Anything Goes, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2006
Cast: Michael Starke, Ria Jones, Barry Howard, Chris Ellis-Stanton, Angela Rippon, Ashley Lilley, James Paterson, Antony Reed, Dawn Spence, Nathan Dowling, Alan Bradshaw, Lewis Butler, Emma Francis, Jennifer Owen, Amy Rogers, Vikki Marie Ryan, George Smith, Liam Wrate, Jay Beattie, Holly Dale Spencer.
Music & lyrics: Cole Porter
Original book: PG Wodehouse & Guy Bolton, and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book: Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Director: Ian Talbot
I've never been sure whether I've seen this or not, maybe muddling it up with some other musical set on a liner. It was most recently a huge hit at the Barbican but I wouldn't go because I hate the theatre there but I did see it at the cinema and regretted missing it. This production included the twin attractions of Barry Howard from Hi-di-Hi, who I probably though was long dead, and Angela Rippon, currently on Strictly... .
There's a couple of pages in the programme about the life of Cole Porter which are identical to those in High Society which really has me thinking about how programmes, which I totally take for granted, are actually put together. I assumed, apparently naively, that they were put together for each production but it seems like they're a lot more cut & paste than that. I wonder if it's still a fun job to have though? There's no credit in the programme for who put it all together. Unsung heroes!
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