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Feels Like The First Time

"The audience was up and dancing at the Coliseum’s new jukebox musical. You will be up with the best of them, dancing in the aisles. I certainly was." (Oldham Evening Chronicle)

"Filled with energy with sparkling dramatic moments". (Oldham Advertiser)

"A witty script and an interesting storyline. The audience were captivated by this rock n' roll story. The musical content is outstanding. This fine production was a great treat. I left the theatre with a smile on my face. A night of unremitting pleasure. Great fun. A total joy." (Manchester Confidential)
Jukebox Musical 'Feels Like The First Time' by Philip Goulding

Synopsis

The musical is set during the summer of 1980 and the summer of 2000 in and around a youth hostel and a hotel.

In 1980 a 'Battle of the Bands' competition is being staged. Terry meets Julie. He’s the creative force (in his opinion) behind the upcoming local band 'The Trevors'. Though his fellow band member Cameron thinks he should have more of a say in the way the band is organised. Julie is enjoying simply having a laugh being a part of popular three piece girl-band The Launderettes.

When the chance of a gig comes up at the YHA the Trevors and the Launderettes join forces. But soon creative and personal differences will drive friends and lovers apart and split the bands asunder. Julie and Terry get together and then split up and… who knows where they’ll end up?

A foolish promise was made in 1980 that the band members would all attempt to get together for a big reunion in the year 2000. And that day is finally here.

Featuring over twenty hit songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, 'Feels Like the First Time' is a sexy, comic, bitter-sweet jukebox musical focusing on the two crucial periods in anybody’s life: the age of twenty and the age of forty.

Characters (6m, 3f)

  • Jez + vocals/guitar
  • Vernon / Elliott + keyboards/bass/vocals/drums
  • Sally + vocals/saxophone
  • Terry + vocals/guitar
  • Julie + vocals/keyboards
  • Nobby + drums/vocals
  • Morris + vocals/keyboards/sax
  • Kate / Penny + vocals/trumpet
  • Cameron + vocals/guitar/bass/harmonica

As can be seen, the musical was written for a cast of actor-musicians, but a separate pit band or on-stage band would work equally well.

Songs

  1) Brown-Eyed Girl [Van Morrison]  
  2) Right Back Where We Started From [Maxine Nightingale]  
  3) Message In A Bottle [The Police]  
  4) Crashdown (On A Satellite Town) [*]  
  5) Geno [Dexys Midnight Runners]  
  6) Sunday Girl [Blondie]  
  7) In The Country [Cliff Richard]  
  8) (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea [Elvis Costello]  
  9) Hocus Pocus [Focus]  
10) I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself [Dusty Springfield]  
11) Let’s Spend The Night Together [The Rolling Stones]  
12) Waterloo Sunset [The Kinks]  
~~ Interval ~~  
13) The Boys Are Back In Town [Thin Lizzy]  
14) Teenage Kicks [The Undertones]  
15) Lay Down Sally [Eric Clapton]  
16) Paranoid [Black Sabbath]  
17) At Seventeen [Janis Ian]  
18) Who Are You [The Who]  
19) Father And Son [Cat Stevens]  
20) Logical Song [Supertramp]  
21) School’s Out [Alice Cooper]  
22) Days Like These [*]  
23) Feels Like The First Time [Foreigner]  

Information for Production Administrators

Here's a list of all the supporting material available and some other information you might need. Pricing for the production materials is supplied automatically with a Perusal Set. Royalty pricing can only be provided as a formal quotation.
Available now (see below) ...
 
 
Perusal Set

These are available free of charge exclusively to bona fide representatives of organised musical theatre production organisations. The set is provided on a non-returnable USB Stick and contains...
 
  • Libretto (pdf)
No recorded music is supplied as all the songs are commercially available. No DVD is available.
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Libretti/Vocal Scores

Available to purchase as a Rehearsal Master Set on a USB Stick. This contains the script and piano vocal score for your cast and crew provided as A4 pdf files. No problem about possible loss of deposit on sets of rented books, as they are yours to print out and mark up as required. The price includes a multiple copying licence allowing you to copy the files on the Stick (enabling you to give or sell copies to your cast for them to make up their own rehearsal books) or to make multiple prints of the pdf's on the Stick for your production company to organise and provide to your cast or crew.

To order this, create an account with us, then go to the 'Order Rehearsal Material' page. Please note that we do not sell printed copies of the libretti, nor do we hire sets of printed rehearsal libretti or scores.
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Backing Tracks
All the songs (except two, see [*] above) are well-known standards and suitable tracks should be acquired from a supplier of backing tracks.
 
Orchestrations

All the songs (except two, see [*] above) are well-known standards and suitable band parts should be acquired from a supplier of sheet music.
Royalty Type

Royalties for this title are 'variable fee, post paid', and will be calculated on a percentage of your box office income once your production has finished. See our pricing policy for details. We work on a quotation system for royalties, based on information you supply to us. Complete a printed application form or create account with us, and use the online version.
Video Licence
We have secured the rights to video productions of this title from the Author, and we manage them on his behalf. Once a 'Licence To Perform' has been granted, and then on payment of a fee, we will be able to issue a 'Licence To Record'. There are some strings attached to this, but these are far outweighed by the benefits.
 
  • Record one or more live performances and mix down to a single video
  • Give or sell copies to your cast and crew
  • Sell copies to your audiences (take advance bookings on the night)
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  • Perusal Set (Feels Like The First Time)
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