Porn the Musical

Synopsis

When young Stefan’s tranquil life on the island of Malta is shattered by his fiancée’s slutty revelation, he goes off to the US in search of a new life. There he finds an exciting group of friends in an industry that takes some getting used to. Porn the Musical is a highly original, anarchic and hilarious musical featuring such catchy numbers as ‘Many Ways To Do It,’ ‘I’ll Stick To You Like Herpes’ and ‘The Song Where Everybody Bitches’.

Our Review:

12 April 2010

On entering Theatre 503 to see Porn the Musical my expectations were heightened by the huge pair of fishnet-clad legs that envelope the audience from the ceiling. A two-piece band (guitarist Boris Cezek and keyboardist Kris Spiteri, both wrote the music, book and lyrics), entertained us until they were interrupted by the sardonic Malcolm Galea, (co-writer) our perfectly tastelessly dressed narrator.

Galea explains that our hero, Stefan, a hapless bespectacled Maltese carpenter, was about to marry his childhood sweetheart Jade. We find out that “Everyone in Malta is Related”. Unknown to Stefan, the “So Young and yet so Slutty” Jade has “had relations” with a large proportion of the male population on the Island.

So the heartbroken Stefan travels to America to forget his pain, only to be mugged on arrival. He is then befriended by the blonde bombshell, Sanddy (with a Double D) and drawn into the world of porn. He meets studio ...

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Latest User Review

CloudGirl - 29 April 2010:

I've seen quite a bit at 503 and was shocked at the poor quality of Paul Robinson's production. It was frothy nonsense with no plot whatsoever. Some of the songs were entertaining in a dragging out one line that's vaguely funny type way (Nude Erections/New Directions) but the majority of it was just vapid. At three hours it was tediously long. The set was a bit wobbly and the acting veered between wooden and OTT. None of the characters were three dimensional and although some of them had nice voices (although I suspect at least one of the actors was cast more on how she looked in stockings and suspenders)they had been directed to be devoid of human emotion. Shame that 503 missed their opportunity to match their excellent reputation for new writing with this mediocrity. ...

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