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Dateline: 10th December, 2006
Blondes on Tour Alan Plater's award winning musical play Blonde Bombshells of 1943 commences a major UK tour opening at the Oxford Playhouse on 30th January. The Blonde Bombshells, the most glamorous all-girl swing band in the North, loses members every time it plays a GI camp. Now there¹s an important BBC job in the offing and Betty needs to find new musicians fast. Among those drafted are naïve schoolgirl Liz, who plays a mean clarinet; Miranda, an upper-crust saxophonist; singing nun Lily and Patrick, a male drummer prepared to don a frock in order to avoid a drafting. With her motley line-up complete, Betty and her band prepare to dodge Hitler's bombs and make the dangerous journey to far-flung Hull and potential fame and fortune. Directed by Mark Babych, the show has just received the prestigious Blue Ribbon Manchester Evening News Award for Best Production of 2006. It was first performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2004. This rewritten version was commissioned by Hampstead Theatre and first performed at the Bolton Octagon Theatre in June 2006 and at Hampstead in July 2006. The Tour
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