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WORK, LOVE, GROOVE
The title is lifted from an obituary in The Independent, long before the show was concieved of. Jean-Bedel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in a ceremony described as "Pure pantomime, lurid and insane". Eventually we returned to the subject of the obituary as a starting point for what, at some point, clearly had to become a musical, kind of.
Set in a political rally it shows how a charismatic, newly
elected president is consumed by ego and becomes a deranged dictator. The story
develops in the course of a concert. The President's cabinet are a band, he is the
lead singer and the audience are members of the ruling party. The show is funny,
and playful with serious subject matter, the music is excellent.
Arrival
Welcome
Party Song
Manifesto
Testify
My Way
Church
I Had A Dream
Vita
In Lancaster and Birmingham the show was trailed by a radio station People's Radio Freedom, run by our
compatriots Hamfisted!
Lurid and Insane has been made, but it has only just begun.
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