Talent (1979)
1h 3m
Running Time
August 4, 1979Release Date
Talent (1979)
1h 3m
Running Time
August 4, 1979Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A play with music by Victoria Wood. Julie (Julie Walters) is a young woman seeking escape, with the help of her frumpish friend Maureen (Wood) she prepares for her singing debut at a seedy Manchester club's talent show.
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Cast & Crew.
Victoria Wood
Maureen / Original Music Composer / Writer
Julie Walters
Julie
Kevin Lloyd
Mel
Peter Ellis
Compere
Bill Waddington
George
Nat Jackley
Arthur
Peter Ellis
Compere
Baz Taylor
Director
David Rees
Editor
Stuart Wilson
Lighting Design
Ron Swain
Editor
Judi Hayfield
Casting Director
Anna Farrar
Graphic Designer
Colin Pocock
Production Design
Peter Eckersley
Producer
Details.
Wiki.
Talent is a play written by Victoria Wood, first performed in 1978. It centres on two friends, one of whom is about to enter a talent contest in a run down nightclub. Commissioned for the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, it received much acclaim and transferred to a London run in 1979. That same year a television adaptation was broadcast. It was the first time Victoria Wood and Julie Walters appeared together on TV.
A mixture of dialogue and music, one of its tunes inspired The Smiths song Rusholme Ruffians. The script was published by Methuen in 1988, along with another play by Wood, Good Fun.