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This volume brings together two gloriously bittersweet plays from the award-winning author of Beautiful Thing and Babies.
Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club
At 15 Rupert Street, Dean is in love with Marti who is in love with Shaun who is in love with Juliet who is in Barbados. Meanwhile, George is in love with Malcolm who has left and Clarine just loves Jesus and Zoe Wanamaker. Welcome to the Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club.
Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club was first produced by English Touring Theatre and Contact Theatre Company. It opened at the Contact Theatre, Manchester, on 27 September 1995 prior to a run at the Donmar Warehouse, London, with the following cast:
Shaun: Scot Williams
Marti: Tom Higgins
George: Lorraine Brunning
Clarine: Elizabeth Berrington
Dean: James Bowers
Directed by John Burgess
Designed by Jackie Brooks
Lighting by Gerry Jenkinson
Boom Bang-A-Bang
Kentish Town. Eurovision night, 1995. It's Lee's first Eurovision party without Michael, joined instead by a small but far from select gathering of friends. As the atmosphere heats up, recriminations and revelations fly, and there will be blood, sweat and tears before the voting of the Belgian jury.
Boom Bang-A-Bang was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, on 19 July 1995, with the following cast:
Lee: Chris Hargreaves
Wendy: Jane Hazlegrove
Steph: Gary Love
Roy: Francis Lee
Tania: Elaine Lordan
Nick: Karl Draper
Norman: Rob Jarvis
Directed by Kathy Burke
Designed by Robin Don
Lighting by Paul Russell
Sound by Paul Bull
Costumes by Becky Hewitt
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