It’s the end of the world and it will be hilarious. The Official Mighty Fin will have a 20th birthday next year. And so this year: Listen & Often, in association with Tall Tales, proudly presents: ROBOTS! by Robert Hudson and Susannah Pearse It’s a rehearsed reading of a new comic musical for Radio 4. In other news, Radio 3, which is focused on the classics, has commissioned a new version of The Mighty Fin’s 2019 smash hit, Hall of Mirrors. Both these shows are recording in January, which means it’s impossible to do a fully-produced show now. But ROBOTS! will be a joyful return to Waterloo’s delightful and incredibly convenient Network Theatre (Surprising Tunnel! Jolly Bar! Bins!) and Charles and the Technical Unit will do a special effect but they won’t tell us what it is yet.Seriously, though, we have really missed live theatre, this will be as much fun as we can possibly make it, and it will be lovely to see you. Book tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/listenandoften. See you there.
Will we? Dare you?
L to R: Me (redhead), Robbie, (not), Alexa Lamont (redhead), Musical
Director Harry Sever (redhead), Ianthe Cox-Willmott (redhead), Harry
again.
The Network Theatre is underneath Waterloo Station, down a tunnel, beyond the smells, and very pleasant. You can come tonight, Thursday or Friday. The special effect might be a zipwire. The night promises to be smart and silly (we're wearing shirts and doing voices) and the apocalypse-spanning songs, by Susannah Pearse, are typically astonishing – I love singing Sue's stuff at Christmas. The source material is Karel Čapek's play "Rossum's Universal Robots" – the source of the word "robot" and I think I'm playing the guy on the left. Olé!
Further interruptions to follow.
Was looking up old posts about Souvenir Cabin the other day, and boy do I miss live shows. (And bothering people after shows too, no matter that people will probably be relieved I can no longer do that.)
ReplyDeleteHave fun, and I'll be looking forward to listening to the whole thing on Radio 4 (and Hall of Mirrors on 3 - praise be to the BBC.)
It's nae bother, ever.
DeleteI am VERY VERY EXCITED there will be not one but TWO Hudson/Pearse productions on respective radios next year!! Please to communicate to interested parties how VERY EXCITING this is!! Alas I have not the courage for a train and a tube and a small space full of people and running to catch a late tube and train back, but maybe next year?
ReplyDeleteIt was a small space. It was not full of people. But it went well. I shall absolutely pass that on, and thank you.
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