Not Suitable for Minehead: FALLEN ANGELS

Using every musical cliche in the book; FALLEN ANGELS was a pastiche about gamblers, sailors, hookers and the "Sally Army", set in San Francisco in the 1930's. Right up until the point of going to press, the company we had formed had no name. Well at that time, it wasn't really a company. There were no plans to follow it up with a second show. We had no money, no budget, but had discovered that if we produced the thing under the banner of the Queen's Silver Jubilee we could get free rehearsal and performance space at West Somerset Community College. Of course, any profit went to the Jubilee Fund. Typical Queen; greedy bitch. Eventually, we had to have a name to stick on the posters and being Watchet based THE WATERFRONT THEATRE COMPANY cropped up from somewhere'

Cheap at half the price, even in 1977

Cast

Ben Reilly – Paul Mills

Peking Polly – Eileen Murphy

Brooklyn Betty – Sue Bailey

Ronnee Wilde – Joan Passmore

Louis Clarke – Fred Owen

Berlin Bertha – Jean Donnan

Daniel Benton – John Fisher

Judy Kelly – Gina May

Gloria – Kim Ambrose

Max – Patrick Daley

Daisy Spooner – Denise Ambrose

Waiter – Richard Borthwick

Marge Heatherton – Janie Cook

Frank Capella – John Lowen

Patrons of The Cockatoo & Employees of J.J. Frazer

Joy Elgood, Sue Harris, Jenny Keyes, Liz King, Stuart Lowen, Malcolm McNeill, Jane Milton, Clive Richoux, Diane Stevens, Elaine Stevens

Lighting – Jim Almond & Simon Brown

Musical Director – Steve Borthwick

Director – Paul Mills & Fred Owen

Band

Steve Borthwick – Guitar

Nick Harrison – Drums

Dave Preston – Bass

Rob Pemberton – Sax & Flute

Musical Numbers

HELLO SAILOR

WHO IS HE

HONG KONG

WHAT’S A NICE GUY LIKE ME DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS

DON’T CRY BABY

IF I COULD ONLY BE SOMEBODY ELSE

PART TIME LOVE

LOW BROW

ALONG THE WATERFRONT

DON’T TALK TO ME OF LOVE

BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

FALLEN ANGELS

THE BEAT OF THE BIG TAMBOURINE

SIMPLE ACCIDENT OF BIRTH

TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE

YOUNG AGAIN

LOOKING LIKE THAT

SLOW DANCING

IF WE LOVED ENOUGH

CARNIVAL TIME

Joan Passmore & Paul Mills

Fred Owen & Gina May

Denise Ambrose & John Fisher

Geek!

Malcolm McNeill & Kim Ambrose
Mac was supposed to have had a lead role until told us he could't make
the last night, due to the cup final.

The Ladies of The Cockatoo
Jean Donnan, Jenny Keyes, Sue Harris, Sue Bailey
Diane Stevens & Janie Cook

Me, all dressed up with nowhere to go.

Kim Ambrose & Pat Daley stepping in
for Mac due to football.

Paul & Joan wondering where my chin has gone.

Ensemble

Much to everyone's surprise, the show was successful and in the days when the local press actually sent out their own reporters, we got a decent crit from Peter Hesp on The West Somerset Free Press and Bob Barron on The County Gazette.

West Somerset Free Press

County Gazette

So people decided they wanted to continue and so to raise some much needed funds we took the show in revue form on the road and into the wilds of Sampford Brett and Roadwater.