COMING UP
THE RHYTHMICS
THE RHYTHMICS is a new British musical comedy exploring the crisis of masculinity through the conceit of ‘Manchester’s Premier Male Rhythmic Gymnastics Performance Ensemble’. Think Full Monty crossed with Cool Runnings (plus twirly ribbons).
Book: Poppy Burton-Morgan
Music: Ben Glasstone
Lyrics: Poppy Burton-Morgan/Ben Glasstone
THE RHYTHMICS will premiere at
Southwark Playhouse 2nd December to 8th January 2021
Produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Metta Theatre
"This wonderful musical...a beautifully complex interplay between music and lyrics"
The Stage (on Cells)
Listen here to the cast album on Spotify
Cells
CELLS. A university science lab. A kebab shop at 2am. An online gaming forum. Two strangers’ lives become unexpectedly intertwined. Alan Bennett meets The Streets in this tender and uplifting new musical film, giving voice to the lives of two everyday blokes in search of connection...
Words and direction: Poppy Burton-Morgan
Music: Ben Glasstone
The King of Nothing
THE KING OF NOTHING is a madcap, lo-fi two-hander take on the Hans Christian Andersen's Emperor's New Clothes, in which two “Swindlers” (aka actors) use an apparently improvised set and puppets to play all the characters and playfully fool the audience into imagining all kinds of things that plainly aren’t there...
Book, music and lyrics: Ben Glasstone
Director: Steve Tiplady
Designer: Alison Alexander
Touring the UK from 2022