English said "It's probably the most misogynistic industry left" and cites his feisty mother and suffragette grandmother as role models, and points out that both his musicals deliberately feature "forthright, strong women trapped by circumstances but not by their own sex.

"[3] The show premiered in Newcastle in September 2000 and closed in Perth in February 2001 [4] with Belgian born Martine Monroe playing the lead female character of Angel alongside English.

As the weeks go by, and the pair continue to perform on the street corner, a nearby hot-dog seller named Harry decides to be their agent and get them higher level gigs.

(Contacts) They end up playing a gig at a night club which the Busker enjoys despite initially being hesitant (20-20 Hindsight.)

Harry's wife, Doris, gives Lee a card from Ashley T Roth, manager of the fictional Boogie Records.

Busker is irritated to find he has not been given credit for any of his songwriting contributions, and Ash tells Lee that if she is to be taken seriously as a professional recording artist, she can no longer busk.

Angel is humiliated on a television interview show, then by the print media who publish images of her naked on a beach after a tip-off from Ash.

Busker writes her a letter in which he takes excessive liberties with regard to how well his life is going, something Lee does back in return (Doing Okay.)

Busker initially refuses as he has not received any royalties from the songs he had written for her first album, but eventually gives Ash a cassette.

Ash returns down South and is furious that Angel has disobeyed him, so he increased her drug dosage (Palm of our Hands.)