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9 to 5 the Musical (Norbury Players)

It's a crackpot scheme surely to kidnap your boss and hold him hostage while you turn the workplace into a much more accommodating, considerably less sexist and frankly nicer place to be. Perhaps so but, if your boss happens to be the egotistical, misogynistic Franklin Hart Jr (played with a glint in his eye by Dean Bayliss) then maybe you've made the right choice. Lead protagonist in this take-over is much put upon single parent Violet Newstead (an increasingly powerful portrayal by Lorna Tipple) who reaches breaking point at pretty much the same time as Hart's secretary Doralee Rhodes (played by Holly Hay, giving Ms Parton a run for her money) and nervous newcomer Judy Bernly (a voice that 'shines like the sun' from Louisa Ford). However these things are never easy and there are always obstacles to overcome, the most complex of which is the woman smitten with the undoubted although somewhat hidden charms of Hart and that is Roz Keith (played with unbounding energy