Three Sides, a new musical, will play the New British Musical Theatre festival at the Finborough before it receives its New York premiere.
With music and lyrics by Grant Oldring, a book by Oldring and Toby Davies and direction by
Clive Paget, it will be seen in Finborough on Sunday, June 25th, Monday, June 26th, Sunday, July 2nd, Sunday, July 9th and Monday, July 10th at 8 PM.
The musical will then make its American debut New York Musical Theatre Festival 2006, as part of their 'Next Link'
project.
Three Sides was picked out during a very competitive selection
process, with only 18 shows being chosen from nearly 400 submissions.
The show, which features musical direction by
Mark Collins, will feature
Jon-Paul Hevey (
The Next Big Thing, Spittin' Distance, Blood Brothers),
Simon Gleeson (
Southwark Fair, The Far Pavillions, Mamma Mia!) and
Caroline Sheen (
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang, Les Miserables) at Finborough.
"Three Sides tells the simple story of three people sharing one relationship. After a depressing new year a chance meeting leads to Carrie getting involved with both Ant and Brian. But when she can't decide which to ditch and the men fall desperately in love with her, even the simplest things start to get complicated," state press notes. "A contemporary love story, with three selfish, needy, passionate, neurotic, romantic, over-worked individuals who find out that there are three sides to every story - yours, mine and the truth."
Composer/Lyricist
Grant Olding trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and was resident composer at the Bridewell Theatre 2003/04. His Musical Theatre work includes
Spittin' Distance (
Stephen Joseph Scarborough, NT Studio),
Born of Glass (Lyric Belfast, NYMT),
Beyond The Sea (Bridewell) and
A Celebrity Chef Ate My Hamster (Bridewell, Chichester). He recently wrote the music for
Samuel Adamson's Southwark Fair (
National Theatre), directed by
Nicholas Hytner. Oldring is currently working on
Yeti, an abominamusical (Edinburgh Festival) and the songs for
Tracy Beaker (Nottingham Playhouse and UK Tour)
Davies has worked regularly with
Grant Olding as a book writer and co-lyricist. They created
Spittin' Distance together, and are working on a new piece for the Royal Scottish Academy. Other theatre credits include
The Magnets-Magnetude (Assembly Rooms) and
The Blue Diamond of Azkabar (Brook Theatre and Tour). Radio includes
It's Been a Bad Week (Radio 2). Television includes "Swinging?" (Channel 5). His sitcom, "55 Half Moon Road," is currently in development with the BBC.
Director Paget is Music Theatre Consultant to
The National Theatre where he is responsible to
Nicholas Hytner for the development of new musical theatre work. He was Artistic Director of London's Bridewell Theatre from 2000 to 2002, directing many of its most successful productions including the European premieres of
Michael John LaChiusa's
Hello Again, Jason Robert Brown's
Songs for a New World and
Adam Guettel's
Floyd Collins. He also co-directed the world premiere of
Stephen Sondheim's first musical,
Saturday Night. He devised and directed
The Cutting Edge, which brought together the talents of
Jason Robert Brown,
Adam Guettel and
Michael John LaChiusa and played at the
Donmar Warehouse and the Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre.
The Finborough Theatre is located at 118 Finborough Road, London. Tickets are £10 all seats. The performance length is approximately 1 hour 50 minutes with one interval. Visit
www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk,
www.grantolding.co.uk or
www.threesidesthemusical.com for more information.
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