Programme – A Slice of Saturday Night

A Slice of
SATURDAY NIGHT

A NEW 60’s MUSICAL

SIDE ONE

A SLICE OF SATURDAY NIGHT – Bridget, Eddie, Sue, Rick, Sharon, Gary & Penny
CLUB A-GO-GO – Eric
WAITING – The Birds
SATURDAY CHAT – The Blokes & the Birds
SEVENTEEN – Rick, Sharon & Eric
DON’T TOUCH ME – Eric & Blokes
DON’T TOUCH ME (Reprise) – Bridget
TWIGGY – Sue
CLIFF – Eric, Bridget, Eddie, Sue, Rick & Sharon
LOVE ON OUR SIDE – Terry & Shirl
WHAT DO I DO NOW? – Rick & Sharon
WHAT DO YOU DO? – Eddie, Gary, Penny, Sue Rick & Eric
IF YOU WANNA HAVE FUN – Eric
THE LONG WALK BACK – Rick
ROMANCE/WHAM BAM – The Birds & Blokes
THE BOY OF MY DREAMS – Bridget & Eddie
ERIC’S GONNA KEEP DOING – Eric, Birds & Blokes

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE MUSIC MACHINE
MURRAY KITE
CHARLIE MARDON
SOLE SAVERS — SHOE REPAIRS
UFS DISPENSARY
SIMON GREEN
JAMES WHITE

SIDE TWO

ERIC’S HOKEY COKEY SHUFFLE – Eric, Birds & Blokes
I FANCY YOU – Rick & Sharon
SENTIMENTAL EYES – Rick & Sharon
HEARTBREAKER – The Birds & Gary
OH SO BAD – Eddie & Gary
PLEASE DON’T TELL ME – The Blokes & Birds
YOU’RE OH SO … – The Birds
LIES – Eric & the Blokes
BABY I LOVE YOU – Gary, Sue, Blokes & Birds
P.E. – Gary
WHO’D BE SEVENTEEN – Eric
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT – Rick & Sharon
A SLICE OF SATURDAY NIGHT/CLUB A-GO-GO – Eric, Blokes & Birds

Bank of New Zealand
Supporting sponsor of the Napier Operatic Society Inc

NAPIER OPERATIC SOCIETY
in association with Play Bureau (NZ) Ltd
proudly presents

A Slice of
SATURDAY NIGHT

A NEW
60’s
MUSICAL

Music, lyrics and book by
Neil, Lea, John and Charles Heather

Directed by Robert Hickey

Choreographed by
Celeste Staniforth

Musical direction by
Cameron Budge and Warwick Curtis

No nostalgia, this is how it really was. The early sixties before the advent of flower-power, flares and the word sexism entered the language. When not to be thought fab, groovy or “with it” was as bad as being a social leper. Cool was all and being “in” meant Italian suits, aerodynamic false eyelashes and mop hairstyles.

It’s Saturday night at the provincial Club A-Go-Go and three blokes and four birds are out on the pull. The girls, chalk-faced, pale-lipped and lacquered to perfection are desperate to look like Twiggy, Sandy Shaw or Dusty Springfield. The lads in their button-down collars and leather caps are all would-be Beatles or embryo Donovans. However, beneath the girls’ skimpy Mary Quant and St Laurent-copied dresses beat virginal Barbara Cartland hearts, while inside the lads’ cool hipster trousers lurk the impulses which have driven adolescents to distraction since the dawn of time.

Sue is going out with Gary, who chats up Penny and any other bit of stuff [stuff] that looks his way. Sharon fancies Rick who fancies Sharon but can’t pluck up the courage to tell her because she hasn’t told him. Eddie fancies Bridget who doesn’t fancy anyone. And so, watched over by rocker Eric (Rubber-legs) Devene, the club’s seen-it-all, done-it-all owner, we follow them as they wend their way through teenage sexual mores as rigid as any New Guinea tribesman’s initiation rights.

As one critic put it, “For anyone who’s been a teenager, it’s a must” – enjoy

Eric reminds patrons that the use of cameras and/or sound recorders in the club is prohibited. Smoking is prohibited in the theatre and auditorium; so don’t try it on, all right?

The action takes place on a Saturday night in 1964 at the provincial Club A-Go-Go.

Please note that a strobe light is used during the performance.

THE CAST

Eric   Donald Cullen
Sue   Amanda Evans
Shirl   Herself
Bridget   Sandra Kersey
Gary   Simon Thompson
Big Bertha   Herself
Eddie   Keli Bennett
Penny   Rebecca Hague
Terry   Himself
Rick   Rick Behague
Sharon   Philippa Jones

CAMERON AND THE BUDGIES
Keyboard – Wil Sargisson
Lead guitar – Andrew Klinkhamer
Bass guitar – Chris Dingle
Percussion – Cameron Budge

THE INN-TONERS
Sharon Bloor
Sarah Craig
Janine Reid
Wiremu Te Kani

BERTHA’S BIRDS
Emma Smith, Megan Jenkins, Rhonda Anderson

PRODUCTION TEAM

Production manager   Ian Reid
Stage manager   Marc Collier
Set design   John Collier Lighting design Paul Collier
Assistant stage manager   Andrew Browne
Production secretary   Carol Codling
Assistant to director   Julie Evans
Assistant to choreographer   Roxanne Reid
Sound   Peter Eade   Properties   Sonya Aifai
Wardrobe   Maria Paterson   Makeup   Debbie Williams
Hair stylists   Raymond Gempton, Tracy Crosse
Company catering   Linda Wakely   Bar manager   Kendall Browne
Club catering   Helen Wakely   Construction   Clive Buttery, Alan Howes

SUPPORTING CAST

Blair Burtenshaw
David Knowles
Sonya Aifai
Julie Evans
Lesley Reid
Bach Briggs

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE MUSIC MACHINE
MURRAY KITE
CHARLIE MARDON
SOLE SAVERS – SHOE REPAIRS
UFS DISPENSARY
SIMON GREEN
JAMES WHITE

SUPPORTING CAST

Betty Hickey
Harry Hickey
Denys Meek
Brent Smith
Felicity Grant
Tarisha Briggs

ASSISTANT PERSONNEL

PROPERTIES   Irene McKinnon, Christine Cheyne, Christine Kenah, Donna O’Shaughnessy, Darryl Mitchell
WARDROBE   Gail Jones, Chris Shields, Sue Page
LIGHTING   Jillian Williams, Paul Kenah, Pierre van der Zwet
STAGE CREW   Brent Smith, Denys Meek
MAKEUP   Marie Ewens, Julie Mallard, Ann Behague, Margot Bell Connell, Mariot Scott, Barbara Brown
CONSTRUCTION   Alan Holt, Ray Slavin, Blair Burtenshaw, Daniel Hurley, Steve Roberts, David Knowles, Brett Collier,
Cliff Allen, Brian Nathan, Alan Jones, Rachel Sander, John Bloor
FRONT OF HOUSE   Tony Reid, Neill Page, Ian Collins, John Briggs, Peter Shepherd