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Opera Sunderland has a tradition of performing a new work every season - "its umbilical cord to civilisation". However instead of staging innovative gay opera 'St Sebastien', managing director Dwight Gaggenheim opts for 'West Side Story' instead! No wonder the tempers and egos of a plethora of opera-types come bubbling to the surface! Comedy drama in five parts written by Fintan Coyle and Tom Miles Derek ....... Andrew Branch Keyboard Ken ....... Tom Miles Cilla ....... Carolyn Bonnyman Gareth ....... Godfrey James James ....... Simon Butteriss Natasha ....... Caz Weller Dwight ....... Jonathan Kydd Singers: Alison Porter Susan Jelley Henrik Wager Ian Bloomfield Producer Chris Neill First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997.
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