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MATT BOARD |
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Matt Board is an exciting new composer, lyricist and playwright working in musical theatre. In addition to co-writing the score and book for Austentatious, his work includes: book, music and lyrics for the one-act, two-woman musical Two's A Crowd, which featured in the 2008 Perfect Pitch New Musicals Festival in London; music and additional lyrics for the short film The Dance To War (Catsnake Films); and incidental music for the new play Juvenilia. His songs have become a regular highlight of the Snappy Title cabaret evenings in London. His new children's musical, Ella and the Dragophant, will be premiering in the UK in 2011. His work has played to sell-out audiences and to critical acclaim across the Atlantic. He holds an MA in Musical Theatre Composition from Goldsmith's College, University of London.
Plays by Matt Board
Austentatious | ||
| 1st Produced: | Landor Theatre (under the title "AmDram the Musical"), London | 02 Aug 2005 | ||||
Company: | From the Top Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95824 | |||
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Genre: | Musical comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | Music and Lyrics by Matt Board and Joe Slabe; Book by Matt Board, Jane Caplow, Kate Galvin, Luisa Hinchliff and Joe Slabe | |||||
Synopsis: | The story revolves around a community theatre group's staging of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The adaptation - more aberration if truth be told - has been created by over-imaginative amateur, Emily, whose ever-changing concepts for this classic include such lunacy as resetting scenes on pirate ships and giving Darcy a Flashdance routine with jazz hands. There is no controlling her, largely because she is sleeping with the director. He, Dominic, in turn hasn't got a clue and his pretensions are many; in one number he says, "I am not encumbered by trivialities like character and text" which just about says it all when it comes to describing his technique. His arty-farty weak-willed approach throws a further burden on overworked and put-upon Stage Manager, Sam, already dealing with the fallout from the actors' competitive egos and conflicting agendas. | |||||
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