<P> The band, The Magic Bullets, was headed by Bent Clausen and David Coulter and featured the talents of Thomas Bloch, Terry Edwards, Caroline Hall, Jack Pinter Rory McFarlane and Kate St. John . </P> <P> The show opened in May 2004 at Londons Barbican Arts Centre, and then transferred to San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater later that year . In January 2005, the production headlined the Sydney Festival . However, due to ill health, Marianne Faithfull was forced to withdraw from the production and understudy Nigel Richards filled the part . </P> <P> November Theatre's production went on to tour Canada in 2004--2005 with presentations at Theatre Network in Edmonton, Ground Zero Theatre and the Calgary Opera, Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon, Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse, Intrepid Theatre in Victoria and the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in Vancouver . The production received six Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards in Edmonton and six Betty Mitchell Awards in Calgary including "Best Production" and "Best Direction" in both major centres . In 2006 the production was presented at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival in St. John's Newfoundland . The production was remounted in Vancouver in January 2008 at the Arts Club Theatre, Granville Island stage, co-presented as part of the annual PuSh Festival . November Theatre produced its final showing at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto in the fall of 2008 . </P> <P> In 2006, Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre re-staged the production, bringing the cast together for one final time . Several members of the original cast were unavailable, most notably Marianne Faithfull, whose role was filled by Vance Avery . The cast was also joined by John Vickery . </P>

Black rider the casting of the magic bullets