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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 - &pound;152,319 (&pound;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 Winner of The Evening Standard/Carlton Television Best Musical of the Year, Evening Standard Theatre Awards, 1999.Winner of Best Musical, Critics' Circle Awards 2000. <a href="http://www.spendspendspend.net">Website</a>

Cast/Performers

Diane Langton (Viv Nicholson), Steven Houghton (Keith Nicholson), Rachel Leskovac (Young Viv Nicholson), Jonathan Burn, Tania Caridia, Susan Fay, Kate Harbour, Marjorie Keys, Gary Milner, Craig Nicholls, Stuart Nurse, Stuart Pendred, Robin Samson, Jeff Shankley, Nicola Sloane, Duncan Smith, Jamie Somers, Mary Stockley, Paul Thornloy

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Steve Brown, John Cameron
Book by(s): Steve Brown, Justin Green
Lyrics(s): Steve Brown, Justin Green (from the book by Viv Nicholson and Stephen Smith)
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Choreographer: Craig Revel Horwood
Design: Lez Brotherston
Director(s): Jeremy Sams, Dane Preece (music)
Sound: Rick Clarke
Producer: Andre Ptaszynski (for Pola Jones-Michael Watt-Joop Van Den Ende - in association with Hat Trick Productions and the Theatre Royal Plymouth)