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Pressreleaseforimmediaterelease:LondonFringePremiere9to5TheMusical–UpstairsattheGatehouseTheeagerlyawaitedLondonFringePremiereof9to5TheMusicalopensonWednesday29thAugust2017atUpstairsattheGatehouse,HighgatevillageandrunsuntilSunday1stOctober2017withpressnightonFriday1stSeptember2017at7.30pm.ThishilariousmusicalcomedyisbasedonthehitfilmofthesamenameandhasmusicandlyricsbyDollyPartonandbookbyPatriciaResnickbasedonthescreenplaybyPatriciaResnickandColinHiggins.LeadingthecastasthethreefemaleofficeworkerswhoturnthetablesontheirsexistbossareAmandaCouttsasJudyBernly,PippaWinslowasVioletNewstead,andLouiseOlleyasDoraleeRhodes.LeoSené playsthesexistandegotisticalFranklinHartwithadoringsidekickRozKeithplayedbySamanthaGiffard.MatthewChaseplaysloveinterestJoe.CompletingthecastareBlairAndersonasDwayne,MarkHoustonasDick,andRachelIvyasMargaret. Pushedtotheboilingpoint,threefemaleco-workersconcoctaplantogetevenwiththesexist,egotistical,lying,hypocriticalbigottheycalltheirboss.Inahilariousturnofevents,Violet,JudyandDoraleeliveouttheirwildestfantasy-givingtheirbosstheboot!WhileHartremains"otherwiseengaged",thewomengivetheirworkplaceadreammakeover,takingcontrolofthecompanythathadalwayskeptthemdown.TheproductionisdirectedbyJosephHodgeswithmusicaldirectionfromOliverHance,choreographybyChrisWhittaker,DesignbyEmilyMegson,LightingDesignbyTomTurnerandSoundDesignbyChrisDrohan.CastingisbyHarryBlumenau.TheproductionisproducedbyJHEntertainment.Thisoutrageous,thoughtprovokingandromanticallydepthmusicalreceived15DramaDeskAwardnominationsand4TonyAwardnominationswhenitranonBroadwayin2009.AllmusicandlyricsarewrittenbyDollyPartonandherquickwitandhappinessradiatethroughoutthisfun-packedmusical.Hey,agirlcanscheme,can'tshe?