Ruby & the Vinyl

Touring Spring 2022

Ruby & the Vinyl

Ruby and the Vinyl by John Godber & Elizabeth Godber. Music by Ruby Mackintosh.

In Ruby’s Pop-Up record and vintage clothes shop magical things are happening, people are falling in love, finding themselves, sorting their lives and restyling their look! When Lily meets Tom on a wet afternoon they could never have imagined where their relationship would go, from perfect strangers to inseparable lovers. But is everything quite as it seems?

Ruby’s shop is an oasis of calm in a chaotic universe, but eventually you have to step back outside, step up and face the chaos! Featuring BBC supporting artist Ruby Mackintosh and her hypnotic vocals, 'Ruby and the Vinyl' is a new musical with a vintage heart.

Directed by Jane Thornton & John Godber

Running Time: 1 Hour 40 Minutes (including interval)

 

*Download a ‘Ruby & the Vinyl’ programme Here!*

 

Venues & Dates

EAST RIDING THEATRE

1st-26th March 2022


THE OLD LAUNDRY THEATRE, BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE

29th March 2022


 
 

LIVERPOOL ROYAL COURT STUDIO

30th March - 2nd April 2022


BRIDLINGTON SPA

7th-8th April 2022

- Musical Theatre Review

 
 

Watch the ‘Ruby & the Vinyl’ Trailers

We caught up with the ‘Ruby & the Vinyl’ cast to chat about the show


 

EDUCATION RESOURCES

To download the Education Resource Pack for “Ruby and the Vinyl”, with information for GCSE and BTEC studies, click below.

 

  • George Reid - Tom

    George is an actor and musician from Penistone, South Yorkshire. He graduated from Guildford School of Acting in 2018. Since then, George has performed at The Globe (London) as well as touring Macbeth (UK) and Romeo & Juliet (Spain). George is also a musician and has performed all over the world, including New York, Berlin and Paris. George won the Sir Richard Stilgoe Songwriting Competition in 2018. As a teenager, having sat in the audience many times watching John Godber shows, it became a dream that one day George would be performing on a stage as an actor. Now years later, about to perform with the John Godber Company it seems like a full circle. He is very excited to work on 'Ruby & the Vinyl' with the company!

  • Millie Gaston - Lillie

    Millie is an actress from North Yorkshire and trained at Manchester School of Theatre graduating in 2018. This is Millie’s second time working with the John Godber company. She loved working on A Christmas Carol in December 2021 and is incredibly excited to be working on Ruby & the Vinyl! Millie has recently played Maria in Twelfth Night, Cordelia in King Lear and Maya in Snowflake. Millie also produces her own work. Her play SHAKE THE CITY will be premiering at Leeds Playhouse in April 2022.

    Recent Credits includes: THREE EMOS (Regional Tour; UK Tour), THE REMARKABLE TALE OF DOROTHY MACKAILL (Hull New Theatre), THE ACCIDENT DID NOT TAKE PLACE (York Theatre Royal), MT FEST (The Other Palace), TH'IMPORTANCE OF BEIN' EARNEST (Drayton Arms Theatre), HON3Y 92 (Digital Theatre with Northern Broadsides), KING LEAR (Here To There Productions), TWELFTH NIGHT (JL Productions), SHAKE THE CITY (Forge Theatre; VAULT Festival) CROWN PRINCE: PART OF A CLIMATE EMERGENCY (Wakefield Theatre Royal). SNOWFLAKE (Malvern Theatres) A CHRISTMAS CAROL (John Godber Company)

  • Ruby Macintosh - Ruby/ Songwriter

    Ruby has been playing music, singing, and writing songs since she was a little girl. Her first band "Fawn" - formed while she was studying at Wakefield college - was invited to play at the infamous Colne Blues Festival. She went on to study at LIPA where she hustled her way into a solo support slot for The Kooks, played at The Cavern Club, and had a one on one songwriting session with Sir Paul McCartney himself. It was here that her stage pseudonym of Ruby Macintosh developed into the vintage inspired, tenacious, and vivacious powerhouse we all know and love.

    After finishing her degree at LIPA she applied for funding from The Princes Trust to help her kickstart her career as a solo musician. As an ambassador for The Trust she played in front of, and met, HRH Prince Charles.

    During a Radio Leeds "We Love Wakefield" broadcast, John Godber was being interviewed and Ruby was asked to play some songs. One phone call later and the original version of "Ruby and the Vinyl" was born some years ago. Like any creative endeavour it's been an organic and collaborative process. This the 3rd time Ruby has composed music for The John Godber Theatre Company. The first incarnation of "Ruby and the Vinyl" did a stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the second was entitled "The Kings of Hull" and was commissioned for Hull City of Culture.