2024 – Lucky Stiff

Photography by Paul Ashley

Lucky Stiff is a musical farce with book and lyrics from Lynn Ahrens and music from Stephen Flaherty. It tells the story of Harry Witherspoon, a shoe salesman who must take his long-lost uncle on the holiday of a lifetime to Monte Carlo in order to inherit his wealth, or the inheritance will go to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. The only problem being that Uncle Tony is already dead…

Mr Witherspoon takes (the body of) his uncle to museums, skydiving, scuba diving, and more, but he doesn’t know that he’s not the only person searching for the money.

Production Team

DirectorMatt Wilkinson
Musical DirectorJames Harvey
ChoreographerFrances Sayer
ProducerOliver Fisher
Company ManagerSuzanne Emerson
Technical ManagerNat Davies
Stage ManagerKM White
Deputy Stage ManagerCat Nicol
Set DesignSuzanne Emerson
Lighting Design & OperationAlexander Hoppe
Sound Design & OperationNick Hall
Costume DesignLiz Milway
Costume AssistantSuze Oldfield
PropsAli Hall
Posters & ProgrammeCatriona Clarke
Rehearsal PhotographyPaul Ashley, Liv Clark & Rich Evans
Stage CrewThe Penguin Club

Cast

Harry WitherspoonOliver Oxley
Annabel GlickCatriona Clarke
Rita La PortaSamantha Billing
Vinnie Di RuzzioWarren Clark
Luigi GaudiGareth Mullan
Dominique (and others)Abigail Mann
Landlady (and others)Frances Watson
Emcee (and others)Jonatan Rosten
Bellhop (and others)Jon Armstrong
Tony HendonTom Heald