NEWS FROM S.M.A.O.S.

The society is on the hunt for a Director and Musical Director for the Autumn 2012 Musical Lucky Stiff - Production dates: 16th – 20th October 2012, staged in the Studio Theatre at the Royal Northern College of Music in central Manchester (http://www.rncm.ac.uk/).

Book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo by Michael Butterworth.

Tony Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty exploded on the musical theatre scene in 1988 with their first off-Broadway show, this zany, offbeat, and very funny murder mystery farce. Called a delicious, zany throwback—pure frosting, but whipped to perfect consistency by the New York Post, the show is a classic musical farce, complete with slamming doors, mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair.

The story revolves around an unassuming English shoe salesman who is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently-murdered Atlantic City uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed in passing Uncle off as alive, Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit $6,000,000. If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn, or else to the gun-toting wife of the casino owner!
Lots of chorus involvement in this show and some great, classic principal roles up for grabs for both men and women!! This has the potential to be a great show!

So, we are looking for expressions of interest for a Director and Musical Director. If interested, please submit your expressions by 02/03/2012 to Sue at secretary@smaos.org.uk

Please detail recent experience in your desired role, your views and initial ideas for the show, what you’d add / bring to the show and the budget you’d estimate. If not a member of the society we’d like to know any fees you charge. Feel free to tell us of any other information you’d feel relevant to support your application.