HOTPANTS
A musical by Dick Lee
Written and directed by Dick Lee, this musical will be revived this year with new songs. Starring Nikki Muller, Denise Tan, Dwayne Tan, Ebi Shankara, Tabitha Nauser, Eleanor Tan, Cheryl Tan, Windson Liong, Joakim Gomez and Kimberly Chan. Set in the early 1970s, Hotpants is an ensemble musical comedy, featuring 10 quirky, identifiable and loveable characters coming t
o terms with the changing times. Focusing on the journey of three mother-daughter pairs whose lives take a turn when the three schoolmates decide to join an inter-school Talentime. Bernadette's Convent, where she teaches. Her daughter Penny is a shy plain-Jane, with a hidden talent for song-writing, and she competes against her younger brother Chris in the Talentime. Penny's second cousin Daphne is a spoilt princess, and is very similar to her energetic and restless housewife mother Connie, whose dull husband Alfie teaches at boys school St. Peter's Institution. Rounding up the families, is the progressive Suzy deSouza, single mom to talented Sharon. Suzy also happens to be the secretary to St. Peter's Vice-Principal, Rodney, with whom she is having a secret affair! Add to the mix, the wild and attractive Desmond, two-times stay-back classmate of Chris, and the romantic target of the three girls. The story twists and turns with funny moments and catchy songs, as our dysfunctional protagonists fumble and stumble their way through a rapidly evolving world, filled with strange new pop music, modern morals, and - yes, Hotpants!
