The full cast includes: Mark Arden as Fred, Ryan Molloy as Horace, Stefan Booth as Tosher, Christopher Ryan as Red Hot, Vivian Carter as Myrtle, Stevie Hutchinson as Ted/PC 2, John Olohan as Paddy, Gary Watson as Norman/PC 1 and Joanna Woodward as Margaret.
They join the previously announced Jessie Wallace (EastEnders) as Lil, Gary Kemp (The Krays/ The Bodyguard/Spandau Ballet) as PC Collins, Sarah Middleton as Rosie, Ruth Alfie Adams as Brenda, Will Barton as Percy and Suzie Chard as Betty.
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Coinciding with Joan Littlewood’s Centenary, and alongside the new production of Oh What a Lovely War, Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be is returning to Theatre Royal Stratford East in a new version by Olivier-nominated Elliot Davis (Loserville, Soho Cinders).
The show will be directed by the multi award-winning Terry Johnson (Oh What A Lovely War, Duck House, La Cage Aux Folles, End of the Rainbow, Little Voice), with Adam Lenson as associate director, set and costume design by William Dudley, lighting design by Ben Ormerod, sound design by Gareth Owen and choreography by Nathan M Wright.
The production opens on Tuesday 20th May (previews from 8th May) and runs until 8th June 2014.
The show was initially developed in 1959 by Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop Company at Theatre Royal Stratford East, before transferring to the West End’s Garrick Theatre where it ran for 886 performances and won an Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. The show launched the career of Barbara Windsor and provided the name for popular hit song by Max Bygraves.
Kerry Michael, Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East said: “It’s great to have Terry Johnson back with us after the wonderful success of Oh What A Lovely War. He has pulled together a superb pool of talent and we look forward to celebrating Joan Littlewood’s 100th birthday year, with the revival of this populist classic.”
Set at the end of the 1950s, preceding the birth of rock and roll and the Beatles, Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’be is a witty and warm-hearted musical set within an East End underworld of gamblers, spivs, prostitutes and Teddy boys. Written by ex-con Frank Norman, the show tells the tale of Fred, a loveable rogue, who comes out of prison to find he is not quite the king of the manor he once was.
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