Kinks play
Sunny Afternoon has been named Best New Musical at the prestigious Olivier
Awards in London.
Band
frontman Ray Davies was given an Outstanding Achievement Award for his work on
the soundtrack.
And actors
John Dagleish, who plays Ray, and George Maguire, who plays brother Dave, won
Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively.
The show,
written by Joe Penhall, is based on Davies’ early years with the Kinks. It
opened in London last May before moving to the West End.
Accepting
his award, Davies said: “When you write songs you write about people. People
are the source of my material. Next time you’re sitting in a park and you see
someone like me looking at you, don’t phone the police – I’m just writing about
you.”
He
described the Kinks as “four of the unlikeliest pop stars you’ve ever seen.”
The
chances of a Davies brothers reunion remain unclear after positive discussions
in 2014 wound up in another war of words.
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