Carry On London

Carry On London
14 September 1973 - 29 September 1973: Birmingham Hippodrome 4 October 1973 - March 1975: Victoria Palace, London
Sid James Barbara Windsor Kenneth Connor Peter Butterworth Bernard Bresslaw Jack Douglas The Dancing Girls & Boys
Written by: Talbot Rothwell, Dave Freeman & Eric Merriman Additional Material: Ian Grant Orchestra Director: Richard Holmes Manager & Stage Director: Alan West Choreography: Tommy Shaw
Act 1 Round about Victoria!! What a Carry On! Carry on Girls Emergency Ward 99 and a bit Deauville 1900 Elizabethan Madrigals London Night Out Curtain Time at the Royal Standard Music Hall Act 2 Carry On London Hello Dollies Be Prepared Cleopatra's Palace on the Nile Cleopatra's Boudoir Carry On London, a collection of revue sketches based firmly on the Carry On style, brought the series right back to its roots; traditional British music hall. Carry On London became a huge success during its initial run at the Birmingham Hippodrome, back in September 1973, so much so that a London run became inevitable. The 18 month London staging was similarly a roaring success; reportedly one of the most successful revues ever. The sketches were written by Carry On stalwarts Talbot Rothwell and Dave Freeman, with Eric Merriman and featured reworkings of a number of Carry On film excerpts, as well as pastiches of current shows and the usual mixture of song and dance routines. The entire play was recorded by ATV for transmission as the TV special "What a Carry On"