La Vie Parisienne
Our 2026 show will be La Vie Parisienne performed at the Cecil Hepworth Playhouse - Walton-on-Thames from 25th to 28th February 2026.
Tickets NOW on sale here
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?
If you're in the cast or crew, the Christmas holidays are a great time to share how much fun you are having rehearsing the show and make your friends and family aware that it is coming up.
If you're not in the cast or crew this year, we're eager to share the fun with you. And do please think about someone you might invite to come along with you and introduce to the pleasure of a KASJOG production.
Tickets are now on sale at ticketsource.co.uk/kasjog
The Rehearsal Schedule can be found here.
THE CAST: (17 December 2025)
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
La Vie Parisienne - synopsis
Set in the dazzling world of Second Empire 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 spectacular supper hosted by the eccentric Brazilian, whose 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.