Based on the cult classic, 1990 John Waters film, Cry-Baby features a book from the writers of Hairspray and a rockabilly score from the co-founder of Fountains of Wayne and the executive producer of "The Daily Show."

It's 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism and Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore. He's a bad boy with a good cause – truth, justice and the pursuit of rock and roll. Cry-Baby and the square rich girl, Allison, are star-crossed lovers at the centre of this world. Fueled by hormones and the new rhythms of rock and roll, she turns her back on her squeaky-clean boyfriend, Baldwin, to become a "drape" (a Baltimore juvenile delinquent) and Cry-Baby's moll. At the other end of the topsy-turvy moral meritocracy of 1954 America, Baldwin is the king of the squares and leads his close-harmony pals against the juvenile delinquents, who are ultimately arrested for arson, sending the drapes all off to prison. It's Romeo and Juliet meets High School Hellcats.

31st March - 2PM & 7PM
1st April - 2PM & 7PM

Book by Thomas Meehan & Mark O Donnell
Music & lyrics by Adam Schlesinger & David Javerbaum

Musical Direction by Michael Webborn
Choreography by Adam Haigh
Directed by Benji Sperring

Based on the Universal Pictures film written and directed by John Waters.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International