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Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 9w, 3m
Sam Kenyon
Anti-establishment, visionary, rude and glorious, Joan Littlewood fired the imagination of a generation. Based on her life story, this musical charts the emotional highs and lows of Joan’s journey from the East End to the West End.
Joan Littlewood was the anarchic revolutionary of 20th-century theatre. Her unique Theatre Workshop was responsible for a raft of successes, including Oh, What A Lovely War!, and breathed new life into the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Anti-establishment, visionary, rude and glorious, Joan Littlewood fired the imagination of a generation. Based on her life story, this musical chart the emotional highs and lows of Joan’s journey from the East End to the West End.
Told with her own uncompromising honesty, this new musical reveals a mighty love story at its heart.
CAROLINE EMILY – Joan’s grandmother KATE LITTLEWOOD – Joan’s mother ROBERT LITTLEWOOD – Joan’s grandfather JOAN LITTLEWOOD – sixties JOAN 1 – young girl to young teenager SISTER SUSANNAH – nuns, teachers SISTER MARY SISTER GERTRUDE SCHOOLGIRLS JOHN BURY GIELGUD JOAN 2 – late teens/early twenties SUSANNAH NICHOLSON – known as Nick – Joan’s art teacher OLDER WOMAN – Joan’s paternal grandmother PRINCIPAL OF RADA – played by Joan Littlewood herself BEATTIE – a kindly woman en route to Manchester JIMMIE MILLER – (later Ewan MacColl) – writer, actor, singer, songwriter HOWARD GOORNEY – actor ROSALIEWILLIAMS – actress TEDDY – ASM GERARD – actor ALF – actor BETSY MILLER – Jimmie’s mother JEAN NEWLOVE – choreographer and Laban expert JOAN 3 – late twenties/early thirties GERRY RAFFLES – actor and producer PEARL TURNER – actress and singer THE ARTS COUNCIL – played by Joan Littlewood herself JOHN BURY – Designer BARBARAYOUNG, aka PIGEON – actress JOAN4 – late thirties/early forties AVISBUNNAGE – actress MURRAYMELVIN, aka NUT – actor SHELAGH DELANEY – writer FRANK NORMAN – writer LIONEL BART – writer/composer BARBARA (not named) – actress VICTORSPINETTI – actor HALPRINCE – director JOAN5 – late forties/early fifties CEDRICPRICE – architect of The Fun Palace FRENCHBELLBOYBARBARA WINDSOR – actress
JOAN 6 – late fifties REPORTER
“A anarchic delight in the style of Miss Littlewood herself.” – Whatsonstage
“Irreverent and moving” – The Stage, Read more
“A anarchic delight in the style of Miss Littlewood herself.” – Whatsonstage, Read more
“A magnificent evening.” – The Times, Read more
“It is hard not to warm to a show that introduces a new generation to the huge debt British theatre owes [Littlewood].” – The Guardian, Read more
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Miss Littlewood Q&A with playwright and composer Sam Kenyon 13 May 2020
15 Piano-Conductor 1 Reed (Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute) 1 Trumpet 1 Percussion 1 Violin/Viola 1 Cello/Double Bass