Snow! The Musical
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Snow! The Musical (2005) Performances: 15th November 2005 – 3rd December 2005
It was a Christmas musical by KIT Productions at the Sound Theatre, Leicester Square, London, England.
It was written by Richard Marsh, and included music arranged by Paul Tarry & Darren Reeves of Björn Again including new songs by Guy Pratt of Pink Floyd. It was directed by Adam Speers.
It contained classic Christmas pop songs, and centred around a 'Romeo and Juliet' style comic 20th century love story encompassing a fight between the good Elf Nick and the evil Father Christmas, with lap-dancing reindeer. In the story Father Christmas begins a reign of terror aimed at killing off all the other holiday spirits and making it Christmas every day of the year but the Elf saves the day. However, the musical ended prematurely after a lack on interest from the public.
Cast included:
- Hannah Spearritt of S Club 7
- Victoria Bush of Bad Girls (TV series)
- Daniel Reeves
- Bennet Andrews
- Adrian Beaumont
- Anthony Clegg
- Laura Checkly
- Louise Davidson
[edit] Poor ticket sales
The shows ticket sales were so bad they axed the musical after 3 weeks. One show only attracted 2 people! It was also panned by critics.