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Venue	Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse)
	Also: Courtyard, Quarry, Bramall Rock Void
Town	Leeds
County	West Yorkshire
From	19th October 2010
To	23rd October 2010
When	19:30. Oct 21 Mat 13:30. Oct 23 Mat 14:00
Prices	From £16.00. To £26.00.
Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse) (V977)
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Spend, Spend, Spend

Work:: Spend, Spend, Spend (S1707)

Scraping by on seven quid a week with her husband and three kids in a tiny terraced house in Castleford, Yorkshire, Viv Nicholson's life was as near rock bottom as it could get. Until that day in 1961 when Viv borrowed £5 from her Mam to play the Pools and she was catapulted from obscurity to fame with the biggest win ever - £152,319 (£5 million today). And that was it, Viv and Keith's lives changed overnight and Viv declared to the world she was going to spend, spend, spend. 'Booze, big cars, big spending, big headlines' and a succession of husbands soon led to bankruptcy. From rags to riches and back to rags again, a gritty and poignant musical about the extraordinary story of a brash and naïve, northern lass

Music	Steve Brown
Book by	Steve Brown
Lyrics	Steve Brown
Book by	Justin Green
Lyrics	Justin Green (from the book by Viv Nicholson and Stephen Smith)

Production:: (T2115533132)

Producer	Watermill
Director	Craig Revel Horwood
Choreographer	Craig Revel Horwood
Musical Director	Sarah Travis
Design	Diego Pitarch
Lighting	Nick Richings
Sound	Chris Full
Performer	Greg Barnett (Keith)
Performer	Jack Beale (Matt / Estate Agent)
Performer	Neil Ditt (Brucie / Bank Manager)
Performer	Tom Gearing (Show MD)
Performer	Kirsty Hoiles (Young Viv)
Performer	TJ Holmes (Graham)
Performer	Graham Kent (George)
Performer	Karen Mann (Older Viv)
Performer	Jane Milligan (Mother)
Performer	Tara Nelson (Sue / Tart)
Performer	Susannah Van Den Berg (Mrs Watermann / Florrie)
Performer	Tom Yeates (Policeman / Tax Inspector)

Listing:: L0530368472

Quarry Theatre

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