Absolute Beginners

Plot Summary

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Top Cast

Eddie O'Connell Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Patsy Kensit Suzette

James Fox Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

David Bowie Vendice Partners

Ray Davies Arthur, Colin's Dad