Little Shop Of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

October 26th - 30th 2004

Tue - Sat evening 7:45 pm Saturday Matinee 2:00 pm

Lancaster Arts Theatre

Tickets On Sale Priced £12 (concessions available)

From the Wycombe Swan Box Office on

01494 512000

Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman : Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman

For years now Little Shop of Horrors has made audiences scream with laughter. In this gleefully gruesome musical Seymour, a poor florist's assistant, allows his craving for fame and fortune to seduce him into playing nursemaid to a man-eating plant.

Starring Gareth Thomas as Seymour, Kerry Magee as Audrey, Roy Taylor as Mushnik, Mark Bolkonsky as Orin Scrivello, DDS and Andy Leonard as the voice of Audrey II, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS features book and lyrics by the late Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin) and includes such well-known musical numbers as "Somewhere That's Green", "Suddenly Seymour" as well as the title song. Between bites, the carnivorous Audrey II, named after Seymour's secret love, brings down the house singing rhythm and blues à la Otis Reading or James Brown!

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is the story of Seymour Krelbourn, a meek Skid Row florist who makes a Faustian pact with a tiny plant in order to win the heart of Audrey, the girl he loves. While Audrey doesn’t notice the romance blooming between them, she does recognize the money-making potential of the exotic little plant. Soon money pours in and Seymour becomes a celebrity, but behind the glamour and fame lies a secret Seymour can't reveal--this strange and unusual plant's favourite food is ..blood. The tale is punctuated by musical commentary delivered expertly by The Ronnettes, a Supremes-style sex-tet. They bounce around the flower shop and its inner-city neighbourhood with messages of hope and warning. As the plant grows, its demands for food grow too, and Seymour starts to suspect that the plant might have an agenda larger than light and soil.............

Director - Lin Instone

Assistant to Director - Lynn McMinn

Musical Director - Patrick Rufey

Also Featuring -

The Ronnettes - Laura Cottrell, Lucy Russell, Michelle McMinn, Adele Bolkonsky, Sue Jackson-Cook, Natalie Furness

Bernstein - Dave Hemmingway

Mrs Luce - Karen Hemmingway

Patrick Martin - Rob Bowen

Customer / Snip Skip - "Big" John Baker

Skid Row Down & Outs - Suzanna Cornish, Margaret Maun, Josie Coombs