Nine Performers Depart UK's DUSTY Amidst Backstage Drama

Dusty, a multi-media show celebrating the musical icon Dusty Springfield, is currently playing at London's Charing Cross Theatre, and according to the Stage, the show is experiencing some drama both on and offstage.

The musical, which was originally slated to have a press night on June 3, has been in previews since May 25. In the coming weeks, five actors will have left the production due to "unrest" and "unhappiness." An additional four dancers have been altogether removed from the production.

A source told the Stage: "Everyone was tired and fractious and suddenly [the producers] decided to keep postponing the press night. People who are leaving are glad to be getting out of it. They have paid everyone and done everything right, but it was a bit of a mess."

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With original music by the legendary artist Dusty Springfield, audiences see and hear Springfield on stage using the most up-to-date 3-D technology and digital media. Combined with a musical theatre format of live performance, music and dance, Dusty follows the highs and lows of Springfield's rise from middle class suburban London to the recording of her seminal album Dusty in Memphis.

Written by Kim Weild and Duncan Sibbald with dramaturg Jack Bradley, Dusty is directed by Ben Woolf with set designs by Phil Lindley, lighting by Richard Williamson,choreography by Lyndon Lloyd and sound by Paul Gavinand James Nicholson. Musical direction is by Dean Austin.

Dusty is produced in the West End by Freddie Madden, Patrice Wilson and Darren DeVerna with Andrew Green as Executive Producer and Paul Howes as Associate Producer.

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