⭐ THE MARATHON PROJECT – A MUSICAL CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN ADVENTURE ANNOUNCED ⭐
Critically acclaimed musical theatre companies & artists are collaborating remotely on a new digital project – The Marathon Project, it has been announced.
During lockdown, some of the country’s most exciting new musical theatre creators, including Burnt Lemon Theatre, SpitLip, Sheep Soup, The Letter Room, and Maimuna Memon, have united – miserable, hopeful, and longing to do something that might help them and others – to collaborate for the first time in a completely unique and distanced way, and they’re asking the rest of the world to join them.
Inspired by the 1904 Marathon – an infamous, surreal race beset by challenges, chaotic leadership and utterly unfathomable obstacles – they want to create a response to this year: the ‘marathon’ no-one chose to run.
The Marathon Project will be a musical choose-your-own adventure, playable entirely online, which explores the chaos, hilarity, tragedy and ultimate triumph of refusing to give up, no matter what.
Now a few months into initial and self-funded R&D, the Marathon Project is launching today to gather more “runners” – more musicians, more makers, more remixers, coders, gamers- who might want to join them.
They’re launching an initial sign-up here – https://www.themarathonproject.co.uk – appealing to anyone interested in contributing, joining or simply championing the project.
A first scratch performance of initial songs from the project is happening (in person or streamed live via stream.theatre) at The Lowry Theatre, Salford, on the 10th November.
Some of my favourite theatre creators are involved, sounds really interesting! ! !
Thoughts? X x x
More info – https://www.themarathonproject.co.uk
