Gay's The Word
by Ivor Novello
by Ivor Novello
A backstage musical comedy by Ivor Novello, centered on stage star Gay Daventry who opens a drama school and discovers that vitality is the key to reclaiming her spotlight amidst various misadventures.
About The Play
About The Play
THE ENTIRE RUN IS NOW COMPLETELY SOLD OUT
INCLUDING THE TWO EXTRA PERFORMANCES ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND on
Monday, 13 February 2012 at 3.00pm
Monday, 20 February 2012 at 3.00pm
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Part of the Finborough Theatre’s CELEBRATING BRITISH MUSIC THEATRE series
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The Finborough Theatre’s acclaimed ‘Celebrating British Music Theatre’ series follows its recent sell-out success of Ivor Novello’s ‘musical romance’ Perchance to Dream with the first-ever revival of Ivor Novello’s last and wittiest musical.
Ivor Novello affectionately sends up his own Ruritanian extravagances in this irrestistible backstage musical comedy. Stage star Gay Daventry, bankrupted from the flop of her latest operetta, opens a drama school and finds – after various misadventures – that the one quality needed to get her back in the spotlight is, to name the show’s hit song, Vitality! Other numbers include If Only He’d Looked My Way (subsequently recorded by Frank Sinatra), Bees Are Buzzin’ and the enchanting On Such A Night As This, all combining Novello’s melodic talent with Alan Melville’s sharp wit.
West End favourite Sophie-Louise Dann stars in the title role of Gay, fresh from her critical sensation in last year’s Lend Me a Tenor. Her co-star is Helena Blackman, one of the UK’s fastest-rising musical performers. The extraordinary 19-strong cast features Tony Award winner Elizabeth Seal, whose career began in the chorus of the original production, as well as RSC and West End stars Frank Barrie, Valerie Cutko, Doreen Hermitage, Eileen Page and Myra Sands.
Presented by special permission of Samuel French ltd on behalf of the Ivor Novello Trustees