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"The trio" from the Fame Effect
The Fame Effect is yet to be finished, but is a musical written with David Shopland. Some of the songs were performed in Wants.Needs.Dreams.
“THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL THE MATERIAL COMFORTS THEY DESIRE, TOGETHER WITH SUCH NON MATERIAL BLESSINGS AS A HAPPY FAMILY, AND YET LEAD LIVES OF QUIET, AND AT TIMES NOISY DESPERATION, UNDERSTANDING NOTHING BUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A HOLE INSIDE THEM, AND THAT HOWEVER MUCH FOOD AND DRINK THEY POUR INTO IT, HOWEVER MANY MOTOR CARS AND TV SETS THEY STUFF IT WITH, HOWEVER MANY WELL BALANCED CHILDREN AND LOYAL FRIENDS THEY PARADE AROUND THE EDGES OF IT…IT ACHES”
- BERNARD LEVIN, THE TIMES 3RD MAY 1968
Just how far would someone go for fame?
Robert Riccoli is an outcast of society, who is desperate for fame and has run out of options. He sees a ‘celebrity’ wedding on TV and a plan beings to formulate. A plan that he hopes will gain him eternal fame and recognition, no matter how many lives he ruins along the way. The musical then goes on to explore groundbreaking themes such as Stockholm syndrome and our eternal quest to just be ‘somebody’. The audience will see how a marriage formed in the glare of the public eye is not always as artificial as the money, cars and houses they surround themselves with, and how an obsession can shatter lives.
The Fame Effect is one of the most revolutionary musicals in years, combining a completely original storyline with a an innovative score and a cutting edge take on staging; combining live action and film in a way that has never been done in a musical before.
“THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL THE MATERIAL COMFORTS THEY DESIRE, TOGETHER WITH SUCH NON MATERIAL BLESSINGS AS A HAPPY FAMILY, AND YET LEAD LIVES OF QUIET, AND AT TIMES NOISY DESPERATION, UNDERSTANDING NOTHING BUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A HOLE INSIDE THEM, AND THAT HOWEVER MUCH FOOD AND DRINK THEY POUR INTO IT, HOWEVER MANY MOTOR CARS AND TV SETS THEY STUFF IT WITH, HOWEVER MANY WELL BALANCED CHILDREN AND LOYAL FRIENDS THEY PARADE AROUND THE EDGES OF IT…IT ACHES”
- BERNARD LEVIN, THE TIMES 3RD MAY 1968
Just how far would someone go for fame?
Robert Riccoli is an outcast of society, who is desperate for fame and has run out of options. He sees a ‘celebrity’ wedding on TV and a plan beings to formulate. A plan that he hopes will gain him eternal fame and recognition, no matter how many lives he ruins along the way. The musical then goes on to explore groundbreaking themes such as Stockholm syndrome and our eternal quest to just be ‘somebody’. The audience will see how a marriage formed in the glare of the public eye is not always as artificial as the money, cars and houses they surround themselves with, and how an obsession can shatter lives.
The Fame Effect is one of the most revolutionary musicals in years, combining a completely original storyline with a an innovative score and a cutting edge take on staging; combining live action and film in a way that has never been done in a musical before.