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Mad Props 2017/18 season – we’re celebrating five years in style
That’s right – we’ve made it to five years! This 5th anniversary season we’re bringing you FIVE events and we’re aiming to raise £5,000 for Bloodwise. HELP US REACH OUR £5K TARGET We... Read More
Settling Up the Score: Dickens on Broadway, Pickwick – Drood
Adapting Dickens: Pickwick to Drood on Broadway If you’ve been following ‘Settling Up the Score’, you’ll know that – perhaps, unsurprisingly – the first of our ‘Adapting Dickens’ blogs looked at Oliver! (1968)... Read More
Settling up the score: Adapting Dickens – Oliver!
Perhaps the most (in)famous Dickens musical adaptation is the 1968 musical film version of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! directed by Carol Reed. Neo-victorian critics have criticised Oliver! for presenting a colourful and sanitised... Read More
Settling Up the Score: Multiple Endings
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is by no means the only musical with multiple endings; Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision has ten potential contest winners and Clue functions much like the board game it’s... Read More