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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser

Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert. Based on story by Shepherd Mead.

A big brassy broadway musical condensed to fit the intimate 200 seat Southwark Playhouse. To look at the show's depiction of corporate greed and navigate the very 1960's gender politics, we opened our casting bracket up to anyone who had the right energy for their roles. This allowed us to free people up from playing their usual types, as well as allowing a contemporary audience to see clearly that the show was presenting behaviour of the past in a satirical way, rather than at all endorsing it., 

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MUSICAL THEATRE REVIEW

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WEST END BEST FRIEND

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SPY IN THE STALLS

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THEATRE & TONIC

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THE REVIEWS HUB

TIME OUT
"Georgie Rankcom's deliciously queered up production"
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ATTITUDE MAGAZINE

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GAY TIMES

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LONDON THEATRE 1

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LONDON THEATRE

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LONDON BOX OFFICE

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POCKETSIZE THEATRE

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FIRST NIGHT

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CURTAIN CALL REVIEWS

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JEWISH RENAISSANCE

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PAUL IN LONDON

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THEATRE REVIEWS DESIGN

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QUEER GURU

Southwark Playhouse (Large)

Venue

2023

Year

Creative Team

Director | Georgie Rankcom (She/They)

Musical Director | Natalie Pound (She/They)

Choreographer | Alexzandra Sarmiento (She/Her)

Set & Costume | Sophia Pardon (She/Her)

Lighting | Lucía Sánchez Roldán (She/Her)

Sound | Joshua Robins (He/Him)

Photos | Pamela Raith (She/Her)

Cast

J. Pierrepont Finch | Gabrielle Friedman

Rosemary Pilkington | Allie Daniel

J.B Biggley | Tracie Bennett

Smitty | Verity Power

Bud Frump | Elliot Gooch

Twimble/Womper| Danny Lane

Hedy La Rue | Annie Aitken

Miss Jones | Grace Kanyamibwa

Bratt | Taylor Bradshaw

Gatch | Milo McCarthy

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