A Slice of Saturday Night

Liverpool Empire - 7th February 1999

                About The Show

“Niceties over, let’s set the scene. The time’s around 1964 – a year either side though it could be more. When the hems were high and the fringes low, and Saturday night meant the Club-a-Go-Go!

Though it all takes place in the club of Eric ‘Rubber-legs’ De Vene, it could be any from around that time. Though they may have had a different name, the kids you’d find inside were all the same. With the music loud and the lights down low, any club could have been the Club-a-Go-Go.

So we’d like to welcome you one and all to one of life’s great finishing schools. The breeding ground of the teenage dream; a microcosm of the teenage scene. Where the kids learnt all they had to know on a Saturday night, every Saturday night at the Club-a-Go-Go.”

This one-night-only, charity production of A Slice of Saturday Night was presented by Brilliant Productions, using cast members of the UK Tour of Les Miserables. It sold out well in advance – over 2,300 tickets – and raised over £30,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Cancer Research UK.

Eric ‘Rubber-legs’ De Vene - Peter Hepplethwaite

The Birds

Bridget - Poppy Tierney
Sharon - Bobbie Chatt
Sue - Rhiannon Howys
Penny/Shirl - Lucy Williamson

         

          The Blokes

Gary/Terry - Laurence Connor
Rick - Mark McGee
Eddie - Mark Hilton

The Geezers in the Band

Piano / MD - Peter McCarthy
Guitar - Andy Pinchin
Bass - Terry McCarthy
Drums - Ryan Forrest
Percussion/Harmonica - Paul Stroud

          Production Team

Producer
Bobbie Chatt
Director
Laurence Connor
Musical Director
Peter McCarthy
Choreography
Poppy Tierney and Bobbie Chatt
Assisted by Mark Hilton
Stage Management
Sara Holt
Lighting Design and Operation
Jon Coventry
Assisted by Humpf McDermott, Richard Bradshaw
Set
Paul Skeggs
Assisted by Gary Chapman
Sound
Matthew McCarthy, Ally Mitchell
Automation
Darren Kelly
Follow Spot Operators
Ged Wade, Anthony Dodd
Costumes
Hazel Williamson, Theatre Royal Northampton Resurrection Retro Clothing, Quiggins,
Randa Abuzaid
Wigs
Liz Hawley
Original Poster Design
Mark McGee, Richard White
Printed By Trojan Press, Fife
Production Photographs
Mark McGee, Chris Fower
Hair
Barbara Daley Hair and Beauty
Supported by
Cameron Mackintosh Limited
Sponsored by
The Liverpool City Partnership
BT and the
Mackintosh Foundation

          Act One

A Slice of Saturday Night - The Birds and Blokes
Club-a-Go-Go - Eric
Waiting - The Birds
Saturday Night Chat - The Company
Seventeen - Rick, Sharon and Eric
Don’t Touch Me - The Blokes
Don’t Touch Me (Reprise) - Bridget
Twiggy Sue
Cliff - Eric and Company
Love On Our Side - Terry and Shirl
What Do I Do Now? - Sharon and Rick
What Do You Do? - The Company
If You Wanna Have Fun - Eric and Company
The Long Walk Back - Rick
Romance/Wham Bam - The Birds and Blokes
The Boy of My Dreams - Bridget
It Wouldn’t Be Saturday Night - The Company

          Act Two

I Fancy You - Rick, Sharon
Sentimental Eyes - Sharon, Rick
Heartbreaker - Sue, Gary, Bridget, Sharon, Penny
Eric’s Gonna Keep Doing - Eric and the Blokes
Oh So Bad - Gary, Eddie
Please Don’t Tell Me - The Birds and Blokes
You’re Oh So - Sue, Gary, Bridget, Sharon, Penny
Lies - Eric and the Blokes
Baby I Love You - Gary, Sue, Birds and Blokes
P.E. - Gary
Who’d Be Seventeen? - Eric
Last Saturday Night - Rick, Sharon
A Slice of Saturday Night (Reprise) - The Company

Previews

Saturday Night Fever

The cast of Les Miserables are about to swap the slums of 19th Century France for the glam world of 1960s pop.

But the musical transformation is for one night only – and all for a good cause. Actors from the Empire Theatre’s triumphant production of Les Miserables are donning hipsters for a charity performance of the smash hit musical comedy A Slice of Saturday Night.

Based on the sounds of the swinging 60s, the West End version of the show starred Liverpool singer Sonia.

It follows the joys and sorrows of seven teenagers and a club bouncer. And there is a warning that the content is unsuitable for Under 15s.

Liverpool Echo

We thought that the show was absolutely brilliant. There was a great atmosphere in the theatre helped by the cast begin strongly supported by fellow Les Mis peeps and families. We thought everyone in the show did a wonderful job. Please pass on our congratulations to all concerned and especially congratulations to you in your first role as producer – a truly professional job!

An audience member from A Slice of Saturday Night