A concert of songs from the new musical After The Turn will be presented at the Mixing Bowl Theatre at the Custard Factory, Birmingham on Wednesday November 25, commencing at 7.30. pm. After The Turn has a pop/rock music score by composer Caden Jones and book and lyrics by RoBert Gould and Caden Jones. Two songs from the show were recently featured in Bravo - a series of concerts in London by the company A Stage Kindly.
The show was work-shopped in Birmingham in August 2009 and the cast of the workshop will reprise their roles for the concert: Hannah McCormack, Jonathan Sterling, Caden Jones and Mara Ashton.
Tickets are available from: www.rogueplay.co.uk
"After The Turn is a musical about grief, guilt, self discovery, love - and music!
Michael Brookman is a 21-year-old highly gifted musician with serious emotional and psychological problems who four years ago witnessed the hit-and-run accident that killed his mother. Ever since then he has suffered from severe depression, and has not spoken a word. He communicates only by typing his words on a lap-top.
Lauren Danner is a 23-year-old nurse, dedicated and caring and - at least on the surface - bright and strong-willed. The musical begins with her arrival at Michael's apartment in New York as she commences her duties as Michael's carer - a job she personally requested and is totally committed to.
The story of Michael's past is gradually revealed through a series of flashbacks as the primary plot-line reveals the development of the relationship between Michael and Lauren. Initially Michael is totally hostile until gradually he begins to accept Lauren first as his nurse and later as his friend. Eventually, through a series of disturbing and heart-breaking plot twists, as both Michael and Lauren learn to face their individual fears and hang-ups, they begin to discover the meaning of love.
www.aftertheturnthemusical.webs.com
