Lucky You, is a theatre adaptation of the bestselling novel

Lucky You (novel)

Lucky You is a 1997 novel by Carl Hiaasen. It is set in Florida, and is based around JoLayne Lucks, a black woman who is one of two winners of a lottery.-Plot:...

 by Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist, columnist and novelist.- Early years :Born in 1953 and raised in Plantation, Florida, of Norwegian heritage, Hiaasen was the first of four children and the son of a lawyer, Kermit Odel, and teacher, Patricia...

 which premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The play was adapted by Denis Calandra and Francis Matthews, directed by Francis Matthews, produced by Katharine Doré and Jon Plowman

Jon Plowman

Jon Plowman has been a producer at the BBC since 1980, when he produced Russell Harty's chat show Harty...

, with music composed by Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...

. It stars Nicola Alexis

Nicola Alexis

Nicola Alexis is a British actress best known for playing the role of WPC Ruby Buxton in the long running ITV drama The Bill.She recently played the lead role in the theatre adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's Lucky You, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008.-External links:* *...

, Trevor White

Trevor White

Trevor Alan White is a Canadian actor who has worked in theatre, film, television and radio since 1994, and has been based out of London, England, since 2001.-Life:...

, Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson is an American actor largely active in the United Kingdom. Johnson was born John Johnson in New Orleans, Louisiana....

, Alexandra Gilbreath

Alexandra Gilbreath

Alexandra Gilbreath is an award-winning English actress.Gilbreath is widely known for her work both on stage and onscreen . She gained popularity with the Royal Shakespeare Company on such works as The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Tamer Tamed, and The Winter's Tale and Merry Wives:...

, Josh Cohen, Kristina Mitchell, Geff Francis

Geff Francis

Geoffrey "Geff" Francis, most known as Geff Francis is a Black British actor who portrayed Lynford, a hoodlum in For Queen and Country...

 and Paul Reynolds

Paul Reynolds

Paul Reynolds may refer to:*Paul Reynolds , Ex-footballer, convicted sex offender.*Paul Reynolds , British actor*Paul Reynolds , BBC's World Affairs correspondent...

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