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LA VIE PARISIENNE

Cecil Hepworth Playhouse - Walton-on-Thames
25th to 28th February 2026.

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Director: Martine Young

Music Director: Laura Brown

Choreographer: Lorraine Landon

We're really starting to discover the fun in this show. In case you are not familiar, it is a fast-paced musical farce, filled with flirtation, mischief, and comic entanglements. Expect toe-tapping tunes, outrageous characters, and fabulous costumes in this stylish 1920s re-imagining of Offenbach’s classic French comedy, performed in English, and with a live orchestra.

Three unsuspecting visitors arrive in 1920's Paris—each determined to sample its legendary delights—and promptly fall into the hands of two mischievous young Parisians with a talent for trouble. Mistaken identities, outrageous disguises, fake hotels, impromptu parties and wildly misplaced affections collide as everyone chases the “real” Paris… and each other. Before long, the city’s most glamorous courtesan, a millionaire Brazilian, and a houseful of over-enthusiastic servants are swept into the uproar. What could possibly go wrong?

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THE CAST:

Brazil - Michael Crow

Gabrielle - Sue Prior

Metella - Giselle Thorne

Raoul - Luke Leeves

Bobinet - Matt Lawson

Baron - Mark Lewis

Baroness - Elizabeth Loveder

Pauline - Anne Crow

Julie - Helena Newman

Louise - Sara Cromwell

Pierre - Ross Elliott

Jaques - Brian Gillies

Marcel - David Saunders

Station Master - Keith White

Joseph - Jeff Warren

Alphonse - Roger Thomas

 

FULL RUN IN COSTUME

Sunday 15th February

COSTUMES

LA VIE PARISIENNE - Synopsis

Set in the dazzling world of 1920s Paris, La Vie Parisienne follows a lively cast of would-be lovers, social climbers, and tourists eager to sample the city’s legendary pleasures. Two Parisian boulevardiers, Raoul de Gardefeu and Bobinet, both infatuated with the glamorous courtesan Métella, decide to distract themselves by guiding unsuspecting visitors through the “true” Paris.

Raoul intercepts a wealthy Swedish couple, the exuberant Baron and Baroness Gondremarck, and—posing as a hotel guide—installs them in a private house that he passes off as luxury accommodation. He hopes to charm the Baroness, but chaos erupts when the Baron becomes equally determined to enjoy his Parisian freedom.

Meanwhile, Bobinet takes charge of entertaining the Baron during a lavish, alcohol-fuelled “grand society” party staffed entirely by his own servants disguised as aristocrats. The Baron is delighted with this glittering façade, none the wiser that he is being thoroughly duped.

As the characters criss-cross Paris in pursuit of thrills, flirtations, and misunderstandings, the disguises multiply and the deceptions grow ever more outrageous. Métella herself returns to untangle the confused affections, culminating in a lively evening at a fashionable Parisian restaurant, where the eccentric Brazilian adds to the revelry and enthusiasm for Parisian nightlife knows no bounds.

In the end, identities are revealed, harmony is restored, and everyone joins in a jubilant celebration of the irresistible, intoxicating spirit of Paris—a city where joy, romance, and folly reign supreme until the early hours.

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