Stephen Ward – New Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical (London, 2013)

Description

Much anticipated new show from ALW. A little racier this time (thanks in part to the book and lyrics by the well-regarded Christopher Hampton and the ever-present Don Black) this one features an unusual structure as well as some great set pieces certain to become ALW classics.

 

Stephen Ward charts the rise and fall from grace of the society osteopath. Friend to film stars, spies, models, government ministers and aristocrats, his rise and ultimate disgrace coincided with the increasingly permissive lifestyle of London’s elite in the early 1960’s. The musical centers on Ward’s involvement with the young and beautiful Christine Keeler and their chance meeting in a West End night club which led to one of the biggest political scandals and trials of the 20th century.

 

Track Listing:

 

1. Human Sacrifice

2. Super Duper Hula Hooper

3. When You Get To Know Me

4. You’re So Very Clever To Have Found This

5. This Side of the Sky

6. Manipulation

7. He Sees Something In Me

8. You’ve Never Had It So Good

9. Mother Russia, While We Can

10. Black-Hearted Woman

11. Explicit

12. Love Nest

13. Give Us Something Juicy

14. Manipulation (Reprise)

15. Police Interview

16. I’m Hopeless When It Comes To You

17. The Arrest

18. The Trial

19. Too Close To the Flame

 

Alexander Hanson stars in the title role, with Charlotte Spencer as Christine Keeler, Charlotte Blackledge as Mandy Rice Davies, Anthony Calf as Lord Astor, Daniel Flynn as John Profumo and Joanna Riding as Valerie Hobson.

 

Also in the cast are Ian Conningham as Ivanov, Chris Howell as Murray, Ricardo Coke Thomas as Lucky Gordon and Wayne Robinson as Johnny Edgecomp. Other cast members are Martin Callaghan, Kate Coyston, Jason Denton, Julian Forsyth, Amy Griffiths, Paul Kemble, Emma Kate Nelson, Carl Sanderson, Emily Squibb, John Stacey, Helen Ternent and Tim Walton.