La Cava
Thanks to technical problems, this production played only six of its scheduled 16 performances at Bromley. Press night at the Victoria Palace was 8th June 2000.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Agon | Paul Keating |
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Archbishop Oppas | Patrick Romer |
Ensemble/1st cover Florinda/2nd cover Isabel | Katie Leeming |
Ensemble/1st cover Gurda | Colette Bibby |
Ensemble/1st cover Isabel | Caroline Bagnall |
Ensemble/1st cover King Roderic | Howard Ellis |
Ensemble/1st cover Marcos | Andrew Wright |
Ensemble/1st cover Somal/2nd cover Theo | Ben Forster |
Ensemble/1st cover Tariq | Jordi Guitart |
Ensemble/2nd cover Agon/1st cover Archbishop | Steve Elias |
Ensemble/2nd cover Florinda | Anna Blake |
Ensemble/2nd cover Gurda | Michelle Lukes |
Ensemble/2nd cover Julian/2nd cover Ezzak | Frank Thompson |
Ensemble/2nd cover Marcos/1st cover Theo | Julian Essex Spurrier |
Ensemble/2nd cover Queen Exilona | Dawn Buckland |
Ensemble/2nd cover Somal | Roberto Saraceno |
Ensemble/2nd cover Tariq/1st cover Ezzak | Michael Small |
Ezzak Mendez/2nd cover King Roderic/1st cover Julian Espatorias/2nd cover Archbishop | Chris Andrew Mellon |
Florinda Espatorias | Julie Alanah Brighten |
General Julian Espatorias | David Bardsley |
Isabel | Louise McCarthy |
King Roderic | Oliver Tobias |
Marcos Cordoba/1st cover Agon | Richard Woodford |
Queen Exilona | Marilyn Cutts |
Somal | Daniel Redmond |
Tariq the Moor | Joshua Bancel |
The Governess Gurda/1st cover Queen Exilona | Claire Massie |
Theo Perez | Luke Evans |
Crew | |
Additional Lyrics | Shaun McKenna |
ASM | Nicole de Souza |
ASM | Abigail Sargant |
ASM | Rebecca Walsh |
ASM/Console Operator | Ashley Cole |
Assistant Costume Designer | Pip Hazell |
Assistant Lighting Designer | James Farncombe |
Assistant Set Designer | Gary Underwood |
Associate Producer | Michael Rose |
Casting | Debbie O’Brien |
Chief Lighting Technician | Kate Greaves |
Choreographer | Mitch Sebastian |
Company Manager | Alex Halpern |
Composer | Stephen Keeling |
Composer | Laurence O’Keefe |
Consultant to the Producers | Frank Gero |
Costume Designer | Paul Clarke |
Dance Captain | Frank Thompson |
Deputy Wardrobe Master | Chris Hayward |
Deputy Wig Mistress | Manny Stirpe |
Designer | Francis O’Connor |
Director | Steven Dexter |
DSM | Patricia Swales |
Fight Director | Malcolm Ranson |
Floor Revolve and Moving Walls | Robert Knight, Ltd |
Jewellery | Sharon Tucknott |
Keyboard Programmer | Stuart Andrews |
Keyboard/Assistant Musical Director | Stuart Barr |
Lighting Designer | Chris Ellis |
Lyrics | John Claflin |
Lyrics | Laurence O’Keefe |
Moving Light Programmer | Alan Boyd |
Moving Light Programmer | Chris Clarke |
Music Programmer | Dan Eccleston |
Musical Director | Michael Haslam |
Musical Supervision and Orchestrations | John Cameron |
Production Assistant | Christine Brisley |
Production Assistant | Emma Donovan |
Production Electrician | Pryderi Baskerville |
Production Electrician | Claire Jeffrey |
Production Electrician | Adam Masters |
Production Electrician | Donncha McDonncha |
Production Electrician | Ian Moulds |
Production Electrician | Kelvin Murray |
Production Electrician | Neil Vann |
Production Manager | Tim Slater |
Resident Director | David Morgan |
Sound Designer | Clement Rawling |
Sound Operator 1 | Tracey Mundy |
Sound Operator 2 | Helen Vining |
Sound Production Engineer | Paul Delaney |
Stage Manager | Graeme Braidwood |
Wardrobe Mistress | Debbie Bennett |
Wig Mistress | Jenny Barnett |
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La Cava is a musical with a book by Dana Broccoli, lyrics by John Claflin and Laurence O’Keefe, additional lyrics by Shaun McKenna and music by O’Keefe and Stephen Keeling.
Based on Broccoli’s novel Florinda, its title is derived not from the sparkling wine but for the Spanish word for a scarlet woman. The plot, based on the legend of Julian, Count of Ceuta, focuses on the feisty daughter of a Spanish general whose love triangle involving King Roderic sets a massive war in motion. In the 8th century, Roderic was the last ruler of Visigothic Spain and was overthrown by the Moorish invasion.
The show was originally presented at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse from the 1st-23rd July 1995 under its original title ‘Florinda’, starring Julie Heron as the title character and directed by David Galligan. At this point in the show’s development, the music and lyrics were by O’Keefe and Claflin only.
Directed by Steven Dexter and choreographed by Mitch Sebastian, the West End production opened on June 8, 2000 at the Victoria Palace Theatre, where it ran for six weeks before transferring to the Piccadilly Theatre. It remained there until closing on February 3, 2001. The original cast included Oliver Tobias as King Roderic, Julie-Alanah Brighten as Florinda, Marilyn Cutts as the Queen, Paul Keating as her servant Agon, Daniel Redmond as Florinda’s Moorish lover, David Bardsley as Florinda’s father, Louisa McCarthy as Florinda’s friend at court, and Patrick Romer as the evil, Jew-hating Archbishop.
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