Details

A comedy musical set in 1947, the story concerns an upwardly mobile chiropodist and his wife. He and his wife are in immediate and austere post Britain.. The Second World War might been over by two years, but food rationing is still in place. Food rationing has made things worse than during the war itself. Within this hierarchy of a very small town, desperate times call for desperate measures. Particularly when it comes to trying to prepare a fine pork roast to celebrate the royal wedding. The chiropodist and his wife steal a pig in order to fatten her up for a banquet celebrating the impending wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. But the pig is not as co-operative as they want her to be. Inmates are rehearsed alongside professionals for 5 weeks and the results are surprising.

Cast/Performers

Freddie King, Ceili O'Connor, Emma Lindars, Michael Burgen, Bobo Jay, Beth Atkin

Creatives/Company

Book by(s): Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman
Music: George Stiles
Lyrics: Anthony Drewe
Director: Sasha Regan
Musical Director: Ashley Jacobs
Choreographer: Kasper Cornish
Design: Alex Doidge-Green
Costume: Bek Palmer
Lighting: Warren Lettin
Sound: Mike Thacker
Company: Grange Park Opera