{"id":2301,"date":"2010-10-04T13:26:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T12:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2020-01-06T07:37:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T07:37:12","slug":"boycie-reasons-to-be-cheerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/boycie-reasons-to-be-cheerful\/","title":{"rendered":"Boycie – Reasons to be Cheerful"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We have recently been hearing from Stephen Lloyd who played Boycie in the recent prequel Rock and Chips. Stephen is busy with an Ian Dury musical called Reasons to be cheerfull. He took some time out to tell OFAH about the 1979 musical.<\/p>\n

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Stephen Lloyd as Boycie in Rock and Chips<\/p><\/div>\n

“I will be playing Vinnie, in the new Ian Dury Musical called ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’. The musical is a co-production with the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, Graeae Theatre Company and the New Wolsey Theatre. The show opens at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich 14th-16th October and has it’s London Premier at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East on October 22nd – November 13th!”<\/p>\n

\"Reasons<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Set during a time of political change and economic hardship, a top class cast and a scorching live band pay tribute to Dury\u2019s anarchic spirit and propels this riotous skiddling, diddling, bled-white, died-black coming of age tale.
\nIt\u2019s 1979. Ian Dury and the Blockheads\u2019 new single REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL (Part 3) is climbing the charts. Labour has just lost the recent election to the Tories. Vinnie and his mates are big Ian Dury fans and they\u2019d do anything to see him at the Hammersmith Odeon. They don\u2019t have tickets and the gig\u2019s sold out \u2013 but then events take a surprising turn\u2026.<\/p>

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