Absolute Beginners 1986

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

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Eddie O'Connell Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Patsy Kensit Suzette

James Fox Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

David Bowie Vendice Partners

Ray Davies Arthur, Colin's Dad

Mandy Rice-Davies Flora, Colin's Mum

Eve Ferret Big Jill

Tony Hippolyte Mr. Cool

Graham Fletcher-Cook Wizard

Joseph McKenna Fabulous Hoplite

Steven Berkoff The Fanatic

Sade Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

Edward Tudor-Pole Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

Bruce Payne Flikker

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