Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami!

Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! is a zany and fast moving comedy of confusion. When Tom Weals, an Elvis fanatic, and Alice his fiancee are unable, due to fog, to fly to Miami for an Elvis Presley Convention, they arrive back at Tom's flat to find that they have inadvertently picked up the wrong suitcases at the airport and are now in possession of half a million dollars. Further confusion arises with the arrival of, firstly, Tom's flashy brother Barney, who is hoping to use the flat to seduce Muriel, his latest girlfriend and is none too pleased to find Tom at home, then Alice's eccentric Auntie with a bag containing $20,000 (a wedding present for Tom and Alice) then Frankie, a thug working for the owner of the suitcase dollars, whom Tom and Alice assume is a member of the local constabulary, and finally, Inspector Hendy, a real policeman, who somehow manages to sort everything out!

THE ORIGINAL CAST

Tom Weals....................................................................................Russell Wootton
Alice Martin......................................................................................Jill Greenacre
Barney Weals..............................................................................David Bradshawe
Muriel.............................................................................................Andrea Gordon
Auntie...............................................................................................Gillian Vickers
Frankie.........................................................................................John Lyne-Pirkis
Inspector Hendy..........................................................................Christopher Prior

Executive Producer for Comedy Hall Productions: Tony Worgan.
Designed by Rik Carmichael; Lighting: David Hardstaff; Stage Manager: Kate Stewart; Directed by Charles Harris.

Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! is currently published by Samuel French Ltd (ISBN:057301633) and is available from www.amazon.co.uk

In the mid-80s I started writing comedy scripts. My first play Because of Mr Darrow was produced at the Finborough Arms Theatre in London and I followed this with Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! It had a successful London fringe run starring Russell Wootton and Brittas Empire star Jill Greenacre before being produced for the first Liverpool Festival of Comedy with director Kate Stewart.

Translated into many languages, Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! has been produced all around the world including Vienna where as ...Und Morgen Fliegen Wir Nach Miami, it became one of the city's most popular stage plays. Legendary British Director Cyril Frankel directed Gaby Jacoby and Viktor Couzyn in a translation by Adolf Opel.