Director: Deb McDowell
Musical Director: Janet Simpson
Choreographer: Jennifer Moorhead
Production Manager: Sarah Perkins



High Society is a musical based on the film of the same name which starred Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. This in turn was based on the Phillip Barry play ‘The Philadelphia Story’ the film of which stars Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart. The show features a score by Cole Porter and uses songs he wrote specifically for the production, along with a number of songs from his back catalogue. The story focuses on a wedding between a Long Island socialite and a pretentious executive that is thrown into disarray when her ex-husband arrives back on the scene. The year is 1938 and the era gives us an excuse to brighten up autumnal October with some lovely late deco glamour as we take a voyeuristic peak into the lives of the rich and glamorous inhabitants of Newport, Rhode Island.
Technical Manager – Ed Pagett
Lighting Design – Ed Pagett
Set Design – Alan Emsden
Sound Design – Stuart Vaughan
Costume – Mags Wrightson
Costume Design – Suzy Deal
Marketing Manager – Tracy Sorgiovanni
Tracy Lord – Heather Stockwell
CK Dexter Haven – Nick Moorhead
Liz Imbrie – Bex Wood
Mike Connor – Jacob Botha
Mrs Lord – Rachel Williams
Uncle Willie – Carl Smith
George Kittredge – Jason Thomas
Dinah Lord – Rebecca Nardin and Alice Bonney
Seth Lord – Martin Wilcox
Young Dexter – Evan Huntley-Robertson
Young Tracy – Nancy Robinson and Lilah Rose Jones
Servant Chorus – Chris Nash, Arran Southern, John Paul Sutherland, Mathew Madeley, Aggie Holland, Karem Swift, Georgina Skinner, Louise Ellard-Turnbull
Dancers – Lucy Hennessey, Juliet Manners, Faye Brann, Laura Crowley, Kat Field, Gemma Melhuish
Ensemble – Darren Moss, Paul Nicholas Dyke, Greg Smith