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STARTER FOR TEN - BRISTOL OLD VIC & BIRMINGHAM REP
WHAT IS EIGHTEEN-YEAR ILD BRIAN JACKSON'S PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE? HIS A-LEVEL RESULTS. HIS IDOL? KATE BUSH. HIS LIFELONG DREAM? TO COMPETE ON LEGENDARY TV QUIZ SHOW UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE. ITS 1985 AND, LEAVING SOUTHEND TO STARY HIS FIRST YEAR AT BRISTOL UNIVERSITY, BRIAN SOON DISCOVERS THAT FALLING IN LOVE AND GROWING UP TAKE A LOT MORE THAN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ...
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ADAPTED FROM THE HILARIOUS NOVEL BY DAVID NICHOLLS AND POPULAR 2006 FILM, STARTER FOR TEN IS A COMING-OF-AGE COMEDY MUSICAL ABOUT LOVE BELONGING AND THE ALL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM. FEATURING AN IRRESISTIBLE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK INSPIRED BY THE RIOTOUS SCENE OF THE '80S, IT WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION AT THE UK THEATRE AWARDS 2024
BOOK & LYRICS - EMMA HALL & CHARLIE PARHAM
MUSIC & LYRICS - HATTY CARMAN & TOM RASMUSSEN
DIRECTOR - CHARLIE PARHAM
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - MATTHEW LLIFFE
SET & COSTUME DESIGN - LEE NEWBY
ASSOCIATE DESIGNER - TALLULAH CASKEY
LIGHTING DESIGNER - ZOE SPURR
SOUND DESIGNER - ROB BETTLE & SAM CLARKSON FOR SOUND QUIET TIME
MUSICAL SUPERVISOR - NICK BARSTOW
ORCHESTRATOR - TOM KELLY
WIGS, HAIR & MAKE UP DESIGN - CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES
CHOREOGRAPHER - ALEXZANDRA SARMIENTO
FIGHT DIRECTOR - KATE WATERS
PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY - MARC BRENNER
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