REHAB, the utterly addictive yet fabulous comedy musical conceived by Grant Black and Murray Lachlan Young – and realized by Elliot Davis - has announced details of some exclusive public performances this autumn. The soon-to-be-iconic stage show - nothing like One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show - will be premiering at the Union Theatre in Southwark on 20, 21, 22 and 23rd September. Cast members include Jonny Labey, John Barr, Dermot Canavan, Raya Clark, Jacqui Du Bois, Christopher Doyle, and Tom Murphy. Tickets are priced at £15.
REHAB centers around rock star Kid Pop (nothing like Robbie Williams) reluctantly consigned by the authorities to The Glade, a rehab centre for (as it happens) cross dressing room mates, tanning addicts, group therapy and terrible food. Subsequently, we learn that Pop’s friendly PR/pop impresario Malcolm Gladwell (nothing like Max Clifford) has ulterior motives for wanting to exploit his oh-so-delicate boy-charge, can smell a killing and needs cameras and action inside. Cue the arrival of the gorgeous, sensitive Lucy, a woman who will plunge them Into a life-threatening dilemma. Welcome to Rehab.
Rehab features some of the most irresistible and downright funny tunes yet to appear in the West End: swoon as judge and jury sing the opening number ‘Wanker’ –“My credit card is platinum my cock is solid gold”; pontificate as our erstwhile hero warbles/munches his way through love song ‘Cheese’ (not at all based on Blur’s Alex James) – “Then a stinky Gorgonzola and a gooey Dolchelata”; gawp in recognition as yet another of our protagonists acknowledges the independent truth that ‘Simply Everyone’s Taking Cocaine’ - ‘’I’ve been having it blown up the old Khyber pass.’ Yes, Rehab is that rare gem indeed – a pop-tastic, rock bottom to redemption journey of the soul. Hearts must be broken and songs must be sung as the deeply lovable and flawed cast-of -characters seek the ultimate goal: love, peace, serenity and slightly better fish pie.
Music and Lyrics by Grant Black and Murray Lachlan Young,
Book by Elliot Davis.
At:
The Union Theatre Southwark
204 Union St
London
SE1 OLX
http://www.uniontheatre.biz
Dates:
Wednesday 20th September – 23rd September 2017
Shows at 19.30.
Saturday Matinee at 14.30
