The Life

T873713331
Queen, a young girl from Savannah, and Fleetwood, a Vietnam vet with a drug habit, are trying to make it in a merciless New York. Queen is forced into part-time prostitution and ?The Life' describes how these two lovers move through this dark world until Queen is helped by her one true friend, an older more experienced hooker, Sonja, to make her escape. On this journey, we meet Memphis, the all-powerful king pimp, the girls he controls, Jojo, the hustler, who makes it all happen, and the fresh-faced Mary, straight off the bus from small town Minnesota, only too eager to embrace 'The Life'.

Music	Cy Coleman
Lyrics	Ira Gasman
Book by	David Newman
Book by	Ira Gasman
Book by	Cy Coleman

Archive :: production:T873713331, musical:S826022586, venue:V226

Production details

UK Premiere

Performance

Venue	Southwark Playhouse Borough
	Other spaces: The Large, The Little
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	25th March 2017
Opened	29th March 2017
To	29th April 2017
When	Mon-Sat 19:30. Tue, Sat Mats 15:00
What is currently on at Southwark Playhouse Borough (V226)

Reviews

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Company

Producer	Amy Anzel
Producer	Matt Chisling
Director	Michael Blakemore
Design	Justin Naardella
Costume	Justin Nardella
Choreographer	Tom Jackson Greaves
Design	Nina Dunn (video)
Lighting	David Howe
Musical Director	Tamara Saringer
Director	Anne Vosser (casting director)
Performer	Sharon D. Clarke (Sonja)
Performer	Cornell S. John (Memphis)
Performer	John Addison
Performer	David Albury
Performer	Jalisa Andrews
Performer	Matthew Caputo
Performer	Lawrence Carmichael
Performer	Omari Douglas
Performer	Aisha Jawando
Performer	Thomas-Lee Kidd
Performer	Charlotte Reavey
Performer	Jo Servi
Performer	Lucinda Shaw
Performer	Johnathan Tweedie
Performer	T'Shan Williams
Performer	Joanna Woodward

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