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Post by jamie on Aug 19, 2018 12:57:31 GMT
ANY NEW IDEAS OF STORIES OR SUBJECTS FOR A NEW BRITISH MUSICAL
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Post by indis on Aug 19, 2018 12:58:53 GMT
i for myself would love to see a musical about Queen Elizabeth I
or Anne Boleyn
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Post by indis on Aug 19, 2018 13:00:05 GMT
or in the style of Spamalot "Life of Brian"  |
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Post by david on Aug 19, 2018 13:04:40 GMT
Brexit - The musical
Song list includes :
Knowing Me, Knowing EU
D.I.V.O.R.C.E
Should we stay or should we go?
Don’t leave the EU this way
It’s my political party and I’ll cry if I want to (Theresa May’s solo number)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 13:06:07 GMT
There were 6000* Brexit musicals in Edinburgh Fringe this year. *slight exaggeration, but not far off. |
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Post by david on Aug 19, 2018 13:07:37 GMT
There where 6000* Brexit Musicals in Edinburgh Fringe this year *slight exaggeration, but not far off.Dear god! Did you see any of them or stay clear? |
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Post by indis on Aug 19, 2018 13:11:37 GMT
Maria Stuart Highlander somehow i am all for historical things today  lol |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 19, 2018 13:12:41 GMT
Show about one on the use of capital letters ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 13:24:34 GMT
There where 6000* Brexit Musicals in Edinburgh Fringe this year *slight exaggeration, but not far off.Dear god! Did you see any of them or stay clear? Completely swerved of all of them. (Apologies for the undeliberate, horrid misuse of the wrong 'were' and other grammatical errors!) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 18:46:59 GMT
The Battle of Rourkes Drift (the movie Zulu). Apparently, the score for this movie was a best seller in its day. Tellytubies the musical.
Xanadu based loosely on the movie and the music of ELO.
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Post by Deal J on Aug 19, 2018 18:50:55 GMT
or in the style of Spamalot "Life of Brian" Eric Idle did something like this at the Albert Hall called "Not the Messiah". I have it on DVD but haven't got around to seeing it yet after that abysmal Christmas TV show he did with Brian Cox. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 19, 2018 19:04:14 GMT
Please, no more Monty Python.
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Post by danb on Aug 19, 2018 20:31:54 GMT
I’d love to see ‘Dinnerladies’ adapted into a musical, but realise that it’s highly unlikely.
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Post by richey on Aug 19, 2018 20:37:16 GMT
I’d love to see ‘Dinnerladies’ adapted into a musical, but realise that it’s highly unlikely. Opening number "12 rounds of white, low fat spread"? |
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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 19, 2018 20:54:34 GMT
Surprised there hasn’t been one on Henry VIII.
You can have 6 leading ladies, with an execution in the first and second half.
Also one about Lady Jane Grey or the Nine Day Queen would be fascinating, you can pack it with emotion, as her life story lends itself to that, she was beheaded at the age of 17. it also draws in Mary I into the story - It could easily be a modern day Evita.
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Post by Stephen on Aug 19, 2018 21:02:41 GMT
I really want to write one about Harry Gordon Selfridge. If anyone wants to help hit me up!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 21:08:09 GMT
Surprised there hasn’t been one on Henry VIII. You can have 6 leading ladies, with an execution in the first and second half. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 21:15:30 GMT
After seeing Six and loving it, I really want more herstory.
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Post by david on Aug 19, 2018 21:53:16 GMT
I really want to write one about Harry Gordon Selfridge. If anyone wants to help hit me up! Definitely a tough one to find songs for! Possible songs for you - Hey big spender If I were a rich man (I could afford to shop in Selfridges) |
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Post by vabbian on Aug 19, 2018 22:24:35 GMT
Off peak tube fare
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Post by Oleanna on Aug 19, 2018 22:26:07 GMT
Surprised there hasn’t been one on Henry VIII. Check out “Rex” by Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick and Sherman Yellen. |
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Post by hulmeman on Aug 19, 2018 22:34:57 GMT
The Charioteer based on the novel by Mary Renault.
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Post by lynette on Aug 19, 2018 23:38:59 GMT
It would be nice to see a mash up of ethnicities in a musical. West Side Story collides with Fiddler on the Roof via Jamaica. Kind a thing. Lots of dancing. With humour but no stereotypes.
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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 19, 2018 23:50:01 GMT
It would be nice to see a mash up of ethnicities in a musical. West Side Story collides with Fiddler on the Roof via Jamaica. Kind a thing. Lots of dancing. With humour but no stereotypes. Kosher Jerk Chicken. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 6:01:46 GMT
At the Edinburgh Fringe, I was handed about 20 flyers about Brexit musicals. I think we’ll be okay re that subject.
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Post by musicalmarge on Aug 20, 2018 7:13:54 GMT
Downtown Abbey
Selfridges
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Sliding Doors
Nuns on the Run
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Post by spendleb on Aug 20, 2018 7:59:32 GMT
The Pride film would make a great musical, maybe the whole miners strike thing has already been done with Billy Elliot?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 8:17:32 GMT
Last I heard, Matthew Warchus was already working to turn Pride into a musical. It obviously takes time to write songs and do workshops and all that, but it's less "if" and more "when" for that one.
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Post by paplazaroo on Aug 20, 2018 11:29:50 GMT
I always wanted to do a musical about Walter Freeman - the guy who invented the lobotomy, but It happened in Key West kind of turned me off dark medical based musicals for a while :-p
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 20, 2018 11:57:22 GMT
It would be nice to see a mash up of ethnicities in a musical. West Side Story collides with Fiddler on the Roof via Jamaica. Kind a thing. Lots of dancing. With humour but no stereotypes. Kosher Jerk Chicken. You aren't allowed to mention Jerk without checking with Dawn Butler if it is ok these days... |
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