Pitch Festival 2018 : Another year, another good Pitch. This year the pageant modified from showcasing ten shows (15-60 min. presentations) at Upstairs at the house to showcasing vi (45-55 min. presentations) at naval battle Studios a pair of. whereas the new location lends to the festival’s street credibility, the reduction in showcased material - particularly once 2 of the six were by constant person - is unsatisfactory notwithstanding the bump in casting is equally spectacular.
First and foremost, i assumed that whereas the scores to all or any of the shows were smart, 3 of the four were identical modish - I felt as if I might cut apart the music and place the songs into completely different items while not suspecting one thing wrong. a part of this can be without doubt as a result of the restricted (or entire lack of) arrangements used, as hearing theatrepop scores on piano alone (or with simplified string and/or acoustic guitar) makes it tough to understand singularity fully. currently on with the individual shows:
Lift - 9 individuals ride the carry at Covent Garden station and their lives meet and intertwine. It’s a swell plan, and whereas I don’t suppose the show might simply scale to the city district, I will see it fitting in well at somewhere just like the Chocolate industrial plant or the Kings Head. Likewise this might work quite well as a plan album. It’s an honest (if not to a fault white) illustration of contemporary London.
The Diary of Maine - A rebellious sixteen year previous involves terms along with his unloved father chemical analysis once more when his mother dies whereas understanding friendly relationship and relationships. this might are additional attention-grabbing had I not seen Shit combine a month earlier: fairly normal youth theatre fare, would had best somewhere like Oval House or on a TIE programme.
Can You Keep A Secret - A mother is continually moving together with her 2 daughters: one UN agency fails to determine friendships on-line or nose to nose nevertheless falls for a neighborhood unhealthy boy and another UN agency is keep and escapes into a fairyland with dangerous repercussions on reality. Similar thoughts to The Diary of Maine, however taken from a additional adult perspective. Word is that the young relationships concerned are literally the most ones however the adults became the main focus so as to stay things clean for the forty five min. format. The fantasy components can, I suspect, be higher prohibited once scenery and also the full period of time ar concerned.
The Lost Christmas - A combine of robots from the year 4000 come to this to search out one thing missing from the winter season, meeting up with a lady in an exceedingly ancient, respectable middle-upper category liberal family. The standout score of the bunch, the music here is additional pastiche than easy and it works out well. This show most likely worked best within the forty five min. format (along with carry that is additional episodic than linear) and this might build a pleasant different to pantomime.
In short: nothing OMGWOW however there’s clear potential altogether cases and that i want I might have seen the last 2 shows (Rebels and Retail, that seems like a British Walmartopia and thru the Door, a time travel romance.) The scarier factor is that the pageant organisers take into account themselves to be a stepping stone in early or middle development for a 5 to 10 year development cycle. IMHO that’s associate degree excessive amount, however not a shocking one currently - Next to traditional - presently running in DC - has been going for ten years (even if it had been production worthy when seven,) Rue Magique additionally created it to 10 despite staying a disaster, and even RENT was being worked on for the higher a part of 5 years (arguably seven as well as once Larson and Aronson were caper around with it.) The work time on production is merely obtaining higher (remember the times once composers banged out a brand new show in one-3 years?) and it's scary to suppose that in several cases the reward could be a 1 hour edition at a pageant with 1800 different shows competitive for eyes or 6-8 weeks on the perimeter with few places to follow up.
On that note, I want the most effective of luck to all or any concerned, and let’s all expect to 2017.
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That said, I went on 2 nights and saw four of the items. As these works ar still in development I won’t get into an excessive amount of detail however can continue general impressions.First and foremost, i assumed that whereas the scores to all or any of the shows were smart, 3 of the four were identical modish - I felt as if I might cut apart the music and place the songs into completely different items while not suspecting one thing wrong. a part of this can be without doubt as a result of the restricted (or entire lack of) arrangements used, as hearing theatrepop scores on piano alone (or with simplified string and/or acoustic guitar) makes it tough to understand singularity fully. currently on with the individual shows:
Lift - 9 individuals ride the carry at Covent Garden station and their lives meet and intertwine. It’s a swell plan, and whereas I don’t suppose the show might simply scale to the city district, I will see it fitting in well at somewhere just like the Chocolate industrial plant or the Kings Head. Likewise this might work quite well as a plan album. It’s an honest (if not to a fault white) illustration of contemporary London.
The Diary of Maine - A rebellious sixteen year previous involves terms along with his unloved father chemical analysis once more when his mother dies whereas understanding friendly relationship and relationships. this might are additional attention-grabbing had I not seen Shit combine a month earlier: fairly normal youth theatre fare, would had best somewhere like Oval House or on a TIE programme.
Can You Keep A Secret - A mother is continually moving together with her 2 daughters: one UN agency fails to determine friendships on-line or nose to nose nevertheless falls for a neighborhood unhealthy boy and another UN agency is keep and escapes into a fairyland with dangerous repercussions on reality. Similar thoughts to The Diary of Maine, however taken from a additional adult perspective. Word is that the young relationships concerned are literally the most ones however the adults became the main focus so as to stay things clean for the forty five min. format. The fantasy components can, I suspect, be higher prohibited once scenery and also the full period of time ar concerned.
The Lost Christmas - A combine of robots from the year 4000 come to this to search out one thing missing from the winter season, meeting up with a lady in an exceedingly ancient, respectable middle-upper category liberal family. The standout score of the bunch, the music here is additional pastiche than easy and it works out well. This show most likely worked best within the forty five min. format (along with carry that is additional episodic than linear) and this might build a pleasant different to pantomime.
In short: nothing OMGWOW however there’s clear potential altogether cases and that i want I might have seen the last 2 shows (Rebels and Retail, that seems like a British Walmartopia and thru the Door, a time travel romance.) The scarier factor is that the pageant organisers take into account themselves to be a stepping stone in early or middle development for a 5 to 10 year development cycle. IMHO that’s associate degree excessive amount, however not a shocking one currently - Next to traditional - presently running in DC - has been going for ten years (even if it had been production worthy when seven,) Rue Magique additionally created it to 10 despite staying a disaster, and even RENT was being worked on for the higher a part of 5 years (arguably seven as well as once Larson and Aronson were caper around with it.) The work time on production is merely obtaining higher (remember the times once composers banged out a brand new show in one-3 years?) and it's scary to suppose that in several cases the reward could be a 1 hour edition at a pageant with 1800 different shows competitive for eyes or 6-8 weeks on the perimeter with few places to follow up.
On that note, I want the most effective of luck to all or any concerned, and let’s all expect to 2017.
