Hapless single-dad Grey is in a rut. Teenage daughter Silva packs him off to revive his rockstar dreams, successfully auditioning for ‘Nick & the Rhythmics’ only to realise… he’s actually signed up for an All-male Rhythmic Gymnastics troupe. Against the odds these burly blokes make it as far as the World Championships – twirling their ‘ribbons of fire’ – and along the way Grey finally learns to commit to life.
Calendar Girls meets The Full Monty in this joyous new British musical.
Like the music video “Got Your Back“, created to accompany the release of the album, the full production will also feature choreography incorporating rhythmic gymnastics and sign language from Deaf Men Dancing’s Mark Smith, as well as captions throughout all performances.
There will be 6 BSL interpreted performances on December 6th, 7th, 17th, and 18th, and January 7th and 8th.
Age guidance: 11+ due to adult themes and occasional swearing, however The Rhythmics is suitable for younger children and 11+ is a general age guidance – parental discretion is advised.
Directed by P Burton-Morgan
Book and Lyrics by P Burton-Morgan
P is a writer and director. Their previous book & lyric credits include IN THE WILLOWS (Exeter Northcott & UK tour) for which they won the 2020 Writer’s Guild Award for book writing, LITTLE MERMAID (Theatre By The Lake & UK tour), JUNGLE BOOK (Theatre Royal Windsor, UK and Int. tours), BLOWN AWAY (Exeter Northcott & UK tours).
Opera libretti include MADAM BUTTERFLY (Belgrade Coventry & UK tour / Opera Up Close), ROLES (V&A), I’M NOT A BIT LIKE A CLOWN (Tete a Tete Festival), WAITING (Southbank Centre) and THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD (Trafalgar Studios & Arcola Theatre).
Directing credits include PIXEL DUST (Edinburgh Festival), COMEDY OF ERRORS (Exeter Northcott Theatre), MOUTHFUL (Trafalgar Studios), COSI FAN TUTTE (New Theatre, Oxford), ARAB NIGHTS (Soho Theatre & UK tour), AS YOU LIKE IT and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Wirksworth Festival), GOTCHA (Riverside Studios), LA BOHEME (Palestine National Theatre & tour).
P trained as a lyricist with BML. Their song My Thing won second prize at the Stiles and Drewe Song Prize 2019.