On the eve before they are shipped out to fight in the Vietnam War, a platoon of young marines engage in their traditional ‘Dogfight’: a simple game with cruel rules. Each Marine puts $50 in the pot - the one who brings the ugliest date to the party wins the money.
Eddie Birdlace, a careless and lost marine, and his two best friends, the inexperienced Bernstein and the crude Boland, dive head-first into the barbaric game, unaware of how the game would change their lives forever.
Rose Fenny, an isolated dreamer stuck as a diner waitress, and Marcy, a brash prostitute, become embroiled in this whirlwind of a night, which would force them to confront hard truths about the lives they lead.
With music written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (the award-winning composers of Dear Evan Hansen and La La Land), Dogfight is a funny, poignant, and important musical, that whilst focusing on the morality and impact of such a cruel game, comments upon the arrogant age of American Innocence that was ended by the Vietnam War.
INFORMATION
Exeter
4th-6th December 2017 at 7:30pm
OFFICIAL TRAILER
THE CAST
Charlotte Harris
Harry Butterwick
Rose
Birdlace
Boland
Grace Proctor
Michael Hogg
Nikhil Bolton-Patel
Marcy
Bernstein
Kathryn Pridgeon
Ensemble
Stuart Duncan
Sacha Mulley
Ensemble
Ensemble
Jonathan Taylor
Jed Spree
Sam Loader
Gibbs
Fector
Stevens
CREATIVE TEAM
Co-Directors
Samuel Nicholls
Jacob Hutchings
Choreographer
Sarah Dean
Vocal Coach
Mima Chesterfield
Musical Director
Beth King
PRODUCTION TEAM
Producer
Megan O'Mahony
Assistant Producer
Annabel Buckland
Stage Manager
Bo Ashby-Crane
Assistant Stage Manager
Shoshana Doherty
Sound Designer
Rachel Burrell
Lighting Designer
Olly Martin
BAND
Keys
Beth King
Guitar
James Waldron
Bass
Ryan Mulgrew
Drums
Ali Elliston
Cello
Connor Spence
Violin
Mima Chesterfield
Lighting Assistant
Mitchell Sandy
Costume
Mia Phillips
Publicity Manager
Emily-Rose Stead
Fundraising Manager
Bridie Shine
Publicity Assistant
Andrew Sharpe