Taboo
A Musical in 2 Acts. Music by BOY GEORGE; Book by MARK
DAVIES.
Music co-written by KEVAN FROST, RICHIE STEVENS and JOHN
THEMIS
- Director: Christopher Renshaw
- Decor: Tim Goodchild
- Costumes: Mike Nicholls
- Lighting: Chris Ellis
- Sound: Jem Kitchen
- Choreography: Les Child
- Musical Arrangements: Kevan Frost
- Musical Director: James McKeon
- Fights: Gordon Alexander
- Assistant director: Benjamin Till
THE VENUE, London - 29 January, 2002. Closed 12 April, 2002
SYNOPSIS
The action is set in the flamboyant London club scene. It was a world of narcissism and camp bitchery, strongly influenced by what pop stars such as David Bowie had been doing 10 years earlier.
Against the gay and decadent background of clubbers we have a traditional boy-meets-girl story. The fresh-faced hero Billy abandons dreary Bromley, determined to become a "face" on the London scene. He falls for Kim who, beneath her "goth" warpaint turns out to be a devastatingly pretty, touchingly vulnerable virgin. True love, however, doesn't run smoothly!
Original Cast
- Paul Baker - Philip Salton
- Luke Evans - Billy
- Mark White Derek/Petal
- Gemma Craven - Josie
- Dianne Pilkington - Kim
- Euan Morton - George
- Drew Jaymson - Steve Strange
- Gail Mackinnon - Big Sue
- Matt Lucas - Leigh Bowery
- Mark McGee - Marilyn
- Michele Hooper - Janey
- Hannah Jane Fox - Virus
- Lucy Harris - Selfridges shop assistant
- Andy Morton - Policeman
- Joe Docherty - Jake
- Decían Bennett - Guru Dazzle
- Zee Asher - Bar
Person
Musical Numbers
- Ode to Attention Seekers - Philip Sallon and Freaks
- Safe In the City - Billy
- Freak - Philip Sallon and Freaks
- Stranger In This World - Boy George
- Genocide Peroxide - Marilyn
- I'll Have You All - Leigh Bowery, Billy and Philip
- Love Is a Question Mark - Billy and Kim
- Shelter - Petal and Tarts
- Pretty Lies - Kim
- Guttersnipe - George and Marilyn
- Talk Amongst Yourselves - Josie
- Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Boy George
- Touched By the Hand of Cool - Leigh, Billy and Slaves
- Everything Taboo - Leigh and Full Company
- Petrified - Philip Sallon
- I See Through You – Billy
- Independent Woman - Josie, Kim and Philip
- Ich bin kunst - Leigh Bowery
- Out of Fashion - Steve Strange
- Il Adore - Big Sue
- Pie In the Sky - Boy George