Our House London Musical Story

OUR HOUSE
(Winner Best Musical)
Olivier Awards

This is a musical from the book written by Tim Firth inspired by the Music & Lyrics of Madness a pop group famous in the 1970’s and 80’s.
I went to see it at the Sheffield Lyceum with Mom and Aunty Karen. Aunty Karen and Mom had not seen it before. I remember back in 2000 or 2001 I saw the Our House Musical on TV featured on BBC One London Royal Variety Show. On September 26, 2008 we saw the show in the first scene the two actors Joe’s Dad (played by Steve Brookstein) he is trying to teach Kath Casey (played by Gwyneth Strong) some dance steps making mistakes in the dance which was good acting.
Kath’s husband dies and his son Joe Casey (played by Chris Carswell) has to grow up without him. Joe Casey wanted to go out with a girl called Sarah (played by Miria Parvin) she says yes and she also wants to get married but Joe didn’t want to get married to Sarah.
There was a scene I didn’t understand where we see the good side and the bad side of Joe Casey. My favourite song was “Baggy Trousers” where Joe Casey leaves School at the age of 16. Then the next scene was the good side and the bad side, in the good side he gets arrested for hitting a copper in the bad side Joe gets married with Sarah in Las Vegas USA and got a job in London but he only cares about money and they are unhappy. At the end there are two houses on stage in the bad side there is a house on fire and Joe’s mother dies, in the good side she is o.k. and they are happy. It was a good show I’ve only got six Madness songs like “Our House, House of Fun, Embarrassment, Michael Caine, the Prince and Lovestruck.

ACT I

Overture
Our House
Simple Equation
My Girl
Baggy Trousers
Embarrassment
Driving In My Car
Los Palmas 7
Shut Up
Tomorrow’s Just another Day/the Sun and the Rain

ACT II

Night Boat to Cairo
Wings of a Dove
One Better Day
Rise and fall
NW5
It Must Be Love
The Sun and the Rain
Our House (Reprise)

The first act starts at 17:00 – 18:05

The second act starts at 18:30 – 20:20

Richard Moody 09.26.2008