Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
Presented by OVATION
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Directed by John Plews
Presented by arrangement with TAMS-WHITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. NEW YORK
14th December 2016 – 29th January 2017
Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London featuring the songs:
Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow
You’re the Top
I Get a Kick Out of You
Creative Team
Director: John Plews
Musical Director: Dan Glover
Choreographer: Chris Whittaker
Designer: Emily Bestow
Lighting Design: Sam Waddington
In the year of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Highgate Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of works by members of the Artists’ Union of St Petersburg 1950-1980.
Curator John Barkes has been working with artists in St Petersburg for more than twenty years. A chance meeting in 1993 with a painter with close links to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts resulted in nearly a hundred trips to the city, with visits to more than three hundred studios. The collapse of the Soviet system in 1989 left many elite professions without salaries or resources. Members of Artists’ Unions were no exception, but crucially they retained their studios and the paintings that represented their lives’ work.
To the artists’ surprise, and often severe irritation, John Barkes nearly always ignored their finished exhibited paintings, which tended to be rigid and formal, selecting in preference the vibrantly observant oil sketches and drawings that had no monetary value under the old system. It has thus been possible, by chance and the accidents of history, to exhibit and sell a great number of works by eminent artists and teachers at very accessible prices.
One wall will feature designs for major mosaic and mural projects from the 1960s and 1970s by Evgeni Kazmin. He is most proud of his scheme for the Sochi State Circus building, and is delighted that it survived the depredations associated with the recent Winter Olympics. The main theme of any Socialist Realist exhibition is life under the Soviet system – work, leisure and the family – paintings of a time that has passed into history, brilliantly observed.
All works are for sale, mostly priced from £400 to £4,000.
Gallery Talk:
On Sunday 5th February at 5.30pm. Dr Elizaveta Butakova, visiting lecturer at the Courtauld Institute, will lecture on Socialist Realism. John Barkes will share the platform giving his insights into the Soviet art education system.
Admission £10 (HLSI members £5) on the door.
To reserve your place please eMail admin@hlsi.net or telephone 020 8340 3343.
Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays.
Exhibition continues until 16 February and is free.