Bits >>> Tonight's The Night
The Old Devil Still Has The Best Songs
by Charlotte Cripps
Diane Pilkington plays Mary, the girlfriend of Stu Clutterbuck, who makes the
sudden transformation into Rod Stewart. Pilkington made her stage debut in 1998,
playing Fantine and Cosette in the Trevor Nunn- directed production of
Les Miserables, as well as playing the Protestant girl in another show with an
Elton script, The Beautiful Game, in September 2000.
"Obviously I do get pretty confused as Stu's girlfriend, as he goes on tour all
over the world and gets more rock'n'roll," Pilkington says.
"At the beginning he is very geeky, but when he turns into a rock star he
changes his look; leather trousers and flamboyant coats, and his hair gets sprayed
up more. It's like I'm in love with someone who is not there. Well, he isn't there.
He has swapped his soul for Rod's."
Pilkington, small and dark, admits to having felt a little out of place at times\
rehearsing the new show.
