DISCO INFERNO
Book By Justin Steeple.
Musical Arrangements By Brett Foster & Jim Coyle
Additional Dialogue by David Spicer
This Amateur production was presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd. on behalf of David Spicer Productions.
Set in the funkadelic decade of the seventies, the hit comedy musical "Disco Inferno" seamlessly blends side-splitting humour with chart-topping hits of the era, sure to appeal to musical theatre lovers and seventies aficionados alike.
Jack wants to be a superstar. He spends very little time thinking of anything else, even when he's with his pretty girlfriend Jane Sadly for Jack the closest he's come to stardom is clearing glasses in local talent-trap nightclub, Disco Inferno. When a contract promising fame and fortune is offered to Jack on a plate, by the mysterious Lady Marmalade Jack is only too keen to grab that plate with both hands. There's no such thing as a free lunch however, and Jack soon to start paying.Lady Marmalade certainly ain't paying for this one.
It's all about soul, or so the show's tag line goes and Jack soon discovers that he must forfeit his in order to attain all his worldly dreams. Overcome with the prospect of fulfilling his ambition and Lady Marmalade's seductively persuasive Jack quickly and bemusedly signs a contract, trading his soul for stardom, not fully understanding just what he is getting in returnfor his soul.
Jack's friends, geeky Tom and club DJ Terry, have a hard job believing Jack's claim that he has traded his soul in return for stardom. Having seen him fail at several auditions, Jane is excited for Jack and encourages him along.
Acting as his manager, Lady Marmalade quickly gets to work on making Jack a star, starting with getting club owner, ageing rocker Duke, to agree to allow Jack to perform at Disco Inferno, much to the annoyance of regular performer Heathcliffe Duke is suitably impressed with Jack's performance and, considering Heathcliffe's heated reaction to it. Duke offers Jack a regular slot at the club, in place of Heathcliffe.
Next Lady M takes Jack to get his image sorted with record publicist, Nick Diablo, who does his bit to ensure Jack is as famous and successful as he's always dreamed he would be; promising he will do photo shoots with Time magazine, do lunch with glamour girls and really be a superstar.
Jack has a wonderful time enjoying his new success, appearing at legendary venue The Roundhouse, then on Top of The Pops, all the while enjoying the limelight and the screaming fans.
As with most pacts with the Devil, these things rarely go as well as initially anticipated, and things do start going wrong for our man Jack. Jack and his now fiance Jane, drift further and further apart until ultimately Jane leaves him. After an unfortunate incident involving his best friend, Tom, Jack's friends grow tired of his new superstar personality and he feels rock bottom. It is only following a run-in with jilted nightclub frontman, Heathcliffe, that Jack realises there's more to life than being a rich and famous superstar.
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