Showstopper! The Improvised Musical — ‘Starving!’ (2019)
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical show 949, filmed before a live audience at the Pleasance Grand at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 and released on DVD. Setting: A fashion show, darling. Enter ‘Milan Week of Fashion’ and meet beautiful ingenue Marie and dirty rat photographer Lawrence Fordham. And also a host of rather vicious pigeons. And a troupe of opera singers paid to highlight emotional moments. Featuring songs inspired by West Side Story, Sondheim, Legally Blonde and Hamilton.
Directors: Adam Meggido, Dylan Emery.
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Pippa Evans as The Writer |
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Ruth Bratt as Angela |
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Justin Brett as Antoine |
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Susan Harrison as Marie |
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Adam Meggido as Laurence Fordham |
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Andrew Pugsley as Donny |
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Lucy Trodd as Rosalie |
| Art | Hugo Glendinning | Concept Artist |
| Art | Simon Scullion | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Slade | Costume Design |
| Directing | Pippa Evans | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Adam Meggido | Director |
| Directing | Dylan Emery | Director |
| Editing | Andrew Pugsley | Editor |
| Lighting | Damian Robertson | Lighting Design |
| Production | Suzanna Rosenthal | General Manager |
| Production | Adam Meggido | Producer |
| Production | Dylan Emery | Producer |
| Production | Keith Strachan | Producer |
| Sound | Chris Ash | Assistant Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Duncan Walsh Atkins | Music Director |
| Sound | Duncan Walsh Atkins | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Andrew Woolf | Musician |
| Sound | Craig Apps | Musician |
| Sound | Jordan Clarke | Musician |
| Sound | Jens Drieghe | Sound |
| Sound | Tom Lishman | Sound Designer |