From Just So to Honk! and the additional songs for the stage adaptation of Mary Poppins, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have over the last 25 years established themselves at the forefront of new musical theatre writing.
Their recent version of Peter Pan the Musical, with book by the late Willis Hall, as produced by Birmingham Repertory Theatre and West Yorkshire Playhouse, has now been released on CD. They talk to Scott Matthewman about how the musical developed from its early days as a BBC radio concert, to the Royal Festival Hall and beyond.
Also under discussion come the recent changes made to the Broadway version of Mary Poppins (with the song Temper, Temper being replaced by Playing The Game), their new projects (adaptations of the movies A Private Function and Soapdish) and how events have overtaken the development of original musical Soho Cinders.
The podcast includes extracts from both the original cast recording of Peter Pan and the CD of 2008’s gala concert, A Spoonful of Stiles and Drewe. Both are available to buy from Dress Circle using the links below:
To listen to the podcast:
The preferred way to listen to the podcast is through iTunes. If you subscribe to the podcast series in iTunes, then not only will you get this edition of the podcast, but you will automatically receive further editions, for free, as they are released. The iTunes edition of the podcast also has additional photography and chapter marks for easier navigation.
- Listen and subscribe now in iTunes (recommended)
A lower quality MP3 version can be played below:
