Musicals
My first venture in this sphere was a spectacular show called “A Date With Destiny” which re-invented the great tradition of Vaudeville and Variety.
The glittering cast included trapeze artists, acrobats, roller-skaters and a chorus line.
Here was a potent mix of wild entertainment and spicy satire.
Out of this production came a determination to write original musicals with strong, challenging storylines and songs with real impact.
Currently I have four on the stocks.
The glittering cast included trapeze artists, acrobats, roller-skaters and a chorus line.
Here was a potent mix of wild entertainment and spicy satire.
Out of this production came a determination to write original musicals with strong, challenging storylines and songs with real impact.
Currently I have four on the stocks.
SHELLSHOCK
By turns exciting, tragic, poignant and funny SHELLSHOCK is a dramatic new British musical. With fourteen original songs and a powerful storyline it is an exhilarating and ultimately uplifting story.
It is 1975. Britain is fighting a secret desert war. A soldier returns traumatised by his experiences. His wife and daughter struggle to come to terms with his despair. As an escape his little girl remembers how he used to be, the perfect Dad, big and strong, hilarious and wild. It is very much about her, about growing up and seeing the world in all its complexity.
But another story intertwines with this one. It has deep echoes of World War 1 and an awful secret which a woman has lived with in the intervening years.
That war started a century ago and ShellShock is one of the world-wide events which will commemorate those shattering hostilities.
The story of the musical was inspired by a conversation between the writer, Tim Thomas and his grandmother when he was just a small boy. Like all of her generation she endured that terrible time and he was transfixed by the tale of hope that she told.
ShellShock is directed by Matthew Gould
Musical Director David Keefe.
www.shellshockmusicals.com
A DATE WITH DESTINY
By turns exciting, tragic, poignant and funny SHELLSHOCK is a dramatic new British musical. With fourteen original songs and a powerful storyline it is an exhilarating and ultimately uplifting story.
It is 1975. Britain is fighting a secret desert war. A soldier returns traumatised by his experiences. His wife and daughter struggle to come to terms with his despair. As an escape his little girl remembers how he used to be, the perfect Dad, big and strong, hilarious and wild. It is very much about her, about growing up and seeing the world in all its complexity.
But another story intertwines with this one. It has deep echoes of World War 1 and an awful secret which a woman has lived with in the intervening years.
That war started a century ago and ShellShock is one of the world-wide events which will commemorate those shattering hostilities.
The story of the musical was inspired by a conversation between the writer, Tim Thomas and his grandmother when he was just a small boy. Like all of her generation she endured that terrible time and he was transfixed by the tale of hope that she told.
ShellShock is directed by Matthew Gould
Musical Director David Keefe.
www.shellshockmusicals.com
A DATE WITH DESTINY
Stills photography: Marcus Fernando
SHIP IN A BOTTLE
“Ship In A Bottle” tells the story of Miranda, a young firebrand who tries to put the world straight.
An eccentric group of colourful characters find themselves involved in her plans to bring sanity and fairness to our planet.
“Ship In A Bottle” tells the story of Miranda, a young firebrand who tries to put the world straight.
An eccentric group of colourful characters find themselves involved in her plans to bring sanity and fairness to our planet.
A RAT'S TALE
“A Rat’s Tale” is a satire and allegory which sees an epic struggle between extremist groups for control in the world of rodents.
TAHITI
In the wide Pacific Ocean sea-levels are rising and the islands are being flooded. The only means of escape for both people and animals is controlled by an unscrupulous trafficker.
This is a colourful tale of adventure with a strong environmental theme.