This item is taken from a "teaser" posted at the website for the Scunforth Telegraph newspaper in Britain. Local theater enthusiasts are putting together a zombie musical called Chomp. The puns in this article truly take a bite out of one's patience. Sorry, couldn't help that one. How interesting that this will be featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Based on the teaser below, I can't believe this play will amount to much. It seems more of the typical juvenile testosterone-driven drivel, but I admit that I might be surprised. After all, would the addition of music and, presumably, dance naturally incline the work towards something more mature?New Musical Zombie Show
Aidan Savage, Harry Kelly and Tom Jackson, all 15, and Ciaran Savage, 18, all star in 'Chomp' which heads for the world-famous Edinburgh Festival next month.
'Chomp – A Zombie Musical' is the brain wave of Andy Evans, the staff development officer at Scunthorpe's John Leggott College.
Mr Evans, 42, who has also co-written all the songs along with his long-time friend Jack Pudsey, said: "Who doesn't love the idea of zombies doing a soft-shoe shuffle?"
He wrote the musical specifically last summer for the North Lincolnshire-based Fusion theatre company of which Tom, who plays the lead make role of 'Mac', and his three fellow Scunthorpe actors are all members.
Mr Evans, who has taught in Scunthorpe for 16 years, explained: "Mac is the leader of Surge, a group of resistance fighters, who fight back against the zombie mutants on behalf of humanity." The idea was to write a show that would guarantee an audience at one of the UK's largest theatre festivals."
"Our young cast inject an incredible energy," he added.
Tom, a student at the Vale of Ancholme School in Brigg, said of his lead role: "We're all really excited to be taking the production to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well."
Hi :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to know if you are at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and if you will be coming to see Chomp?
I'm pretty interested to know what you are expecting Chomp to be like/about as obviously you have some preconceptions already (the article was written by the Scuthorpe Telegraph, we are based in a small community in the North of England which is pretty much a cultural desert!)
We have had some good feedback from the tour we have just finished and are about to do some re-writes for the Edinburgh appearance, so it would be interesting to hear what you would expect or hope to see in a zombie musical?! We don't expect everyone to like it but are always looking to improve our work...
here are some pics from the show, don't know if this will give you any idea of the style of the piece...or whether it will put you off further! lol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fyt/sets/72157613785773807/
Cheers! Emma.