Beauty and the Beards

Devised and performed by Denis King, Dick Vosburgh and Sarah Redmond . Composed by Denis King; Lyrics by Dick Vosburgh

Kings Head Theatre, Islington - 26 March - 15 April. 2001

Synopsis

A fast paced pocket revue with the accent very definitely on laughter: puns, parodies, anecdotes and satirical songs, wit, wordplay, general nonsense and non-stop banter.  Originally entitled Two Beards and a Blonde and featuring Dick Vosburgh and Denis King and Tamzin Outhwaite.

Cast

Dick Vosburgh, Denis King, Sarah Redmond

Musical numbers:

Act 1

1. Ugly Rug Ball
2. Let's Do the Show Right Here
3. If
4. Sliver Screen Cliches
5. Beethoven Biopic
6. Questions
7. Black Beauty
8. Guess the Well-Known Chorus 1
9. Hate Songs
10. Guess The Well-Known Chorus 2
11. Smoke Gets In Your Nose
12. Old Man River as written by Noel Coward
13. Oklahoma as written by Brecht and Veill
14. World War II in Nine Minutes

Act 2

15. The Hack Brothers
16. Strip
17. Guess the Well-Known Chorus 3
18. Shakespeare Medley
19. Gilbert and Sullivan
20. Comedy Film Medley (Rossini)
21. Silly Song Medley
22. Encore: Boutros Boutros Oh Golly