Le monde des musicals

The actors in a TV soap called “Acorn Antiques” are out of work because the series has been axed, so the
cast reunite with the object of turning the show into a stage musical. Act One sees them rehearse and bitch about the
script, about each other and the director; Act Two sees the opening performance at the Enoch Powell Arts Centre in
Sutton Coldfield with its consequent mishaps, rivalries and cock-ups.

Acorn Antiques:The Musical! is a musical about an antiques dealer, based on the parodic soap opera of the same name by Victoria Wood.

The plot revolves around the original (fictional) actors reprising their roles from stage; however, contrary to their wishes, the experimental director adapts it into a gritty commentary on British suburban life, despite the fact that the cast (led by Bo Beaumont (Julie Walters)) want to just have a fun piece with a good tap number. After a disastrous open dress rehearsal, the cast hijack the concept to return it to its original roots, and take it to the West End, funded by Bo Beaumont's lottery win.

The second act is the musical within the musical, and is much more like the original series. Miss Babs (Celia Imrie) and Miss Berta (Sally Ann Triplett) run "Acorn Antiques", and are aided and amused by their friends and cleaner: Mrs Overall (Walters) and Mr Clifford (Duncan Preston). Soon, they discover a third sister, Bonnie (Josie Lawrence) who is initially scheming and devious (for instance, she fires Mrs Overall, even after finding out she's her mother). The plot unfolds, the sisters are faced with financial woes, and family secrets. The show ends with the triumphant return of Mrs Overall, a windfall, and the unition of Miss Bertha and Mr Clifford. All is well in Manchesterford.

Acorn Antiques:The Musical! is a musical about an antiques dealer, based on the parodic soap opera of the same name by Victoria Wood.

Victoria Wood decided to revive the original concept to satirise musical theatre with Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, with the intent to give people a "lovely, happy night in the theatre." It was directed by Trevor Nunn, and opened at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in February 2005 for a three month sell-out run.

Parodying successful musicals such as Les Misérables and Chicago, it also caricatured the trend for socio-realism in contemporary drama and the conventions of song and choreography in musicals. It featured three of the principal actors from the original reprising their roles (or, strictly, the parts of the fictional actors from the spoof documentary); Duncan Preston returned as Clifford as did Celia Imrie as Babs and Julie Walters as Mrs Overall. Victoria Wood alternated with Walters in that role, and her character Miss Berta was played by Sally Ann Triplett. The musical also introduced Miss Bonnie (Josie Lawrence), a sister of Miss Babs and Miss Berta (who are apparently sisters now and no longer cousins as they were originally).

Act I
Middle Class Show - Ensemble
Residents' Parking - Miss Babs, Mrs Overall, Ms Berta & Ensemble
Café Continental - Mrs Overall & Ensemble
Mine Alone (Intro) - Mr Clifford
Mine Alone - Mr Clifford, Alan, Sally
Tip Top Tap - Mrs Overall & Ensemble
Tip Top Tap (Reprise) - Mrs Overall & Ensemble

Act II
Manchesterford - Ensemble
(Doorbell Rings, a Customer) Acorn Antiques! - Miss Babs, Miss Berta, Hugh, Mimi
Macaroons! - Mrs Overall
Please stay here - Miss Bonnie, Miss Babs, Miss Berta
We're On Our Way - Miss Babs, Miss Berta, Miss Bonnie, Hugh, Mimi
Remind Him - Miss Berta
D.E.B.T - Tony, Deb, Evelyn, Bev
Manchesterford (Reprise) - Mrs Overall
Back on Top - Miss Berta, Hugh, Mimi
I Am Going Out to Find Her - Ms Bonnie & Ensemble
Have You Met Miss Babs? - Miss Babs
Oh! Oh! Oh! Mrs O! - Ensemble
Macaroons! (Reprise) - Mrs Overall & Ensemble
We're On Our Way (Reprise) - Ensemble

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