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M8 F11. A bathhouse steam room. Period Ancient Greek Athens is in
the grip of a futile, destructive war with Sparta and its men are
fighting abroad, taken away from their wives and families for long
periods at a time. The women of Athens have had enough. At dawn, in
a men's bathhouse, leading society woman Lysistrata gathers an
assembly of Athenian and Spartan women to discuss negotiating a
peace treaty. Their tactics are simple: they will refuse their men
sex until peace is declared. Germaine Greer and Phil Willmott's
wonderful adaptation of Aristophanes' play "treads expertly between
the tremendous and the tacky" ("Observer"). With Carry On
characters, a cartoon-style set, raunchy dialogue and bawdy action
performed to a soundtrack of Marilyn Monroe and Julie London, the
serious subject of war remains prominent amid the humour in this
battle of the sexes. "Fast, broad, silly and profound."
("Independent on Sunday").
Clamber aboard the mighty Argo to join heroic Prince Jason, plucky
Princess Medea, Hercules and all the gang for a lively re-telling
of the greatest adventure story ever told! Our heroes must overcome
monsters, tricksters and tempests if they are to capture the Golden
Fleece, defeat Jason's evil uncle and win back the kingdom. Seen in
2009 at the Scoop, as part of the More London Free Festival, this
80-minute free adaptation of the old story is a light-hearted romp
into which can be inserted your own choice of songs and dances.
Humour and easy puppetry overcome the difficulties of a
fire-breathing bull, a dragon and an army of skeletons!
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Lost Boy (Paperback)
Phil Willmott; Mark Wilson
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R450
Discovery Miles 4 500
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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A dark sequel to Peter Pan, this new story reunites J. M. Barrie's
characters, now in their early twenties, when a young officer falls
asleep with a copy of the children's classic in his pocket and
imagines himself as Peter embarking on one final "awfully big
adventure" - The First World War. Blending a contemporary music
theatre style with music hall influences, Lost Boy premiered at the
Finborough Theatre before transferring for an extended run at the
Charing Cross Theatre in the West End. Phil Willmott's past
musicals include The Dick Barton Trilogy, Around the World in
Eighty Days, Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi and Princess Caraboo
(also composed with Mark Collins) all published by Samuel French.
Phil Willmott's dazzling musical centres on the iconic Adelphi
Hotel in Liverpool which saw the great and the glamorous pass
through its doors from its heyday in the 1920s to 1940s. Cleverly
juxtaposing the past and the present, we follow the love story of
four young staff members - Nick and Jo in the present, Young Alice
and Thompson in the past - brought to life with the vibrant and
poignant reminiscences of Older Alice. 1930s Hollywood stars,
cowboy Roy Rogers and tango supremo Carlos Gardel, mingle with
Russian acrobats, American G.I.s, aristocratic guests and hotel
employees. This is a full-scale musical for a large company with
great opportunity for ensemble work and a variety of principal
roles for all ages. Its flexible settings means it can be staged
elaborately or simply as facilities permit.
Freely adapted from the novel by Jules Verne, set in 1883,
delightfully tells the story of Phileas Fogg's and his servant,
Passepartout's, whistle-stop journey, as they try to satisfy a
wager that they can circumnavigate the world in eighty days. With
bandits, nasty villains around every corner and transport problems
that force them to continue via hot air balloon then by a
performing elephant, will they make the deadline?Large flexible
cast
Princess Caraboo tells the extraordinary true story of a beautiful
young woman who tricked her way from vagrancy to wealth and power
in Regency England by pretending to be a shipwrecked Princess.
Maintaining the deception becomes imperative as the stakes get
higher and higher, and what begins as a desperate ploy by a petty
criminal to evade the law escalates into a national scandal
threatening to ruin anyone whose compassion, lust or ambition has
blinded them to the truth. As Princess Caraboo becomes the
superstar of her day she discovers the price to be paid for living
a lie and the cost of drawing the man she loves into her deceit.
All of us, at one time or another, has told a lie; to make life run
smoother, to land the perfect job, to win and keep the ones we
love. This entertaining, glamorous and empowering story invites us
all to consider the impact of life's embellishments in defining who
we really are and who we would like to be.
Original by Aristophanes Adapted by Germaine Greer With additional
dialogue from Phil Willmott. Aristophanes' classic play retold in a
bang up to the minute way. The world's leading feminist raconteur,
polemicist and wit plunders the archetypal story of female
resistance... This new version of the ancient tale gives the battle
of the sexes an outing full of fun, farce and innuendo.
Hilarious, fast-moving tribute to Hollywood.
Dick Barton, hero of the BBC's 1940's radio serial is back in this,
the third of Phil Wilmott's critically acclaimed and hugely
successful series of musical comedies. This show works
independently of its predecessors or as the final part of a
hilarious trilogy. A ruthless Latin love lothario has set his
sights on the women of London. No gal is safe from the swarthy
continental's sultry seductions as he cha-cha-chas his wicked way
into the boudoirs and jewellery boxes of Belgravia. Thank heavens
that square-jawed British hero, Barton, is on hand to save the
dignity and diamonds of our dowagers and debutantes - but will the
fancy footwork of this foreign fiend defeat him? At the Warehouse
Theatre, Croydon from December 2001.
Inspired by real-life female adventurers, Phil Willmott has changed
the gender of several of the central characters without
compromising the spirit of Stevenson's classic novel. The play can
be simply staged, is suitable for performance by kids and adults
and can be adapted to suit a large company or a small team playing
several roles.
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