It's Now Or Never!
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It's Now or Never! is a stage comedy written by Miles Tredinnick
. It was published in 1991 by Warner Chappell
Plays and first produced at the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch, England in 1994. It starred Tony Roper
and Peter Polycarpou
and was produced by Rod Coton and Joe Scott-Parkinson in association with the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch. It was directed by Marina Calderone. The play is a sequel to the author's earlier Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami!
Elvis Presley fanatic Tom and his fiancee Alice arrive in Spain from Colchester in preparation for their long-awaited wedding. Keith Clark, a plumber and fellow Elvis fanatic, has offered them the use of his villa outside Marbella while he is in London, but their arrival has been predated by a sighting by Keith of the real Elvis, alive and hiding out in a nearby villa!
Unbeknownst to Alice, who is not much of an Elvis fan, Keith talks Tom into helping him kidnap Elvis to sell the story to the British tabloid press. Things go according to plan until the victim appears to die in their custody. The ensuing confusion resulting from the attempts to hide their hysteria (and the body) from Alice while convincing The Sunday Insider of their conquest leads to chaos as a variety of ‘Elvises’ appear and disappear and identities change by the moment in this fast-paced and frenetic comedy.
Miles Tredinnick
Miles Tredinnick, also known as Riff Regan, is a rock musician, songwriter and a stage and screen writer. In the 1970s, he was the lead singer with the British rock band London. Afterwards he went on to write comedy plays for the stage...
. It was published in 1991 by Warner Chappell
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
Plays and first produced at the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch, England in 1994. It starred Tony Roper
Tony Roper (actor)
Tony Roper is a Scottish actor, comedian, playwright and writer.His first major starring role was in Scotch and Wry. He wrote the classic comedy-drama The Steamie in 1988. He achieved even greater fame in Naked Video and in the spin off series Rab C Nesbitt, in which he played Rab's...
and Peter Polycarpou
Peter Polycarpou
Peter Polycarpou is a British stage and TV and film actor, best known for playing Chris Theodopolopoudos in the television comedy series Birds of a Feather.-Career:...
and was produced by Rod Coton and Joe Scott-Parkinson in association with the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch. It was directed by Marina Calderone. The play is a sequel to the author's earlier Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami!
Laugh? I Nearly Went To Miami!
Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! is a stage comedy by Miles Tredinnick. It was first produced in Hampstead, London, in 1985 and published the following year by Samuel French Ltd. The original cast starred Russell Wootton and Jill Greenacre. It has been translated into many languages and is regularly...
Characters & synopsis
- Tom Weals - the biggest Elvis Presley fan in the world.
- Alice Martin - Tom's fiancee.
- Keith Clark - plumber and fellow Elvis fan.
- Lydia - works in dry-cleaners.
- Elvis - Keith's neighbour.
- Daphne Wood - a newspaper journalist.
- Inspector Olvera - police officer.
Elvis Presley fanatic Tom and his fiancee Alice arrive in Spain from Colchester in preparation for their long-awaited wedding. Keith Clark, a plumber and fellow Elvis fanatic, has offered them the use of his villa outside Marbella while he is in London, but their arrival has been predated by a sighting by Keith of the real Elvis, alive and hiding out in a nearby villa!
Unbeknownst to Alice, who is not much of an Elvis fan, Keith talks Tom into helping him kidnap Elvis to sell the story to the British tabloid press. Things go according to plan until the victim appears to die in their custody. The ensuing confusion resulting from the attempts to hide their hysteria (and the body) from Alice while convincing The Sunday Insider of their conquest leads to chaos as a variety of ‘Elvises’ appear and disappear and identities change by the moment in this fast-paced and frenetic comedy.