Title: Budgie
Date: October 1988
Type: Musical
Location: Cambridge Theatre, London, England
Music: Mort Shuman
Lyrics: Don Black
Book: Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall
Production: Original West End Production
Collection Folder: Folder 17

Cast

Laughing Spam Fritter, Charlie’s minder: Gareth Marks
Wossname, a barker: Julian Littman
Budgie Bird: Adam Faith
Fifi, a Soho Stripper: Alexandra Worrall
Lulu, a Soho Stripper: Caroline O’Connor
Helga, a Soho Stripper: Catherine Terry
Hazel, Budgie’s Girlfriend: Anita Dobson
Leo King, a Soho turf accountant: John Blythe
Jean, Budgie’s estranged wife: Susan Denaker
Detective-Inspector Bryant, a bendable copper: Terence Bayler
Detective-Constable Leadbetter, an upright one: Nigel Leach
Charlie Endell, a Soho entrepreneur: John Turner
Inga, a stripper on maternity leave: Jackie Downey
Maurice Kahn, a villain: Roger Monk
Luigi, a Sicilian waiter: Bruce Graham
Rinaldo, a Sicilian waiter: Richard Calkin
Giuseppe, a Sicilian waiter: Philip Cox
Chef: Peter Johnston
Connie, a barfly: Barbara Young
Nurse: Pamela Scott
Mrs Endell: Gail Rolfe
Mrs King, Leo’s wife: Debra Robinson
A Tart: Michelle Hodgson
Passerby: Paul Easom
Tarts, Punters, Dossers, Policemen, Tourists, etc.: Members of the Company

Swings: Fiona Baker, Ray Mangion

Understudy Budgie: Julian Littman
Understudy Hazel: Caroline O’Connor
Understudy Inga: Michelle Hodgson
Understudy Jean: Gail Rolfe
Understudy D-C Leadbetter/Laughing Spam Fritter: Richard Calkin
Understudy Wossname: Roger Monk
Understudy Connie: Pamela Scott
Understudy Fifi/Lulu/Helga: Michelle Hodgson, Debra Robinson
Understudy Luigi: Peter Johnston

Orchestra

Violins:
Marta Eitler (Leader)
Brian Underwood

Violin/Viola:
Ursula Stedman

Cello:
John Hursey

Trumpet/Flugel:
Graham Russell
Ian Wood

Trombone:
Steve Wilkes

Flute/Soprano Sax/Tenor Sax:
Glen Martin

Clarinet/Alto Sax/Baritone Sax:
George Watts

Bass Guitar:
Alyn Ross

Drums:
Bob Emmines

Percussion:
Ian Chopping

Keyboards:
Robert Purvis

Crew

For Budgie

Producers: Laurence Myers & Don Black for Summit Productions Ltd., in association with Weitzenhoffer Productions Ltd.
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Designer: Saul Radomsky
Musical Staging: Anthony van Laast
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Sound: Julian Beech
Orchestrations: Ian Hughes
P.A. to the Director: Sandra Willis
P.A. to Adam Faith: Jo Bowlby
P.A. to Anita Dobson: Valerie Dew

Musical Director & Vocal Arranger: Paul Maguire
Dance Music Arranger: Robert Purvis
Assistant Musical Director: Robert Purvis

General Management: Andrew Treagus Associates Ltd.
Press Representative: Peter Thompson Associates
Production Management: Rodger Neate Production Management
Assistant to Rodger Neate: Chris de Wilde

Assistant Designer: Camilla Ashforth
Costume Supervisor: Sue Willmington
Wig Supervisor: Pam Foster
Props Buyer: Jane Slattery
Casting Director: Leonie Cosman
Production Carpenter: Robert Knight
Production Electrician: Michael Odam
Production Sound Engineer: Duncan Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Mark Warman

Production Supervisor: Tony Edge
Assistant Choreographer: Suzanne Hywel
Company Manager: Carol Spraggs
Stage Manager: David Curl
Deputy Stage Manager: Shirley Ann Bell
Assistant Stage Managers: Lucy Bestwick, Steven Dexter, Terence Eldridge
Sound Operator No. 1: Jane Milligan
Sound Operator No. 2: Jane Bloomfield
Wardrobe Mistress: Rosemary Mason
Deputy Wardrobe Mistress: Jane Barber
Wig Mistress: Sue Strother

For Summit Productions Ltd.

Directors: Laurence Myers, Don Black
Production Assistants: Catherine Philip, Lisa Harmer
Production Secretary: Rebecca Stanwix
Accountant: Pradip Bhattacharya
Promotional Services: Madeline Church, Phil Engelheart

For Andrew Treagus Associates Ltd.

Associate General Manager: Alistair Smith
General Administrator: Helen Nicholson
Production Administrators: Clare Lindsay, John Rae-Smith
Production Assistants: Marie Curtin, Toni Racklin
Book Keeper: T.G. Smith

For Stoll Moss Theatre Ltd.

Executive Directors: Reica Benjamin, Roger Filer, Ian Gray, Cyril Griffiths
Theatre General Manager: John Avery
Assistants to the Technical Director: John Ager, Julian Rees
Advertising Manager: Brenda Thomas
Catering Supervisor: Simon Smith

For the Cambridge Theatre

Manager: Ken Rowcliffe
Assistant Manager: Christopher Toole
Master Carpenter: Robert McArthur
Chief Electrician: Graham Hampson
Box Office Manager: Derek Bessey

Programme Published By: Theatreprint

Notes

Production ran 18th October 1988-21st January 1989

Programme has been arranged, printed and bound in a messy fashion, meaning the majority of the pages have their tops cut off. Not much information is cut off, it’s just ugly