The Next Big Thing

Synopsis

A journey through the crazy story of the British music scene as seen through the eyes of wannabe rock star Mike West. Guitarist Mike is the Forrest Gump of British pop music. Over four decades from the rise of the Beatles to the chart dominance of Britpop, Mike witnesses it all. Every musical style he plays it, every drug going he1ll take it. Mike has been there, done that, eaten the Mars Bar. But just how much is Mike willing to sacrifice for stardom - to be 'the next big thing' ?

Our Review:

7 November 2005

An affectionately satirical look at the British pop scene, this new musical from Mark Burton and Pete Sinclair (with additional songs and arrangements by Willie Dowling) fairly fizzes with energy – not 'arf! As the publicity tagline says, the show traces a musical journey “from the Beatles to Britpop and all the B*ll*cks' in between”. Burton and Sinclair have an impeccable pedigree as TV comedy writers (including Spitting Image, Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks) and here they take full advantage of what are admittedly easy targets for mockery – the fads and fashions of popular culture.

Created by writers who have honed their comic skills mainly on gags and sketches, it's not too surprising that the story is, well, sketchy. The hero – or anti-hero – is the incorrigibly uncool Mike West, who, as a goofy teenager from Skelmersdale, dreams of a pop star's life in the spotlight but is always doomed to the anonymity of the backing group, s...

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194.201.223.50) - 1 December 2005:

A Class act definatley one to watch!...

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