Just So (musical)

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Just So
Music	George Stiles
Lyrics	Anthony Drewe
Book	Anthony Drewe George Stiles
Productions	1984 Newbury 1998 Goodspeed Opera House 2000 North Shore Music Theatre 2005 Chichester Theatre Festival

Just So is a musical by Anthony Drewe and George Stiles written in 1984 based on the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. Just So was produced by Cameron Mackintosh at the Watermill Theatre and Tricycle Theatre in England, as well as at the Goodspeed Opera House and North Shore Music Theatre in the USA.

1 Synopsis
2 Songs
3 Characters
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Elephant's Child, an inquisitive elephant, goes in search of a mysterious crab that keeps flooding his land and endangering his family with help from a reluctant Kolokolo Bird. Along the way, they meet ordinary animals who they help to find their own uniqueness.

[edit] Songs

Just So
There's No Harm In Asking
Another Tempest
The Limpopo River
Living On This Island
Thick Skin
The Parsee Cake Cake-Walk
We Want To Take The Ladies Out
Pick Up Your Hooves And Trot
Jungle Light/Just So (reprise)
The Argument
Wait A Bit
Leaps and Bounds
Does The Moment Ever Come?
Please Don't Touch My Stove
Little One Come Hither
If
Just So/The Limpopo River (reprise)

[edit] Characters

Main Characters:

Elephant's Child: a generally kind-hearted, curious elephant who can often be a little reckless.
Kolokolo Bird: Elephant's Chid's reluctant and cynical guide; a bird that is too afraid to fly.
Eldest Magician: Both a character and the Narrator, the Eldest Magician tells the story to the audience and interacts with the characters on their journeys, acting as a God-like figure.

Secondary Characters