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Spend Spend Spend

Description: Picadilly Theatre, Denman Street, W1. Tel: +44 (0)20 7369 1734. (Piccadilly Circus tube). Ends 5th August 2000. / Spend ... more

Spend Spend Spend ... Spend Spend is a musical with a book and lyrics by Steve Brown and Justin Greene and music by Brown. In 1961, Yorkshire housewife Viv Nicholson won £152,319 in the football pools. When a reporter asked her what she planned to do with her new fortune, she replied, "I'm going to spend, spend, spend!," which is exactly what she did. Her rags to riches to rags again story takes her through five husbands, expensive sports cars, fur coats, and jewelry, a battle with alcohol, and bankruptcy as, unable to cope with her new-found wealth and fame, she rapidly spirals downward. Spend Spend Spend premiered in 1998 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and won the Barclays Theatre Award for Best Musical of the Year. After a week of previews, the West End production, directed by Jeremy Sams and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, opened on October 12, 1999 at the Piccadilly Theatre, where it ran until August 5, 2000. The original cast included Barbara Dickson, Steven Houghton, and Rachel Leskovac.

Newest Review: ... asking for your money back. < br> Spend Spend Spend won Oliver awards and was loved by critics. But it stuggled to find an audience in London. Hopefully, the show will get the audience it deserves on this tour. Want see if this excellent musical is on near you? - check out: www.barbaradickson.com or ... more

... www.ticketmaster.co.uk The show is in Milton Keynes in Oct and Manchester in Nov. ...more

Read Reviews for Spend Spend Spend

Spend Spend Spend: Spend your money on this (430 words)
by - written on 01/09/01
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Spend Spend Spend is a musical set in 1961. Yorkshire housewife Viv Nicholson won a fortune on the pools- her life changed completely. But the money did not bring Viv happiness, it changed her life but as the title suggests - the money was spent immediately! The musical explores the adulation that Viv receives because of her new found wealth but also looks out how money cannot buy you love. Spend Spend Spend is currently on a regional tour. It struggled in the West End to compete with The Lion King and the endless conveyor belt of Lloyd Webber musicals by numbers. This is a real shame because Spend has the power to move the audience beyond belief. Barbara ... Read the complete review

Go and see it! (113 words)
by - written on 19/07/00 (Somewhat useful, 49 readings)
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I went to see this when it first opened and thoroughly enjoyed the whole show. The plot kept my attention - its based on the true life story of Viv Nicholson (well I think thats her name anyway) who won the pools back in the 60's and spent the lot. It made me smile, and cry, and reccomend it to anyone who would listen! The songs were very good - even though I had never heard any of them before I couldn't stop singing them for days after, which has to be a good sign! I hear its closing on 5th August, so catch it while you can! ... Read the complete review