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DADDY COOL tells the story of 'Sunny', a young man who lives for his music. Caught up in local rivalry between East and West London crews, he meets and falls in love with 'Rose', daughter of the East End's notorious club owner 'Ma Baker'. Echoing Romeo and Juliet, the lovers' relationship fuels the hostility between the two gangs, leaving their families face to face with past secrets and forcing them to confront their future.

Acte I
Sunny lives on the islands with his Grandma Ella, who receives a letter from Sunny's mother Pearl in England, telling them that she wants him home. Young Sunny is hostile towards her at first, and begins to feel the music, bursting into song during church.

Years later, Sunny is part of the Subsonics, a music crew led by Shake. At a recording session with Rasputin, they run into The Blades, another music crew, led by Benny Baker, Ma Baker's son. Later at a launch party for Asia Blue, Benny's girlfriend, Sunny and Rose meet. When Ma Baker finds out her daughter is seeing Sunny, she goes to visit him, and gives him a coat once owned by his father, Johnny Cool. Upon asking his mother about it, Pearl explains how Ma Baker was Johnny's dance partner—and took her away from her when she was pregnant with him.

Acte II
After a music battle between the Subsonics and the Blades, Shake is shot by Benny, but when Sunny gets the opportunity to get payback, he does not take it, instantly being disowned by the Subsonics, and subsequently breaking up with Rose. Rasputin tells him to make it up with Rose, but he is arrested, accused of shooting Shake, as Benny and Ma have set him up.

As the Notting Hill carnival takes place, Shake, Rose, Asia, and Sunny appear. It is revealed that someone has given evidence against Benny over the shooting—Benny's best friend, Naz.

1 Daddy Cool peut-être considéré comme un juke-box musical autour de la musique de Boney M

Boney M was created by Frank Farian in 1975 and has sold over 800 million records around the world, including 22 top ten hits and five number ones in England alone. Their hits include Rivers Of Babylon, Brown Girl In The Ring, Mary's Boychild and, of course, Daddy Cool. In addition to phenomenal sales, Boney M also broke down barriers, becoming the first Western band to play the Communist Soviet Union. Farian's other artists, whose music is also featured in the show, include legendary mime artists Milli Vanilli and late 90s boy band No Mercy.

The production was originally due to open on 16 May 2006, following previews from 26 April, however this date was later put back until 2 May 2006, keeping the premiere the same, but allowing more creative time. On 13 March 2006, the producers Frank Farian and Robert Mackintosh (brother of Sir Cameron Mackintosh) announced that the show had been delayed indefinitely, with the earliest opening in September 2006.

The show premiered on 21 September 2006 at London's newly-refurbished Shaftesbury Theatre following previews from 15 August 2006. It closed on 17 February 2007.

Germany (Berlin): from 18 April 2007 to 26 July 2007 (Boney M. Theater Palast).

Tour in Holland and Belgium from 9 September 2011 to 25 January 2012 (V&V Entertainment production).

Acte I
Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday! (Boney M) - Ensemble, Young Sunny, Janet, Zadie.
Mary's Boy Child (Boney M) - Pastor, Choir, Young Sunny, Ensemble.
Girl You Know It's True (Milli Vanilli) - The Subsonics.
Take The Heat Off Me (Boney M) - Ma Baker, Asia Blue, Janet, Ensemble.
Ma Baker (Boney M) - Rose, Sandra.
Sweet Dreams (La Bouche) - Asia Blue, Ensemble.
Be My Lover (La Bouche) - Asia Blue, Ensemble.
Baby Don't Forget My Number (Milli Vanilli) - Sunny, Rose.
Brown Girl In The Ring (Boney M) - Sunny, Janet, Ensemble.
Sunny (Boney M) - Rose, Ensemble.
Baby Do You Wanna Bump (Boney M) - Ensemble.
Daddy Cool (Boney M) - Janet, Ensemble.
One Way Ticket (Eruption) - Young Pearl.

Acte II
Rasputin (Boney M) - Ezra & Alani
Gotta Go Home (Boney M) - The Blade Squad.
Painter Man (Boney M) - The Subsonics.
Brown Girl In The Ring (Boney M) - The Blade Squad, Asia Blue.
Rasputin (Boney M) - The Subsonics.
Girl I'm Gonna Miss You (Milli Vanilli) - Rose, Sunny.
I Can't Stand The Rain (Eruption/Ann Peebles) - Pearl.
Where Do You Go (La Bouche/No Mercy) - Benny, The Blade Squad.
Got A Man On My Mind (Boney M) - Ma Baker.
Blame It On The Rain (Milli Vanilli) - Rasputin, Janet, Ensemble.
When I Die (No Mercy) - Sunny, Rose.
Calendar Song (Boney M) - Ezra, Alani, Janet & Ensemble.
Let It All Be Music (Boney M) - Sunny, Rose, Shake, Asia, Pearl, Janet & Ensemble.
Rivers Of Babylon (Boney M) - Ensemble.

Changes during production
The carnival scene used to include more dialogue between the Subsonics, but was replaced with "The Calendar Song"
For the first few weeks of the show, it was not Naz who gave evidence against Benny, but Asia.
The parrot hanging above the audience used to be brought down during the finale, but now it isn't.
There used to be a big scene where the beatboxer from the subsonics suddenly started beatboxing on a bench and the other people from the subsonics started rapping but now they cut that out.

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