Lipstick Dreams will be the third North West Theatre Company production for 2015 and will appeal to all who relish a professional comedy with music.
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The play opens in Blue Heaven Ladies Hairdressing Salon. The business has been struggling since Brett and his boys opened up another salon across the road.
To stay afloat the salon owner, Jo needs to find money fast, create a bit of publicity, and attract customers back to her business.
Lipstick Dreams is a light hearted look at the lives of four different women living in a small country town.
Each woman has her own dreams and disappointments.
Johnette Walker is back after playing the mysterious butler in Murdered to Death.
“I loved being part of that NWTC production,” Johnette said. “The whole experience from beginning to end was so enjoyable I had to audition for more.”
Johnette plays the part of Jan.
“My character Jan, is a customer who walks into the salon. Jan is a woman of a certain age with a husband and two children. She has been wondering lately whatever has happened to her life!
“Her relationship with her husband seems to have lost its spark and life seems to be dull and monotonous.”
When asked if she identifies with her character, Johnette replied: “I think many women as they grow older and their children become more and more independent question who they are and what they have become.
“Jan goes to the Blue Heaven Salon for a new hairdo.
“She finds herself comparing her current life to what she was like before marriage and children – before he told her how boring she is.
“An opportunity presents itself and Jan finds herself nervously attempting to be the ‘little live wire’ she was before they got married.”
As the play develops each character wonder if they should accept 'how things are as, somehow, it's easier that way', or should they take a chance.
“It is really touching how the four characters coax one another to open up to opportunity,” Johnette said. “Together they let their hair down and have the time of their lives.
“By the way, Lipstick Dreams is not a musical as such. We do sing a couple of songs and have a great deal of fun.”
Lipstick Dreams is on at the Roxy in September. There will be two evening performances on September 12 and 19 and two matinees on September 13 and 20. Mark it in your calendar as a must see.
