Performance

VenueLeeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Other spaces: Courtyard, Quarry, Bramall Rock Void
TownLeeds
CountyWest Yorkshire
From26th May 1998
To27th June 1998
What is currently on at Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse) (V977)

Spend, Spend, Spend

T01861373137
Scraping by on seven quid a week with her husband and three kids in a tiny terraced house in Castleford, Yorkshire, Viv Nicholson's life was as near rock bottom as it could get. Until that day in 1961 when Viv borrowed £5 from her Mam to play the Pools and she was catapulted from obscurity to fame with the biggest win ever - £152,319 (£5 million today). And that was it, Viv and Keith's lives changed overnight and Viv declared to the world she was going to spend, spend, spend. 'Booze, big cars, big spending, big headlines' and a succession of husbands soon led to bankruptcy. From rags to riches and back to rags again, a gritty and poignant musical about the extraordinary story of a brash and naïve, northern lass
Music Steve Brown
Book by Steve Brown
Lyrics Steve Brown
Book by Justin Green
Lyrics Justin Green (from the book by Viv Nicholson and Stephen Smith)


Archive :: production:T01861373137, musical:S1707, venue:V977

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Company

Director Justin Green
Design Niki Turner
Lighting Robert Bryan
Sound Mic Pool
Performer Rosemary Ashe
Performer Sophie Louise Dann
Performer Jonathan D Ellis
Performer Michelle Fine
Performer Melissa Jacques
Performer Andrew Kennedy
Performer Neil McCaul
Performer Nigel Richards
Performer Paul Thornley
Performer Sara Williams
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