Friday 15 October 2010

Musicals: Escape to the M6

"I have an idea for a new musical. It would feature a classical ballet dancer who, weary of life at the barre and of playing swan-loving princes, yearns to escape to the real world and become a navvy. A rigid class system makes this difficult. But finally our hero, Cedric, flees the confines of the rehearsal room and finds ecstatic fulfilment in the company of butch Irish road workers on the northernmost stretch of the M6..."

Michael Billington dreams up a real role-reversal musical in The Guardian.

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