Music Theatre
DAVID HAINES (composer / lyricist / librettist)
Written: 1998 / 99
Type of Show: For all ages. Duration: 100 mins
Cast: 4 mature women, 3 young women, 4 mature men
Musicians: One piano, but would benefit from being scored for 5 or 6 players.
Musical Style: Contemporary chamber musical, melodic, strongly rhythmic,
harmonically rich and varied with influences from all styles of music fused into a distinctive language.
Productions: Springtide Music Theatre, Dawlish 1999
Summary of Story: When Bertrand discovers an age-halting virus he opens a Pandora's Box. The Teenage Mothers produce numerous perma-babies, knowing Len will cope. Wealthy Judith abandons immune (therefore ageing) Max for the younger Paulo, then suffers a dreadful fate. Harridans June and Betty replace idealist Elizabeth in Bertrand's affections but burst messily after trying his latest designer virus. Ultimately, only the Immunes remain, content to grow old as the ever-youthful ones self-destruct.
Material available: Full Script / Mini-disk/ Tape / Synopsis / Vocal Score