How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Hampton Hill Theatre

20th-24th October 2015

Director – Nick Moorhead

Choreographer – Jennifer Moorhead

Production Manager – Lottie Walker & Juliet Manners

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a musical by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead’s 1952 book of the same name. The story concerns young, ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, who, with the help of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, rises from window washer to chairman of the board of the World Wide Wicket Company. This is an incredibly fun show with lots to do for everyone involved.

CAST

J. Pierrepont Finch (Ponty) – Jamie Chidzey

Rosemary Pilkington – Emma Knight

J.B. Biggley – Nigel Cole

Bud Frump – Darren Moss

Hedy la Rue – Helen Lowe

Miss Jones – Caroline Hayes

Bert Bratt – Andrew Yeates

Mr Twimble – Carl Smith

Milton Gatch – Guy Chaperlin

Miss Krumholtz – Ailie Donaldson

Mr Ovington – Jim Trimmer

Mr Wally Womper – Loz Keal

Ensemble – Mathew Madeley, Tom Cooper, Rob Kirtley, Masimbe Ushe, Helen Shore, Susannah Pink, Laura Crowley, Gemma Melhuish, Lucinda Jones, Chris Morris

CREW

Sound – Stuart Vaughan

Lighting – Ed Pagett

Stage Manager – Clare Watson

Costumes – Terrie Creswell

Props – Sian Walters

Set Designer – Wesley Henderson Roe