⭐ NATIONAL THEATRE & BRET MCKENZIE DEVELOPING MUSICAL ADAPTATION OF THE BRIEF AND FRIGHTENING REIGN OF PHIL ⭐
A new musical version of George Saunders’ cult story, The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, has been announced.
In a collaboration, from the National Theatre and Oscar-winning songwriter and half of Grammy Award-winning duo Flight of the Conchords, Bret McKenzie.
It is in the early stages of development at the National Theatre in London.
Its creators Bret McKenzie, Tim Price and Lyndsey Turner will be showing off a work in progress of their first draft to a live audience, at the New Zealand Festival of Arts in March.
With script in hand, actors, musicians, singers and technicians will test out their new material, rewriting each day in response to the audience and turning the Festival into a living, breathing development lab for Saunders’ brilliant and timely satire on nationalism and power.
Welcome to Outer Horner, home of Phil: an embittered nobody with a chip on his shoulder, an external mounting-rack that houses his brain, and an opinion for every occasion.
When neighbouring Inner Horner suddenly shrinks, forcing its inhabitants to spill over the border, it is Phil who steps into the breach. This is the tragic and hilarious story of the brief and frightening reign of Phil.
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil is a new musical based on the novella by George Saunders with a book by Tim Price, music and lyrics by Bret McKenzie and directed by Lyndsey Turner.
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Source – https://www.festival.nz/events/all/brief-and-frightening-reign-phil/
