Revel Horwood
Musical Supervisor and arrangements by Sarah Travis
From the book by Viv Nicholson and Stephen Smith
Tue 12 – Sat 16 October 2010
Spend, Spend, Spend! tells the rags to riches to rags story of Viv Nicholson, a coal miner’s wife from Castleford, who won £152,319 on the pools in 1961, at that time the biggest sum ever won; the equivalent to £3 million today.
Directed by Strictly Come Dancing’s Craig Revel Horwood with musical arrangements by the Tony Award-winning Sarah Travis, the show features 12 highly versatile actor musicians who act, sing and dance whilst playing all the instruments live on stage.
Last year Spend, Spend Spend! won Best Musical at the Theatrical Management Association Awards year and Kirsty Hoiles, who plays Young Viv, won for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. The cast also includes Spike Milligan’s daughter Jane Milligan (mother), Greg Barnett (Keith), Jack Beale (Matt/Estate Agent), Rob Cousins (Show MD), Neil Ditt (Brucie/Bank Manager), TJ Holmes (Graham), Graham Kent (George), Karen Mann (Older Viv), Tara Nelson (Sue/Tart), Susannah Van Den Berg (Mrs Watermann/Florrie) and Tom Yeates (Policeman/Tax Inspector).
For The Watermill Theatre Craig Revel Horwood and Sarah Travis have both worked on
Martin Guerre, Hot Mikado, Copacabana and Sunset Boulevard, which transferred to the West End. Travis also won a Tony Award for Best Orchestration for Sweeney Todd in New York.
Posted on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 under Theatre Press