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I don't have much time for musicals since I'm a musical snob. The ones I like are all American: Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Sweeny Tod, Chicago, and Adam's Ceiling/Sky.
Went to a performance of Guys and Dolls in Salisbury last night. A superb show, great production. I am astounded by the virtuosity of the cast of actor-musicians, who sang, danced, acted and played with absolute precision and tremendous energy. Please note, they played the score from memory: there aren't many professional musicians who could do that in an orchestra pit, let alone on stage. The only thing was they were rather too loud. I was struck by the directness and simplicity of the music. It's composed without artifice, never over composed, no music for its own sake, the words always dominate. Hence, it's unpretentious and all the more charming because of that.
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A codebook, computer viruses, a mad professor, holograms.... a fantasy for primary schools.
for voices and keyboards/percussion Commissioned with funds made available by the Millennium Festival Awards for All; created with and for the pupils of Smannell & Enham Primary School, Hampshire When young archaeologists come across a strange looking object they get more iron age history than they bargained for... Lugh was an Iron Age warrior-god and this is his story.
chorus, keyboards & percussion Created under the auspices of the Andover Museum for their contribution to the national Art in Archaeology scheme The Creation, the Downfall of Man and the Nativity all narrated - LIVE AS IT HAPPENS!
Based on the medieval Mystery Plays The Victorian Workhouse Scandal
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