19 November 2021
Newsdesk
On 17th and 18th December, the Etcetera Theatre Camden will host the London premiere of GRRRLZ, an almost entirely female musical comedy.
GRRRLZ draws its musical inspiration from styles as diverse as soul, jazz and Gilbert & Sullivan; its richly comic plot from a unique blend of Pythonesque farce, badly-behaved schoolgirls and Cold War paranoia; and its themes from the very 1960s ideas of non-conformism, second-wave feminism and anti-Establishment politics.
Amidst the social revolution, colourful fashion and the vibrant music of the late sixties, Kathy Brown has spent so much time attending protest marches that she is suspended from Oxford University. Through the ‘renowned scholastic agency of Grabitall and Tring’, she finds employment as the Lower Fifth form tutor at Ruffwood Park, a girls’ school that has remained untouched by the swinging sixties. Will Kathy ever be able to get through to the unruly Lower Fifth form? Will they ever want to learn anything? And will the fearsome headmistress Miss de Trique’s reign of terror ever come to an end?
Originally written and filmed for a school YouTube channel during the Covid pandemic, GRRRLZ was adapted for the first live performance by the local DIY Theatre Company in October 2021, with a cast of over 30 and an eight-piece band. GRRRLZ has been further revised for a company of 12, including Musical Director and writer/composer Chris Gill, who says, 'It is fantastic to see s show, written during Covid lockdown and filmed during strict Covid restrictions spread its wings, firstly with a community theatre company in its home town of Oxford, and now at one of London's most highly-respected fringe theatres'.
Who? Chris Gill presents a DIY Theatre production
What? GRRRLZ, a new musical comedy with an almost entirely female cast
When? Friday 17th December 2021 2.30pm
Saturday 18th December 2021 2.30pm/7pm
Where? Etcetera Theatre, 265 Camden High Street (above the Oxford Arms), Camden, London NW1 7BU
How much? £12.50
Running time? 2 hours 15 minutes (including interval)
Suitable for? All ages
Tickets from: www.etceteratheatre.com
Further info: www.grrrlz.co.uk
