ABOUT THE SHOW
“I am the Jesus Christ of politics”
It’s time to set the record straight. Please welcome to the stage the former cruise ship crooner turned multi billionaire and Italian Prime Minister… the much maligned, misunderstood, humble man of the people Silvio Berlusconi!
A hilarious, naughty, noisy expose of the original perma-tanned media mogul and populist politician told through the eyes of the formidable women ready to share their side of the story and break the veneer of that million lira smile. As Silvio tries to enshrine his legacy by writing the opera of his life, his detractors are closing in…
From the Olivier Award-winning Producers of Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, BERLUSCONI is Evita on acid; a modern-day cautionary tale, an urgent and prescient story about a brand of political leadership that has become all too familiar. With soaring melodies and driving beats, this outrageous new musical assembles an award-winning team to tell the astonishing, outlandish, almost true story of one of the world’s most charismatic, charming and morally bankrupt political leaders.
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM
Writers: Ricky Simmonds and Simon Vaughan
Director: James Grieve
Choreographer: Rebecca Howell
Set and Costume Designer: Lucy Osborne
Sound Designer:Dan Samson
Lighting Designer: Oliver Fenwick
Video Designer: Stanley Orwin-Fraser for Duncan McLean Projection
Musical Supervisor, co-Orchestrator and Arrangements: Paul Schofield
Musical Director and Vocal Arrangements: Jordan Li-Smith
Original Vocal Score and Original Vocal Arrangements: David White
Music Production and Co-Orchestrator: Lewis Andrews
Associate Musical Director: Máth Roberts
Music Copyist: John Reddel
Assistant Director: Anna Hampton
Casting Director: Will Burton CDG
Production Manager: Jack Boisseaux
Costume Supervisor: Alexandra Stewart
Additional story, music and lyrics: Richard Buckton
Additional Music Production: Charli Eglinton
Producers: Francesca Moody Productions and Thomas S. Barnes
SHOW INFORMATION
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
25 March – 29 April
