a musical by Colin Sell
Direct Current Theatre Company
at the Arts Theatre, London.
Colin Sell and I had met at Chester, where he’d been musical director of Cowardy Custard. He and a friend of his, director David Carson, had set up Direct Current to present Colin’s work as a composer/lyricist. The company debuted with two productions, beginning with this one. It was a kind of parody-collation, gently sending up a number of different shows which were currently doing the theatrical rounds. We played lunchtimes at the Arts Theatre in Great Newport Street, just for a couple of weeks. Colin’s score was full of good jokes and jolly melodies. He and David had gathered together a large group of performers so that the show could be presented with two casts, since several of us were in shows elsewhere and had matinées to do: I shared the male juvenile role with Kevin Elyot:
