Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity follows the romantic trials and tribulations of Charity Hope Valentine, “a girl who wanted to be loved.”

Charity is a taxi dancer, a dance partner-for-hire at a seedy dance hall in New York City. Though the job may be decidedly undesirable, Charity’s hopeful romanticism and unfailing optimism lift her out of her circumstances and help her reach for a life beyond.

In the past, she’s been strung along and hung out to dry by a series of bad relationships and lousier men. When she meets Oscar, a neurotic, shy actuary seemingly from another world, will she finally find true love at last?

Featuring hit musical songs including 'Rhythm of Life', 'Hey Big Spender' and 'If My Friends Could See Me Now'. Take a journey through all elements of life in 1960s New York.

One of the most famous shows by legendary director / choreographer Bob Fosse and with a laugh-a-minute script by the incomparable Neil Simon, every audience is destined to fall in love with Charity’s limitless spirit, as she lives life “hopefully ever after.”

Music by Cy Coleman;
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields;
Book by Neil Simon.

NODA Award Wins

NODA Award Nominations

Cast

Lisa Kreisky

Charity Hope Valentine

Neil King

Oscar

Victoria McLauchlan

Nickie

Sarah Callow

Helene

Gill Buchanan

Carmen

Joey Wylde

Daddy Brubeck

Gary Corkhill

Herman

David Lyons

Vittorio Vidal

Emma Bowker

Ursula

Fandango Hostesses

Ensemble

Production Team

Val Cowley

Director

Ruth Barnes

Choreographer

Gem Last

Assistant Choreographer

John Elliott

Musical Director

Support and Sponsors

The Manx Gilbert & Sullivan Society would like to place on record our sincere thanks and gratitude to the below companies,
without whom, Sweet Charity would not have been such a success.

Based upon an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Fellini & Ennio Flaiano.
Produced for the Broadway stage by Fryer, Carr & Harris.

Conceived, staged and choreographed by Bob Fosse.

An amateur production by arrangement with Musicscope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York.

Douglas, Isle of Man

© 2021 Centre Stage Productions. Developed by Kelly Firth.