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Gay's The Word
The first professional revival of Ivor Novello’s witty 1951 musical starring Sheila White and Helena Blackman.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
Gay's The Word
Finborough Theatre, Finborough Arms, LondonGay’s The Word is the first professional revival of Ivor Novello’s witty 1951 musical in which Dame Cicely Courtneidge originally created a sensation.
Ivor Novello sends up his own Ruritanian extravagances in this irrestistible backstage musical comedy, which tells the story of stage star Gay Daventry who opens a drama school after being bankrupted by the flop of her latest operetta. After various misadventures, she finds that the one quality needed to get her back in the spotlight is to name the show's hit song Vitality.
Directed and choreographed by Stewart Nicholls, Gay’s The Word returns with a cast that includes Sheila White and Helena Blackman.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Sheila White, Helena Blackman, Doreen Hermitage, Ryan Hurst, Eileen Page, Myra Sands, Elizabeth Seal & Paul Slack
adapted by: Samuel French Ltd on behalf of the Ivor Novello Trustees
director: Stewart Nicholls
music by: Ivor Novello
lyrics by: Alan Melville
book By: Ivor Novello
producer: Evergreen Theatrical Productions Ltd in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre
designer: Samal Blak
choreographer: Stewart Nicholls
Ticket Prices:
£18 (concs £15)
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Musical
- Sub-Genre: Musical-Comedy
- Show Times: Sun, Mon 19:30
- opening night:
- Box Office:
0844 847 1652
Venue InformationHIDE
Finborough Theatre
Finborough Arms, 118 Finborough Road, London, United Kingdom, SW10 9ED
- Nearest tube: Earl's Court
- Nearest bus: 31, C3
- Parking: Earl's Court
- Air conditioned: 0
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Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: BO: 020 7373 3842 E: admin@finboroughtheatre.co.uk
- Limited mobility: There are 23 steps to the theatre with a handrail on the left-hand side. Staff will assist.
- Access description: Not fully accessible. Up flight of stairs
- Guide dogs policy: Yes
- Wheelchairs: Yes
- Disabled toilets: Yes.
- Bars: Above public house. There is full access to the main bar .