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Wake Up Little Suzie

Philip Goulding

Genre: Jukebox

Cast size: 7

Duration: 120 mins approx

Philip Goulding | Musical | Full-length | 6m, 3f

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1976. The long hot summer. At Tilton's Holiday Camp newcomer Suzie Bellamy and resident singer Ben will fight it out to see who is best vocalist. Featuring twenty-five toe-tapping hits, a stand-up comedy contest, top TV crooner Rocky Sorrento, foxy female-impersonator Lucille La Mer, ventriloquist Chris Peacock (and his dummy Terry Bull), and the ever-present promise of holiday romance, this sizzling rock 'n' roll musical will have everyone fondly recalling their own Seaside Special summer of love.

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'Wake Up Little Suzie!' is a feelgood jukebox musical set in Tilton’s holiday camp during the long hot summer of 1976.

It follows the fortunes of newcomer chalet-maid and wannabe singer Suzie Bellamy, who, on the run from a loveless marriage to a careless clot, finds herself competing with her ambitious workmate Ben, in the camp's fiercely-contested annual talent show.

The musical features a poptastic parade of solid gold hits including ‘Summer in The City’, ‘Bye Bye Baby’, ‘More More More’, ‘When You’re Young And In Love’, ‘In The Midnight Hour’, ‘Summerlove Sensation’, ‘Under The Moon of Love’, ‘A Little Bit More’, ‘(Is This the Way To) Amarillo’, ‘I Only Wanna Be With You’, ‘That’s Alright (Mama)’, ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’, and ‘Crocodile Rock’.

But it isn’t just about the tunes. The entertainment at Tilton’s also features a stand-up comedy contest bitterly fought out between husband and wife duo Derek and Valerie, a top-billed tight-trousered TV crooner named Rocky Sorrento, a frighteningly-foxy female impersonator called Lucille La Mer, the heartbroken ventriloquist Chris Peacock (and his unsympathetic dummy Terry Bull), a surprise Elvis impersonator, and of course, the ever-present promise of steamy holiday romance.

They say that you used to be able to see the sea from Tilton’s Holiday Camp, on a clear day, before they built the power station. But nobody at Tilton’s will want to leave the premises until a winner is declared between Suzie Bellamy or Ben Tilton (and he happens to be the owner’s son). Is it a stitch-up, or will true talent triumph? This sizzling jukebox musical is guaranteed to have everyone fondly remembering their own Seaside Special summer of love.

min 6m, 3f; max 13m, 6f

Bold names indicate a part with 20 lines or more, or a singing solo/duet/trio, or both.

  • Harry Tilton (95 lines, 1 solo, 1 duet)
  • Ben Tilton (127 lines, 5 solos, 4 duets, 1 trio)
  • Suzie Bellamy (145 lines, 2 solos, 2 trios)
  • Francesa (8 lines, can double with Julie-Ann)
  • Julie-Ann (65 lines, 1 solo, 3 trios, can double with Francesca)
  • Billy Butler (38 lines, 1 solo, can double with Pat)
  • Pat Gently (4 lines, can double with Billy)
  • Mick Martin (11 lines, can double with Chris, Bradley/Lucille and Rocky)
  • Chris Peacock (22 lines, can double with Mick, Bradley/Lucille and Rocky)
  • Bradley Bostock / Lucille La Mer (3 lines, 1 solo, can double with Mick, Chris and Rocky)
  • Rocky Sorrento (9 lines, 2 solos, can double with Mick, Chris and Bradley/Lucille)
  • Derek / Carlos Fandango (43 lines, 1 solo can double with Tony)
  • Tony Bell (8 lines, can double with Derek/Carlos)
  • Silent Marjorie (2 trios, can double with Valerie and Maudie)
  • Valerie (28 lines, can double with Marjorie and Maudie)
  • Maudie (34 lines, 1 solo, can double with Marjorie and Valerie)
  • Andy Cash (13 lines, 1 solo, can double with Kenny)
  • Kenny (44 lines, 1 solo, can double with Andy)

The musical was written for a cast of nine actor-musicians (as above), but a separate pit band or on-stage band would work equally well.

'Wake Up Little Suzie!' broke box-office records when it was produced in a co-production by Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre.

"Wake Up Little Suzie! is a true feelgood show and great fun for all the family. It got the audience laughing, clapping and singing in their seats and even up and dancing in the aisles" - Oldham Advertiser

"Peppered with nostalgic glimpses of holiday camp glories, this is a show with laughter and heartache, moments of comic genius and sing-along tunes that have the audience bopping in the aisles" - theatre-reviews

"A winner. A great production that has the audience clapping, stamping their feet and rising to dance for the finale" - Clitheroe Advertiser

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Songs

1) Summer in The City [The Loving Spoonful] 

2) Bye Bye Baby [Bay City Rollers] 

3) Raining In My Heart [Buddy Holly] 

4) I’ll Never Fall In Love Again [Bobby Gentry] 

5) Summertime Blues [Eddie Cochrane] 

6) Yakety Yak [The Coasters] 

7) I’m Doin’ Fine Now [New York City] 

8) Shake, Rattle And Roll, Extract [Bill Haley & The Comets] 

9) I’m A Woman [Helen Reddy]

10) More, More, More [Andrea True Connection]

11) That’s Amore [Dean Martin]

12) When You’re Young And In Love [Marvelettes]

13) In The Midnight Hour [Wilson Pickett]

~~ Interval ~~

14) Summerlove Sensation [Bay City Rollers]

15) She Loves You [The Beatles]1

6) Under The Moon of Love [Showaddywaddy]

17) How Does It Feel? [Slade]

18) A Little Bit More [Dr Hook]

19) (Is This the Way To) Amarillo [Tony Christie]

20) Wake Up Little Susie [Everly Brothers]

21) Tell Him [Billie Davis]

22) Let’s Stick Together[Bryan Ferry]

23) I Only Wanna Be With You (Dusty Springfield)

24) That’s Alright, Mama [Elvis Presley]

25) Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John & Kiki Dee)

26) Crocodile Rock (Elton John)

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