THE PROJECT

To put on stage Reefer Madness!, the Off-Broadway musical by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, in the Bierkeller Theatre in Bristol!

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WHY?

To create a quality show and put in practice the skills learnt during my Masters in Performance Research at the University of Bristol.

To gather interested students and put their talents in action through a very funny, eccentric and mostly-unknown musical.

To bring singers, dancers, actors and musicians into an ambitious project, out of the traditional setting of student societies. It's a good taste of what a professional work is in this industry, with the different aspects of production, rehearsals, direction, budget management...

In the end, to have loads of fun in the process and achieve a 5 years old project!

THE SHOW

The story of Jimmy, a young and naive student, and his downfall into Marijuana, the new 'public enemy number 1'. He will take Mary with him, and they will both discover this new foe through hilarious musical scenes, meeting Jesus as a rock star, young zombies, space brownies, a seductive dealer, an almost femme-fatale, and a completely hooked mad man!

The main material for this project is the 2005 movie musical by Andy Fickman and screened at the Deauville Festival, which trailer you can watch here: Reefer Madness: the movie musical trailer

And now a few pictures from the movie to show you the iconic scenes of this musical:

Mary_jan_mary_lane Mary and Jimmy, the lovers.

Listen_jimmy Jesus Christ Superstar, back in Reefer Madness!

Little_mary_sunshine Mary, when she smokes pot...

Romeo___juliet_2 'We are just like Romeo and Juliet!'

And more pictures from the rehearsals to follow!

THE PLACE

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The Bierkeller Theatre is a well-known place in the city centre of Bristol, seating between 50 and 450 spectators. They often host student productions, amateurs and tours. It's dark and somewhat cavernous atmosphere, almost gothic, makes it an ideal location for the eccentricity and crazyness of Reefer Madness!

Check it on their website: http://www.bierkellertheatre.com/

THE DATES

Performances are on the 7th and 8th of May 2014!

FOR STARTERS

As a drama postgraduate student at the University of Bristol, I have free access to activity studios for auditions and rehearsals. I will also enjoy the help of our designer for costumes and props, so almost everything will be free of charges, to focus on the main expense point : rights!

40 DAYS

To support this project! Auditions will start mi-January, quickly followed by the first rehearsals, to stick to the 12 weeks loan of the libretto, music sheets and everything else described a bit further down.

Starting now, gathering a strong creative team, up until the deadline to finance the project and hopefully getting the money, send the cheque and wait for the necessary material, there's no time to lose!

MEDIA

Once the project is started, a French/English Facebook page will be created to keep you all posted on our progress!

REEFER MADNESS! : THE MUSICAL