It's Now or Never!

It’s Now or Never! is the sequel to my earlier stage comedy Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! Elvis Presley fanatic Tom Weals and his fiancee Alice arrive in Spain in preparation for their long-awaited wedding. Keith Clark, a plumber and fellow Elvis fanatic, has offered them the use of his villa outside Marbella whilst he is in London, but their arrival has been predated by a sighting by Keith of the real Elvis alive and hiding out in a nearby villa! Unbeknownest to Alice, who is not much of an Elvis fan, Keith talks Tom into helping him kidnap Elvis to sell the story to the British tabloid press. Things go according to plan until the victim appears to die in their custody. The ensuing confusion resulting from the attempts to hide their hysteria (and the body) from Alice while convincing The Sunday Insider of their conquest leads to chaos as a variety of ‘Elvises’ appear and disappear and identities change by the moment in this fast-paced and frenetic comedy.

THE ORIGINAL CAST

Tom Weals..............................................................................Tony Roper
Alice Martin................................................................Heather Alexander
Keith Clark....................................................................Peter Polycarpou
Lydia............................................................................Jacqueline Stirling
‘Elvis’ .............................................................................Leyton Sommors
Daphne Wood..................................................................Jennifer Piercey
Inspector Olvera..................................................................Stephen Bent

Designed by Jessica Tyrwhitt
Lighting by Jon Linstrum
Directed by Marina Caldarone

It’s Now or Never! is currently published by Josef Weinberger Ltd (ISBN: 0856761486) and is available from www.amazon.co.uk

It’s Now or Never! received its premiere at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch in a production directed by Marina Calderone. It starred Tony Roper (from BBC TV's Rab C. Nesbitt show) and Peter Polycarpou (Birds of a Feather and De-Lovely) and featured Leyton Sommers as Elvis Presley.

It’s Now or Never! has been successfully produced throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Holland and Belgium. In addition it was adapted into a radio play in South Africa.