Wednesday 16 March 2005—Saturday 19 March 2005
Copacabana is the tale of love and romance set at the heart of the swinging nightclub scene of the 1940’s. While creating the world’s next big hit, Stephen, an aspiring songwriter is carried back to an era when “music and passion were always the fashion” at the world famous Copacabana nightclub in New York City. In his dream, Lola Lamar, a hopeful showgirl, is launched on the path to stardom as a Copa Girl with the help of Tony Forte, a bartender with dreams of his own and Gladys, an ex dancer who is the only one who stands up to the club’s gruff owner Sam Silver.
Captivated by Lola’s performance, the villainous Rico Castelli whisks her away to the Tropicana nightclub in Havana. From this exotic, distant new world, a tale of old-fashioned love, jealousy and murder emerges in the entangled lives of Tony, Lola, Rico and his long suffering partner Conchita.
Principal Cast
- Tony Forte/Stephen
- Gary Redmond
- Lola LaMar/Samantha
- Rochene Deeley
- Rico Castelli
- Allan Ayre
- Conchita Alvarez
- Shiranne Burns
- Sam Silver
- Bill Kelly
- Gladys Murphy
- Gillian Stewart
- McManus
- Ian Stewart
- Willie
- Stuart Lauder
- Skip
- Lynne Seagrave
- Maitre D'
- Bert Dobinson
- Back of House Voice
- Frank J. Hotchkiss
- Mr Brill
- Mark Long
- Luis
- Craig Grant
Chorus
Production Staff
- Director
- Frank J. Hotchkiss
- Musical Director
- Andrew Dickie
- Choreographer
- Lynne Seagrave
- Rehearsal Accompanist
- George Inwood
- Wardobe
- Margaret Coates
- Wardrobe
- Susan Stewart
- Makeup
- Nancy Clark
- Lighting
- Moray Coull
- Sound
- Grant Coull
- Programme Compilation
- Irene Muirhead
- Programme Compilation
- Allan Ayre
- Typesetting
- Carla Valentini
- Programme Designs
- Margaret Yuill
- Front of House Manager
- Anne Shaw
Crew
- Stage Manager
- Carla Valentini
- Stage Crew
- Jonathan Dickie
- Stage Crew
- Jennifer Douglas
- Stage Crew
- Neil Grant
- Stage Crew
- Gary Knox
- Stage Crew
- Eddie McCann
- Stage Crew
- Gordon McKerracher
- Stage Crew
- Jamie Stewart
- Stage Crew
- Alan Third
- Follow Spot
- David Wilson
- Follow Spot
- Stuart Douglas