Money to Burn
From: Monday, 29th September 2003
To: Saturday, 11 October 2003
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Synopsis
Lord Oliver Justin (OJ to his friends) is an aristocrat, Old Etonian, playboy, gambler, seducer and all round bounder... and, he's down on his luck. He's lost a fortune and has been kicked off the board of The Kitten Club after being caught cheating at their gaming tables, Hugo, his lawyer and best friend, refuses to lend him £10,000, and now his incredibly wealthy wife, Tiggy, has refused to give him any more money. What's a good, or even a bad man to do! There is only one way out... he must enlist some help... and his wife... must die! Part thriller, part farce, part satire, and featuring a superb twist in the final moments, Money To Burn by Daniel Abineri is unlike any musical seen so far. The twelve original songs are in the style of 1930 s, 40 s jazz pop and are an eclectic mix of character, novelty and show stopping numbers!
Our Review:
10 October 2003
My critical colleagues (and many of the bulletin board posters on this site) have said that Money to Burn was bad. They were wrong. It is far worse than either they described or I could possibly have imagined.
The only thing you can say for it is that it is presciently titled, since money to burn is what the producers clearly have. Who could have imagined that this witless, charmless and pointless self-billed new "musical comedy thriller" was in any way musical, comic, or thrilling? It is none of those things.
It's more like a cheap, cheesy cabaret with a minute plot, "inspired" by the likes of Jeffrey Archer and Jonathan Aitken finally meeting their comeuppance, but even those real-life aristocratic bounders never went as far in the ignominious stakes as plotting to bump off their wives so that they could cash in on their fortunes.
No doubt author, composer, lyricist and director Daniel Abineri thought he was being frightfully witty and sat...
Latest User Review
USER: Whatsonstage.com (194.105.168.6) - 17 October 2003:
The best show at The Venue since Taboo closed!...
Cast
Peter Blake (Lord Oliver Justin)
Andrew C Wadsworth (Hugo - OJ's lawyer)
Sarah-Louise Young (Tiggy - OJ's wife)
Perry Benson (Perkins - OJ's butler)
Gabrielle Noble (Rosie - a hopeful actress)
Camilla Beeput (Angel of the Kitten Club)
Rachel Lynes
Graham Martin
Creative
Daniel Abineri (Author)
Daniel Abineri (Producer)
Siobhan Houlihan (Producer)
Paul Savident (associate producer) (Producer)
Parry (Producer)
Simon Wallace (musical arrangement) (Music)
Daniel Abineri (Director)
David Shields (Design)
David Shields (Costume)
Nick Richings (Lighting)
Michele Thorne (Choreographer)
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