Desperate to be Doris

Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding
Lip Service
27 Oct 10 to 30 Oct 10
Oldham Coliseum Theatre

The story of Dean, who works as a buyer for a mail-order nightwear firm called The Pyjama Game, but at home he sings like Doris Day. Will he dare to share his Calamity Jane with an unsuspecting world?

When his local operatic society Out of My Range, decides to stage the hit musical, Dean is suddenly thrown in the limelight.

For this musical extravaganza Lip Service duo Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding have enlisted the services of Darren Southworth, fresh from the West End hit Spamalot.

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Desperate To Be Doris to Visit Oldham and Keswick

Award-winning comedy duo LipService – Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding - seem unstoppable as their newest show, the musical comedy, Desperate to be Doris, featuring some of Doris Day’s greatest hits returns to the region.
What's On Stage

...charmingly witty script is clever and original with such well-timed deliveries that it is easy to forget that there are actually only two of them... velvety-voiced Darren Southworth... sweetly naïve performance... The heart-warming finale satisfied a very happy audience...
What's On Stage (Rating: 5/5)