Pastiche performed Dorothy Reynold and Julian Slade’s Salad Days at the Compass Theatre in 1998.
The story focusses on Jane and Timothy, a recently married couple who are paid £7 a week by a tramp to look after his mobile piano. They soon discover that when the piano plays, everyone within earshot soon has the irresistible urge to dance.
Despite attempts to ban the piano from playing, the piano disappears and it does down to Uncle Zed to retrieve the piano in his flying saucer. The piano is found and then passed on to another couple to look after.
The score features songs including We Said We Wouldn’t Look Back, I Sit In The Sun and We Don’t Understand Our Children. The production raised £500 which was donated to Imperial Cancer Research (which became Cancer Research UK in 2002).
The Tramp
Max Harkness
Jane
Ceren Roberts
Timothy
Neil Pulman
Tim's Mother
Jean George
Aunt Prue
Gloria Webb
Tim's Father
Ron Webb
Lady Raeburn
Carol Williams
Heloise
Jean George
Assistant
Vanda Simmonds
Manicurist
Pam McGowan
PC Boot
Les Kenny
Rowena
Roma Ridley
Bishop
Paul Lancaster
Troppo
Claire Ridley
Fosdyke
Paul Lancaster
Uncle Clam
Rick Williams
Inspector
Paul Andrews
Nigel
Michael George
Fiona
Vanda Simmonds
Tom Smith
Ron Webb
Slave
Les Kenny
The Manager
Paul Lancaster
Arms Dancers
Neil Pulman and Helen Parcel
Augustine
Rick Williams
Asphynxia
Pam McGowan
Ambrose
Paul Lancaster
Marguerite
Khris Simmonds
Anthea
Helen Parcel
Electrode
Ron Webb
Uncle Zed
Les McGowan
Book and Lyrics
Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade
Music
Julian Slade
Director
Jean Hobson
Musical Director
Derek Holland
Stage Manager
Rod George
Box Office
Joyce Harkness
Pianists
Jamie Blethyn and Marjorie Darkins
Choreography
Roma Ridley and Vanda Simmonds
Prompt
Maggie Warren
Scenery
Gwynne Evans
Front of House
Alan Hobson
Costumes
'The Wardrobe Mistress'
Act One
Act Two
Opening
Cleopatra
The Things That Are Done By A Don
Sand In My Eyes
We Said We Wouldn't Look Back
It's Easy To Sing
Find Yourself Something To Do
We're Looking For A Piano
I Sit In The Sun
The Time Of My Life
Oh, Look At Me!
The Saucer Song
Hush Hush
We Don't Understand Our Children
Oh, Look At Me! (Reprise)
Oh, Look At Me! (Reprise)
Out of Breath
We Said We Wouldn't Look Back (Reprise)
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