Radio Times

The Boy Firend

The Queens Theatre London

 

1992 (Opening night -15th October)

 

MUSIC BY

Noel Gay

 

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director – David Gilmore

THE CAST

Tony Slattery – Sammy

Ian Bartholomew – Wilfred Davies

Kathryn Evans – Olive James

Jeff Shankley – Gary Strong

Peter Rutherford – Heathcliffe Bultitude

Harriet Benson – Amy Chapman

James Buller – Jeeps

Helen Anker – The Grosvenors

Linda Mae Brewer – The Grosvenors

Kathy Norcross – The Grosvenors

Tamzin Outhwaite – The Grosvenors

Martin Eyre – The Grosvenors

Ben Richards – The Grosvenors

Beth Robson – Swing

Philip Snowdon – Swing

Michael French – Understudy for Sammy and Gary

Nigel Nobes – Understudy for Wilf and Bultitude

MUSICAL NUMBERS

Act 1

Turn on the Music (Wilf, Amy, Jeeps and The Grosvenors)
La Di Da Di Da (Sammy and Company)
You’ve Done Something To My Heart (Jeeps)
Hey, Little Hen (Wilf and The Grosvenors)
Laughing At the Rain (Wilf)
Just One More (Olive and Gary)
I Took My Harp To a Pary (Bultitude)
Hello To the Sun (Wilf,Olive,Amy,Bultitude,Sammy and The Grosvenors)
Let the People Sing (Sammy,Wilf,Olive,Amy,Bultitude and The Grosvenors)
Melody Maker Man ( Gary and The Grosvenors)
Who’s Been Polishing the Sun (Sammy and Company)

Act 2

Someone Else (Olive)
Military Medley (Olive,Amy and The Grosevenors)
Oh, Buddy, I’m In Love (Gary)
Ali Baba’s Camel (Sammy,Wilf,Amy,Olive and The Grosvenors)
Run, Rabbit, Run (The Grosvenors)
All For the Love of a Lady (Olive Bultitude and The Grosvenors)
I’m Sending My Blessings (Amy)
A Song of Tomorrow (The Company)
My Thanks To You (Sammy)
A Song of Tomorrow – Reprise (Full Company)

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  • SYNOPSIS

    Set in London’s Criterion Theatre in the Spring of 1941, Radio Times traces the struggles of the cast of Variety Bandwagon, a light entertainment show, broadcasting for the first time live to America.