SPIN IT AGAIN, DUKE!
An adventure story with music.
Three young cousins, Simon, Rachel and Juliet, venture into their auntie's attic during an innocent game of hide and seek, and are mysteriously whisked off to a strange world filled with even stranger creatures. They are befriended by Turnkey, who wants to help them but doesn't quite know how, and Duke, a juke box with a mind of his own.
Along their escape route, on the way to the Great Gate, Rachel is kidnapped by Abbatrons, machine-like zombies addicted to Abba songs. Their leader, the formidable Abbatron Queen, tries to turn Rachel into yet another Abbatron, and seems to be succeeding...
Will the rest of the gang be able to rescue Rachel from such a hideous fate? Will they ever find the Great Gate, and their way home? And who exactly are Turnkey and Duke?
This is an exciting musical adventure for the young, and young at heart!
Cast: 6 principals, extras, chorus
Music: 7 well known songs: Aquarius, Yellow Submarine, I Will Follow You, Dancing Queen, Mama Mia, Fernando, Accentuate The Positive.
SPIN IT AGAIN, DUKE! has been commissioned by Greentree Children's Theatre,
and premieres in August 1999.