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Film News, UK
July 26 2014
The Infidel - The Musical fully cast
27 Jul 2014 // by: Film-News.co.uk Newsdesk
Theatre Royal Stratford East and producer Arvind Ethan David have
announced casting details for The Infidel - The Musical. Based on the
hit comedy film, The Infidel, the show will feature book and lyrics by
David Baddiel and music by Erran Baron Cohen.
The show will be co- directed by David Baddiel and Theatre Royal
Stratford East's Artistic Director, Kerry Michael and run from Friday
3 October - Sunday 2 November 2014.
The Infidel - The Musical is an original stage musical-comedy that
follows in the tradition of such subversive musicals as The Book of
Mormon, Avenue Q and Spamalot. The show tells the story of an ordinary
British Muslim man, Mahmoud, to be played by Armenian comedian Kev
Orkian who discovers that not only is he adopted, but that his birth
parents were Jewish. The resulting cultural and religious chaos leads
to an uproarious and insightful comedy of identity, race, prejudice
and confusion.
David Baddiel commented: "Despite being released in 43 countries, The
Infidel movie, with its message of tolerance through comedy, seems not
completely to have fixed Muslim-Jewish relations. Luckily The Infidel
- The Musical, with its terrific cast, is set to have another go: this
time in song."
Kerry Michael, Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East said:
"We are all really excited to be working with David and Erran on this
very funny and warm hearted show. It's another new British musical, a
genre we have been passionate in developing for many years. This show
has an exciting original new voice and some great tunes I guarantee
you'd be humming on the way out."
http://www.film-news.co.uk/show-news.asp?H=The-Infidel---The-Musical-fully-cast&nItemID=26483
From: Baghdasarian
July 26 2014
The Infidel - The Musical fully cast
27 Jul 2014 // by: Film-News.co.uk Newsdesk
Theatre Royal Stratford East and producer Arvind Ethan David have
announced casting details for The Infidel - The Musical. Based on the
hit comedy film, The Infidel, the show will feature book and lyrics by
David Baddiel and music by Erran Baron Cohen.
The show will be co- directed by David Baddiel and Theatre Royal
Stratford East's Artistic Director, Kerry Michael and run from Friday
3 October - Sunday 2 November 2014.
The Infidel - The Musical is an original stage musical-comedy that
follows in the tradition of such subversive musicals as The Book of
Mormon, Avenue Q and Spamalot. The show tells the story of an ordinary
British Muslim man, Mahmoud, to be played by Armenian comedian Kev
Orkian who discovers that not only is he adopted, but that his birth
parents were Jewish. The resulting cultural and religious chaos leads
to an uproarious and insightful comedy of identity, race, prejudice
and confusion.
David Baddiel commented: "Despite being released in 43 countries, The
Infidel movie, with its message of tolerance through comedy, seems not
completely to have fixed Muslim-Jewish relations. Luckily The Infidel
- The Musical, with its terrific cast, is set to have another go: this
time in song."
Kerry Michael, Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East said:
"We are all really excited to be working with David and Erran on this
very funny and warm hearted show. It's another new British musical, a
genre we have been passionate in developing for many years. This show
has an exciting original new voice and some great tunes I guarantee
you'd be humming on the way out."
http://www.film-news.co.uk/show-news.asp?H=The-Infidel---The-Musical-fully-cast&nItemID=26483
From: Baghdasarian