Guys and Dolls
Minack Theatre
30th May-3rd June 2011
Director – Loz Keal
Musical Director – Martin Wilcox
Executive Choreographer – Melanie Edwards
Choreographer – Gita Singham, Diego Avila
Production Manager – Lottie Walker
Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown” and “Blood Pressure”, two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably “Pick the Winner.” Premiering on Broadway in 1950, it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical, and has had several Broadway revivals as well as West End productions.
CAST
Sky Masterson – Chris Alaru
Benny Southstreet – Chris Morris
Nathan Detroit – Steve Green
Nicely Nicely Johnson – Carl Smith
Miss Adelaide – Kerry Magee
Sarah – Rhian Roberts
Lieutenant Brannigan – Nigel Cole
Hot Box Dancer – Louise Vinter
Mission Band – Lizzie Brignall, Janet Simpson
Rusty Charlie – Ian Nethersell
Harry the Horse – Berni Messenger
Big Jule – Charles Halford
General Cartwright – Caroline Hayes
Arvide – Stuart Turnbull
Ensemble – Sarah Perkins, Candice McLean, Chris Price, Colin Smith, Deb McDowell, Gemma Melhuish, Heather Bate, Helen Donald, Helen Shore, Jen Wettone, Jenny Corbin, Juliet Manners, Karen Swift, Lesley Wright, Lizzie Holmes, Lucy Hennessy, Marc Evans, Mike Bradbury, Nicky Burgess, Roberta Garcka, Rowena Farrington, Sian Walters, Tim Parish, Tracy Sorgiovanni, Veronica Maidment
CREW
Assistant Director – Edz Barrett
Production, Set Design & Build – Wesley Henderson Roe
Costume – Wendy Godwin
Scenery Design – Jill Wilson
Scenery Construction – Chris Pike
Stage Manager – Drew Barnes
Sound Design & Operation – Stuart Vaughan
Lighting Design – Rob Arundel
Hair, Wigs & Make-Up Design – Louise Turnbull