Dusty - The Original Pop Diva

Dusty - The Original Pop Diva

Production Info Production Team Cast Orchestra Musical Numbers Synopsis
Production Information

Dusty - The Original Pop Diva

Music - Songs recorded by Dusty Springfield
Book - John-Michael Howson, David Mitchell and Melvyn Morrow

Date of Production7 - 22 May 2011
VenueANU Arts Centre
Production Team
Director 
Musical Director 
Choreographer 
Production Manager 
Stage Manager 
Lighting Designer 
Sound Designer 
Costume Designer 
Costume Assistant 
Set Design 
Set Construction 
Props Construction 
Props 
Stage Crew 
  
Photography 
Publicity 
Programme 
Poster 
Front Of House Manager 

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The Company
Dusty Springfield  
Rodney  
Peg  
Kay O'Brien  
Mary O'Brien  
Mr O'Brien  
Reno 

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Orchestra
To Be Advised 

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Musical Numbers
Act 1 Act 2
"I Only Want to Be with You" "On the Good Ship Lollipop"
"Goin' Back" "You've Got to S.M.I.L.E to be H.A. Double P. Y"
"My Old Man's a Dustman" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"
"Dusty Springfield" "The Windmills of Your Mind"
"Mama's Little Girl" "Son of a Preacher Man"
"Little by Little" "That's the Kind of Love I've Got For You"
"Sabre Dance" "Soft Core"
"Sugartime" "Son of a Preacher Man"
"Seven Little girls Sitting in the Back Seat" "My Colouring Book"
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "I Think it's Going to Rain Today"
"In the Middle of Nowhere" "Heart and Soul"
"Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)" "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
"Nothing Has Been Proved" "Goldfinger"
"Dancin' in the Street" "Puppet on a String"
"Wishin' and Hopin'" "Never, Never, Never"
"My Generation" "Downtown"
"The Look of Love" "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
"Stay Awhile" "Whatever Lola Wants (Lola gets)"
"Who Can I Turn To?" "All I See is You"
  "Goodbye"
  "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"

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Synopsis

In the 1950s a star-struck, plain and dumpy London schoolgirl imagines she could become a glamorous movie idol. Her parents tell her that her fantasies will never come true and not to dream the impossible dream. But nothing deters her. blessed with an amazing voice and talent, she ets out to become a singer and star. Soon, plain Mary O'Brien has transformed herself into the blonde pop icon, Dusty Springfield. But while Dussty, the gorgeous blonde star, is the image the world sees, it is an illusion behind which little Mary O'Brien still lives; the alter ego from which Dusty can never escape and who remains with her throughout her life.

In the 1960s Dusty Springfield takes the entertainment world by storm with a score of hits, a top TV show and a legion of fans. But the success she wanted is hollow and a real happiness eludes her. Driven by her sense of perfection, Dusty takes on the world even as she discovers a desperate need to be loved in a way that could cause her career to crash. At the pinnacle of international success, with triumphs in Britain and America, Dusty finds the pressure unbearable. Unable to be what other people expect, and finding the spotlight's heat can burn, she retreats from the world into a dark place.

Finding strength in adversity, Dusty returns to soar to the top. With the world applauding again, she has one more battle to fight.

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