🎭 ShatteredGlobe presents the U.S. premiere of London Road, a 'verbatim musical' based on the 2006 serial murders of sex workers in Ipswich, England. | ✍️ Emily_221B
at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. But it’s safe to say that Chicago audiences have never seen a British show quite likeAfter opening to critical acclaim at London’s National Theatre in 2011,was adapted into a 2015 film with an ensemble cast that included Olivia Colman and Tom Hardy.
At Shattered Globe, an ensemble of 11 actors plays dozens of characters, including residents of London Road—the site of the murders—and several surviving sex workers. Cast member Tina Muñoz Pandya, who plays neighborhood watch committee member Jan , explains the unique experience of portraying real people in this verbatim format.
Another challenge is the music. In Simon’s view, a good piece of musical theater has seamless transitions between spoken text and music, “because the song feels like speech.”represents this in the extreme, she explains. “This is all literally speech that [Cork] then notated as music, but without making any changes to it. Everything that is sung in this musical is something that someone said in that way.
The show’s plot centers on the London Road residents who see their quiet street undergo several transformations: first, into a favorite locale for sex workers to pick up clients, and next, into a crime scene and media circus as the murder investigations ramp up. The overall message is one of resilience as the community comes together to heal in the aftermath.
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