I NEED A DOCTOR: THE WHOSICAL to Play Leicester Square, Brighton Fringe This Spring

The award-winning musical comedy I Need A Doctor: The Whosical are pleased to announce their return run to The Leicester Square Theatre 6th - 12th April and Brighton Fringe Festival 1st - 4th May 2015 following their successful tours 2014 and sell out performances at Leicester Square Theatre, The Lowry and Edinburgh Fringe 2014. For more details, visit www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/whats-on/comedy.

Jamie and Jess have written a brand new musical about their time-travelling hero, but there's one snag - they can't break BBC copyright. So how do you write a 'Doctor Who' musical without getting shut down by the beeb, with a cast of two, in only one hour?!

See 'A Doctor' and his companion battle copyright-free villains 'Da Masta', 'The Cybergents' and 'The Exterminators' through the power of musical theatre, paying homage to some of the musical greats: Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, The Little Mermaid and....Kanye?!

I Need A Doctor features brand new songs, a regenerated story and an all-new set including our new and improved 'Phonebox' (Tardis!) and a special robot canine friend. This is a sharp, witty musical parody with a huge host of memorable characters and songs; I Need A Doctor is a musical for sci-fi nerds and theatre fans everywhere, as well as avid 'Doctor Who' fans both old and new.

Writer & Performers James Wilson-Taylor and Jessica Spray studied together at Guildford School of Acting. They premiered I Need A Doctor at the Pleasance during Edinburgh Fringe 2013, winning the Musical Theatre Network Award for Best Newcomer. Edinburgh local boy James' credits include The Escape Artist (BBC One) and as a writer for NewsJack (BBC Radio 4 Extra). Jess' credits include Moll Flanders directed by Ian Talbot (The Electric Theatre) and new musical Travel.

Director Ben Occhipinti's credits include Piaf (Bolton Octagon), Spread a Little Happiness, Jack and the Beanstalk (Salisbury Playhouse) and Dr Quimpugh's Compenium of Peculian Afflictions (Petersham Playhouse and Edinburgh Fringe). Musical Director

Musical arrangements are by Ed Bussey. Ed trained at Royal Academy of Music and his credits include Jersey Boys (UK Number one tour), Footloose (Uk number 1 tour), Oklahoma (Uk number 1 tour), Newsrevue and Le Gateau Chocolat (Edinburgh Fringe). http://www.edbussey.com

Set design is by Gabriella Slade, whose credits include In The Heights (Southwark Playhouse), Happy Never After (Edinburgh Fringe).

For more information, visit www.ineedadoctorwhosical.com, or follow on Twitter: twitter.com/INeedADoctor_UK, Facebook: www.facebook.com/INeedADoctorUK and Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/ineedadoctoruk.

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