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Sweet FA

photos by Matt Strudwick

Show Information

Sweet FA is a new musical based on the real-life Hollywood stories of  Fatty Arbuckle and Peg Entwistle. Set in Tinseltown, the production processes of Hollywood film-making from the silent screen to the golden age are brought to life centre stage. Packed with showstopping numbers, this show will get you dancing in the aisles.

With the best expertise in innovative technology, the show uses computer animation, live video feed and interactive performance to result in a taptastic, showstopping musical.

The show was first performed at the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth in 2009.

Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.........Daniel Stockton

Peg Entwistle.......................Lisa Bridge

Buster Keaton......................James Dangerfield

Freddy Ayres.......................Davis Brooks

Augustus Nevermind.............David Menkin

Abigail Blake........................Michelle LaFortune

......and a supporting cast of fantastic performers recruited through our 'X-factor' style auditions from around the Portsmouth area. 

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Slapstick antics

Developing the script and score

Rehearsals begin

Movie Magic

Gala Night

Custard Pies