Boogaloo Stu Stages CRIMPLENE MILLIONAIRE at Brighton Fringe This Weekend

Boogaloo Stu presents Crimplene Millionaire, written, devised and performed by Boogaloo Stu and Avis Cockbill and directed by Flick Ferdinando at Brighton Fringe. The production runs today 28th - 30th May 2015 at 9.30pm at the Spiegeltent Bosco, Old Steine Gardens.

From glittering TV stardom to the showbiz doldrums, 70s telly host Derek Daniels has been off our screens for quite a while, with only his glamorous assistant (and increasingly frustrated wife) Bev for company. In a bid to rekindle the nation's affection, Derek is making a comeback with Crimplene Millionaire, his pilot TV gameshow which finally marks his return to the small screen; but can he win back our hearts, or will it be a dark night of the soul for light entertainment? What skeletons are lurking in Derek and Bev's walk-in-wardrobes and to what lengths have they gone to survive in the z-list celebrity wilderness?

Derek and Bev invite you to compete in the 1970s board game that style forgot, as they roll back the years to a pre-digital world of Mateus Rosé, Brut 33, fondue and butterscotch Angel Delight...if you didn't experience the decade first hand, prepare to be illuminated; and if you did, prepare to feel young again! Performed on a bold and unique hand painted board-game stage set, Crimplene Millionaire is prime-time edutainment, an interactive game and engaging social satire in one artful theatrical package.

Show creator Boogaloo Stu said: "For a long time I'd had this idea to devise a game show which would be performed on a giant interactive board, and an Ovalhouse commission back in February 2013 gave me the opportunity to try it out. I'm interested in the effect of nostalgia, especially how it is now constantly regurgitated and repackaged, and how these visions and revisions the past can progress to shape our future. On the surface, it's a gameshow designed to revive the flagging career of the host, Derek Daniels; but ultimately it's about celebrity, love, life and disaster - neatly packaged up as a hilarious, if also vaguely competitive, game show."

Boogaloo Stu is a performer, DJ, presenter and DIY pop-star. Stu toured as part of Duckie's Olivier Award-winning "C'est Vauxhall" show, and with his own "School Of Dance" show (with Miss High Leg Kick). Stu has been toured nationally with his shows Pop Magic and Puppet Paramour, and most recently with Crimplene Millionaire.

For more, visit crimplenemillionaire.co.uk, or follow on Twitter: @crimplenederek #CrimpleneMillionaire and Facebook: facebook.com/crimplenemillionaire.

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