Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends
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a synth-pop opera by Jude Taylor
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In 1980s America, the Naval Investigative Service are intensively hunting down and discharging gay sailors in the US Navy at an unprecedented rate. But their war on homosexuality is not yet over, because the gays have a secret weapon, someone who is somehow friends with every single one of them: Dorothy.
Who is Dorothy? What does Dorothy want? Can she bring down the entire Navy, and perhaps the country, too? Only one man, with a predictable secret of his own, can stop her.
Powered by an 80s synth pop score, ‘Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends’ is a surreal, dark musical comedy inspired by a lesser-known chapter of queer history.
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Click here to listen to the original demo of ‘Won’t You Be My Friend?’
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'Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends' will premiere in a concert staging
at the Phoenix Arts Club, London
on Sunday 13 July, 14:30
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2025 Phoenix Arts Club concert staging cast and creatives
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Director/Video Designer: Matt Powell
Produced by Chromatic Creative
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Hunter: Mikey Wooster
Parker: Jordan Walker
Barbara: Francesca Fenech
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Queen Dorothy: Renan Teodoro
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