What To Know About This Production
Award Winning Amateur Dramatics Company Rickmansworth Players present Sunset Boulevard – a show based on Billy Wilder’s Oscar winning film, Sunset Boulevard is a story of romance and obsession.
Our production will be a spectacular semi-staged production with a 21 piece onstage orchestra, fully costumed cast of 61 parts and stunning visual effects.
Winner of seven Tony Awards, Andrew Lloyd Webber's score is nothing short of a masterpiece with Don Black and Christopher Hampton's wonderful book and lyrics.
The plot:
Alone, except for her butler Max, faded movie star Norma Desmond resides in her mansion on Sunset Boulevard. She lives in her own fantasy world of when she used to be a silent-screen goddess, when she used to be "big".
Down on his luck screen writer Joe Gillis comes across Norma's mansion by chance, while trying to evade debt collectors, and gets drawn into her reclusive world. Joe is persuaded to work on a script that Norma believes will put her back where she was born to be - in front of the cameras - and very soon he is seduced by her lifestyle. It’s not long until Joe feels trapped and can see no way out - that is until he finds love in the arms of Betty Schaefer. Joe finds the courage to leave Norma but it comes with deathly consequences.
Performance Dates
- Nov 20 Wednesday 1:41 AM
- Nov 20 Wednesday 7:30 PM
- Nov 21 Thursday 7:30 PM
- Nov 22 Friday 7:30 PM
- Nov 23 Saturday 2:00 PM
- Nov 23 Saturday 7:00 PM