A Musical Farce for your mature cast described as " a rare combination of wonderful new music, belly ache humour and farce."
Celebrity Sanctuary is a clinic that offers relaxation for A Listers. It has however, fallen on hard times. When the owner, receives a call from “
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Cast
| Principals (4m, 10f) | |
| Valerie - 50-60, the owner and manager of Celebrity Sanctuary Pat - 30-50, Valerie’s loyal retainer, optimistic, resourceful and practical, unsophisticated Melanie - 40+, a patient at the Sanctuary, D-list celebrity with pretensions of being A-list (**) Angela - 40-55, a patient at the Sanctuary, an ageing nymphomaniac (==) Mrs Hewitt - 30+ the Manager of Sunny Seniors Old People Home, likes discipline, a control freak Iris - 60+, pretends to be ga-ga, in reality is a clever jewel thief, the home is a cover for fencing Joan - 60+, reasonably compos mentis, friendly, helpful, a bit chaotic, has bladder problems Joanna - 60+ , also compos mentis, efficient, a natural leader, becomes the old folks spokesperson Josephine - 60+, another reasonably compos mentis person, slightly cynical and subversive Jenny - 20-30, estranged daughter of Valerie, wants to secretly meet before revealing herself Reporter - 20+ (male), incompetent but thinks otherwise (**) John - 20-40, Jenny’s jealous fiancée (==) Mario -25-40, a gigolo, Angela’s latest paramour (==) Photographer - 20-40, would much prefer to be a fashion photographer |
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| Notes : | |
| (==) the person playing this role must be comfortable to appear on stage dressed only in a towel | |
| (**) the person playing this role must be comfortable to appear on stage apparently naked behind a towel | |
| Support (5m, 3f) All are speaking roles only | |
| Betty - 60+, once a servant in stately homes, is mistaken for an ageing courtesan Ellen McDonald - 60+, somewhat confused, thinks she is ‘Victoria’, cooks with inappropriate ingredients Mrs Cousins - 92, an ‘inmate’ at Sunny Seniors Joe - 60+, an ‘inmate’ at Sunny Seniors, somewhat lascivious Gerry Jackal - male, 25+ (but should be ten years younger than Melanie), a jewel thief The Workman - male, 25+ Adrian Cousins - 55-65, Mrs Cousins son, desperate to be associated with celebrities Policeman - male, 30+ |
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| Chorus of Old Folk, Police, etc. | |
Instrumentation / Rentals
Piano, Keys, Drums and MD. Now also available with CD backing track.
Production Costs
14% of Box Office.