Gay’s the Word

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£18.00, £15.00 concessions

About This Show

The Finborough Theatre’s acclaimed ‘Celebrating British Music Theatre’ series follows its recent sell-out success of Ivor Novello’s ‘musical romance’ Perchance to Dream with the first-ever revival of Ivor Novello’s last and wittiest musical.

Ivor Novello affectionately sends up his own Ruritanian extravagances in this irrestistible backstage musical comedy. Stage star Gay Daventry, bankrupted from the flop of her latest operetta, opens a drama school and finds – after various misadventures – that the one quality needed to get her back in the spotlight is, to name the show’s hit song, Vitality! Other numbers include If Only He’d Looked My Way (subsequently recorded by Frank Sinatra), Bees Are Buzzin’ and the enchanting On Such A Night As This, all combining Novello’s melodic talent with Alan Melville’s sharp wit.

Show Details

Dates: Opening Night: January 31, 2012 Final Performance: February 25, 2012