Intimacy at 8.30

A revue by PETER MYERS, ALEC GRAHAME and DAVID CLIMIE

Music by JOHN PRITCHETT and RONALD CASS
Directed by MICHAEL CHARNLEY

Criterion Theatre, London - 29 April, 1954

Cast:

Joan Heal, Joan Sims, Dilys Lay, Aud Johansen, Eleanor Fazan, Ronnie Stevens, Digby Woolfe, Geoffrey Hibbert, Ron Moody and Peter Felgate.

Directed by Michael Charnley
Costumes by Hilary Virgo and Rosemary Carvil
Settings by Jefferson Strong

Synopsis

THIS OUTSTANDINGLY successful and lively intimate revue had no rival among its contemporaries for speed and wit. The team responsible, namely, Peter Myers, Alec Grahame, David Climie, John Pritchett and Ronald Cass. with Michael Charnley producing, scored heavily in a show that really knew no dull moments.
Among the best items were Joan Heal in " Lady with the Lamp," a skit on a fashionable socialite's recent visit to a mine; Ronnie Stevens in " Largo it Barbiere." a classically tuneful London barber's apologia; Joan Sims in "Siren Song" in which passengers at Woking are lured by the seductions of the station announcer's voice, and all the company in "Good Book and Lyrics" guying a Hollywood biblical film production, and "Nights of Blackness," a cleverly produced and original flashback to London's blackout days.

Programme

OPENING THE ALBUM … (Myers, Grahame & Cass) - The Company
THIS BLESSED PLOT … (Climie) - Aud Johansen introduces Stephanie Voss and Hugh Paddick
TYPING TYPES

(a) BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS … (Climie & Pritchett) - Ronnie Stevens, Digby Wolfe and Ron Moody
(b) NO SALES LADIES … (Myers, Grahame & Cass) - Joan Heal, Joan Sims and Stephanie Voss

THE BOY FRIEND'S GIRL FRIEND - Eleanor Fazan and Les Boys (Myers, Grahame & Pritchett)
KNIT YOURSELF A LOST WEEKEND - (Climie, from an idea by George Wadmore)
Aud Johansen introduces Joan Sims, Joan Heal, Hugh Paddick and Ron Moody
TWO EDWARDIAN SONGS

(a) SURREY SIDE UP (Myers, Grahame & Pritchett) Peter Felgate, Eleanor Fazan, Ronnie Stevens and Aud Johansen

(b) THE TEDDY GIRL'S PICNIC (Myers, Grahame & Cass) Joan Sims and Joan Heal
HIMMEL! … (Richard Vosbrugh)

Aud Johansen introduces Peter Felgate, Hugh Paddick, Digby Wolfe and Ron Moody

FIT TO BE TIED … (Climie & Pritchett) - Peter Felgate and Eleanor Fazan
COACH AND FOUR … (Myers, Grahame & Pritchett) - Joan Sims, Ronnie Stevens, Stephanie Voss and Hugh Paddick
LADY WITH THE LAMP … (Grahame, Climie & Cass) - Joan Heal
GOOD BOOK AND LYRICS … (Myers, Grahame & Cass) - The Company
NIGHTS OF BLACKNESS - The Company
LARGO IL BARBIERE … (Myers, Grahame & Rossini) - Ronnie Stevens
SOFT SHOE SHUFFLE … (Myers, Grahame & Norman Dannalt) - Joan Sims and Peter Felgate
MUSICAL MOMENT - Joan Heal and Ronnie Stevens
FROM BED TO VERSE … (Climie) - Aud Johansen introduces Joan Heal, Joan Sims, Peter Felgate , Hugh Paddick and Ron Moody
LA VIE EN ROES … (Myers, Grahame & Pritchett) - Digby Wolfe with Les Girls
SUSTAINED OBJECTION … (Climie & Cass) - Hugh Paddick
THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF COFFEE IN HAY HILL … (Music by Ronald Cass) - Aud Johansen with Ronnie Stevens and Digby Wolfe
SIREN SONG … (Climie & Pritchett) - Joan Sims
HIT SONG … (Myers, Grahame & Cass) - Eleanor Fazan introduces Aud Johansen
CHALET BALLET … (Myers, Grahame & Cass) Joan Heal, Joan Sims and Ronnie Stevens have pleasure to bring before you Eleanor Fazan, Hugh Paddick, Digby Wolfe, Ron Moody and David Butler
HOP PICKERS HOP … (Myers, Grahame & Cass) Stephanie Voss, Peter Felgate, Eleanor Fazan, Ronnie Stevens, Digby Wolfe, Aud Johansen
PETER PATTER … (Climie & Pritchett) - Joan Heal with Hugh Paddick
GEISHA, GEISHA, ALL FALL DOWN! - The Company (Myers, Grahame, Climie, Vosburgh & Pritchett)

Musical Director : RONALD CASS
Piano—Ronald Cass Drums—Teddy McVey
Saxophone--Hyman Cohen Bass—Leo Routledge
Orchestrations by ALFRED RALSTON & VAN PHILLIPS
Costumes by HILARY VIRGO & ROSEMARY CARVILL
Settings by JEFFERSON STRONG