Description: (Eccleshare) Sean Hargreaves, Vicki Forrester, Sophie Elliot, Daniel Whitehead, Nicole Thomason, Tom Kirk, Arran Kent, Craig Nixon, James Barber, Emily Cookson and Jon


Synopsis: Manchester’s 23 year old award winning composer James Eccleshare’s next generation British indie rock musical ‘The Philadelphia’ created a buzz in January 2007 when the show toured North West Colleges

Author: Director: Special Feature: Release date: 31/07/2007
Format: CD
Year of recording: 2007
Number of disc: 1
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(Eccleshare) Sean Hargreaves, Vicki Forrester, Sophie Elliot, Daniel Whitehead, Nicole Thomason, Tom Kirk, Arran Kent, Craig Nixon, James Barber, Emily Cookson and Jonny Pryor. 2007 Studio Cast Recording.

‘The Philadelphia’ is a café in London which deals with some rather interesting clientele: Malcolm the Alcoholic, Lucy the Prostitute, Tommy the Tramp, Willie the Homosexual, Teddy Van Helgen the Wannabe Rock Star, Lady Everington-Smith the Posh Snob and Keith the Blind Man amongst others. The show centres around one day inside the café, the day of ‘The Philadelphia Talent Contest’ Grand Final, with a £3000 cash prize for the lucky winner… Witness the hilarious events that follow, resulting in a rather devilish sub-plot and asking the question: “Have you ever wondered why we’re here?”

All words and music written by J Eccleshare

Except ‘I Wanna Rock!’ written by D Hull

Orchestrations by J Eccleshare