Deep Down And Dirty Rock and Roll
By Mark Davies Markham
128/44Suggs stars in a drama set in the music industry. Once Carl was the tragic suicidal poet of the band Lost Youth. Fourteen years earlier Carl feigned a mysterious disappearance. If he comes out of hiding now Lost Youth are history. Ed...Suggs Carl...Burn Gorman Tanya...Philippa Stanton Sophie...Alex Tregear Doreen...Joanna Monro Olly...Stuart McLoughlin Miss Brookes...Jane Whittenshaw Phil...Brian Bowles Music composed by Dave Gale Directed by Claire Grove Ed (SUGGS) and Carl (BURN GORMAN) are two musicians in mid-life meltdown, who've been friends and rivals since primary school. Carl, the supposedly dead or missing poet of the band Lost Youth, has been in hiding for fourteen years. But with Lost Youth's comeback tour and new album imminent maybe he's about to be outed. Ed has been living the rock and roll life and he's in serious debt. If Carl comes out of hiding Lost Youth are history, and so is he. SUGGS was a founder member of Madness, the ska revivalists who erupted out of Camden Town in the late '70's and became one of the greatest pop groups of the '80s. He presents a music show on Radio 2. BURN GORMAN is best known for Torchwood. He also played Bill Sykes in Oliver in the West End Mark Davies Markham writes hugely entertaining scripts for TV, theatre and radio. 'Taboo' the West End musical he wrote for Boy George was nominated for an Olivier Award . 'Eric' his recent play for the Liverpool Everyman was also about the music industry.
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