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SOHO CINDERS

an urban musical fable Music by Lyrics by Book by

GEORGE STILES

ANTHONY DREWE

ANTHONY DREWE and ELLIOT DAVIS

PIANO / VOCAL SCORE

Josef Weinberger

SOHO CINDERS © Copyright 2015 by George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and Elliot Davis Edition © Copyright 2015 by Josef Weinberger Ltd., London All Rights Reserved PHOTOCOPYING THIS COPYRIGHT MATERIAL IS ILLEGAL

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This edition: June 2015

Musical Numbers ACT ONE 1.

Old Compton Street (Velcro, Robbie, Clodagh & Dana, Ensemble) ............... 1

2.

Wishing For The Normal (Velcro, Robbie) .................................................. 22

2a.

Wishing For The Normal – Scene Change (Instrumental) ............................ 39

3.

Spin (James, William, Sasha, Ensemble) ..................................................... 40

4.

Gypsies Of The Ether (Robbie, James) ........................................................ 57

4a.

Gypsies Of The Ether – Tag (James, Robbie) ............................................... 68

5.

I'm So Over Men (Dana, Clodagh) ............................................................ 71

5a.

I'm So Over Men – Reprise (Dana, Clodagh) ............................................. 85

6.

Remember Us (Marilyn, James) ................................................................. 88

6a.

Old Compton Street – Reprise (Lord Bellingham) ....................................... 98

7.

It's Hard To Tell (Velcro, Robbie, Ensemble) ..............................................102

7a.

It's Hard To Tell – Fade (Instrumental) .......................................................119

8.

You Shall Go To The Ball (Velcro, Sidesaddle, Dana, Clodagh, Lord Bellingham, Robbie, Marilyn, William, James, Ensemble) ...................120

ACT TWO 9.

Entr'acte (Ensemble) ................................................................................136

10.

Who's That Boy? (Ensemble, William, Clodagh, Dana, Marilyn) .................139

11.

Glass Slippers (Robbie) ............................................................................159

11a.

Spin – Reprise (Marilyn) ...........................................................................167

11b.

Underscore into The Tail That Wags (Instrumental) ....................................170

12.

The Tail That Wags The Dog (William, Sasha, Ensemble) ............................173

13.

Let Him Go (Velcro, Marilyn) ...................................................................190

13a.

Wishing For The Normal – Reprise (Velcro) ...............................................197

13b.

Remember Us – Reprise (James, Marilyn) .................................................199

14.

Fifteen Minutes (Clodagh, Dana, Ensemble)..............................................204

15.

Finale (Marilyn, Robbie, James, Velcro) .....................................................219

16.

Bows (Company) .....................................................................................235

17.

Playout (Instrumental) ..............................................................................244

PIANO / VOCAL SCORE

SOHO CINDERS No.1

Lyrics by

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Old Compton Street

Anthony Drewe

George Stiles

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