Fat Rascal brings its usual comedic flair to this brilliant musical parody that exposes the untold truth of Ursula The Sea Witch of The Little Mermaid fame.
VAULT Festival 2019 – 20 shows to see
With less than a week to go before the 2019 VAULT Festival opens, I wade my way through the catalogue and come up with 20 shows I think you should catch – in their own words.
‘Energy & chemistry fizzes throughout’: BEAUTY & THE BEAST – King’s Head Theatre
Fat Rascal Theatre Company has created magic in its gender-swapped, musical parody of Beauty and the Beast.
BEAUTY & THE BEAST (A Musical Parody) – King’s Head Theatre
No opportunity to parody Disney’s Beauty & The Beast is passed up, from the wealth of French influences (the Camembert Art Fair; the under-rated star of the show – Bicyclette!) to James Ringer-Beck’s score which combines original numbers with deliciously close-to-the-bone rewrites of some familiar tunes.
BUZZ: A NEW MUSICAL – Drayton Arms Theatre
“If you’d like to come in for some tea and a chatI’ve got a double-ended one and you can sit on that”… Who needs Olivier when you can have Eddie?! The latter may be a slightly lesser known award than the illustrious former, but it is arguably a more important one for upcoming talent.