“Hilarious” ***** “Energetic, belly laughs” ***** “Ready for the West End” ***** “Absolutely brilliant” ***** “Pure Yorkshire, through and through” ***** “Really, really funny” ***** “Amazing writing” ***** “Pauline is such a strong character” ***** “Fresh, original” ***** “Relatable comedy” ***** “Loved every single minute of it! Really ‘feel-good’!”
George runs a traditional Yorkshire chippy with his wife, Pauline and son, Sam. ‘By George’ tells Pauline’s story as she battles a predatory widow and finds her own way by forging a new bond with her son. Songs include ‘Pump It Out’, ‘It’s Your World’ and ‘Yorkshire, Born and Bred’.
This recording is from the show’s premiere run at LBT Huddersfield and is a co-production with Woodhouse MTC. Follow the links for extra content and bonus footage. Like and subscribe to support the channel.
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Time Stamps (You can click on these to go straight to the section you want or use the chapter headings below):
0:00:00 – Overture
0:01:37 – Yorkshire Born and Bred
0:05:12 – The Queue
0:06:25 – “Do you not do pies?”
0:09:13 – The End of the Line
0:12:57 – Something’s Wrong Here
0:14:07 – “The social event of the year”
0:20:36 – Pump It Out
0:25:12 – “Fancy meeting you here.”
0:31:11 – Two Horse Race
0:35:04 – “Hiya Will”
0:43:26 – Lill Meets Harry
0:44:17 – “Nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety eight”
0:46:35 – My Friends
0:49:07 – “What a smooth tongue”
0:54:38 – Next Time Around
1:00:00 – Aren’t We Outrageous?
1:03:02 – Pauline Decides
1:07:40 – I Never Knew You Had It In You
1:10:44 – Lill and Harry Meet Again
1:12:14 – “Nothing ventured”
1:18:26 – Crazy Star
1:22:03 – “You’d better get straight up them stairs”
1:23:27 – Let’s Get Cookin’/Mr. Wonderful
1:30:00 – “Sit on your throne”
1:36:03 – “You’re on ‘er phone, you traycloth”
1:41:24 – I Never Knew You Had It In You (reprise)
1:42:20 – Lill and Harry Meet Again, Again
1:43:05 – Let’s Get Cookin’ (reprise)
1:46:11 – “Prepare to repel borders”
1:54:05 – My England and I
1:57:50 – “Are we calling this a date?”
1:58:44 – Next Time Around (reprise)
2:01:48 – Divide and Conquer
2:05:03 – Lill and Harry Finally Meet / The Raid
2:07:53 – “With all the other rubbish”
2:15:25 – Him Or Me
2:18:23 – It’s Your World
2:22:27 – Bows / Yorkshire Born and Bred (reprise)
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