Thalidomide!! A Musical
Thalidomide!! A Musical | ||
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Music | Book Mat Fraser | |
Premiere | 2005: Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK |
Thalidomide!! A Musical is a British musical written and composed by Mat Fraser, who was born with phocomelia as a result of the drug thalidomide being taken during his mother's pregnancy. Fraser and Anna Winslet play all the roles in the show.
The musical was developed with director
The production tells the story of a love affair between Glyn, a thalidomide survivor (Fraser) and a non-disabled woman, Katie Crawford (Winslet), attracted by his phocomelia. Fraser calls the story a "cartoon version" of his own life. Winslet won the role in part because she did not shirk at an audition request to mimic Fraser himself.[1]
Musical numbers
- "Monster Babies"
- "I'll Be His Arms"
- "It's Hard to Hitch Down Life's Highway with No Thumbs"
- "Talk to the Flipper ('Cause the Face Don't Care)"
Reception
The
See also
- NoBody's Perfect, a 2009 documentary film
References