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"A Fire-Cracker of a musical... Tough, funny and cheerfully soppy. A treat for any evening" Out of the Silent Movie era and the heady heights of 1920s Hollywood, Mack and Mabel tells the heart-wrenching love story of two of its greatest legends; director Mack Sennett, creator of the Keystone Kops, and his star, comedienne Mabel Normand. When Mabel turns up on Mack's set, she catches his eye and soon captures his heart. Before long, she is starring in Sennett's two-reelers and together they bring magic to the silver screen. But ambition, scandal and dalliance make for a tempestuous relationship; yet despite the odds, they cannot escape their love for each other. Jerry Herman's uplifting score and John Doyle's inventive direction combine to produce an exhilarating musical, which features some of Broadway's most enduring songs - I Won't Send Roses, Look What Happened to Mabel, Time Heals Everything, and Tap Your Troubles Away. Mack and Mabel reunites David Soul with double Olivier Award winning actress Janie Dee. David & Janie last performed together in Alan Ayckbourn's play Comic Potential in the West End (1999/2000), where Janie won the prestigious 'triple' awards for Best Actress: Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle - an achievement only ever matched by Dame Judi Dench ! This production reunites the creative team behind the West End smash hit, Sweeney Todd, which was also conceived at the Watermill Theatre. The show opened on Broadway in November 2005, where it took audiences and critics by storm, hailing director John Doyle as the new 'wunderkind' of Broadway.
2005 David Soul (Mack Sennett); Janie Dee (Mabel Normand); Matthew Woodyatt (Fatty Arbuckle); Richard Brightiff (Desmond Taylor); Tomm Coles (Frank); Michelle Long (Gertie); Jon Trenchard (Mr Bauman); Robin Pirongs (Mr Kessel); Simon Tuck (Andy); Sarah Whittuck (Lottie); Robert Cousins (Eddy). Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Michael Stewart; Revisions by Francine Pascal; Musical Arrangements and Direction by Sarah Travis; Design by Mark Bailey; Lighting by Richard G. Jones; Sound by Gary Dixon; Directed by John Doyle; Presented by Laurence Myers, The London Production Partnership.
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