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The Realness

A co-production by The Big House and Big Broad Productions

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Hackney Downs Studios

17, Amhurst Terrace, London E8 2BT

13th November - 20th December 2014

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MUSICAL SCORE

In Autumn 2014 Big Broad Productions joined forces with The Big House for their first co-production - The Realness, a new urban musical about a bad boy's struggles on the road from zero to hero.

When some people won’t believe you’ve changed, and others don’t want to let you change, it isn't easy to make a new start. Jay Johnson is fresh out of prison and determined never to go back inside, but for all his efforts to stay on track, he finds himself making a detour in the wrong direction. Finally he's faced with the hardest choice of his life and only then does he understand what he has to do to change things for real.

With an upbeat score ranging from rap to reggae, gospel to grime, The Realness is a new musical with book by Maureen Chadwick & David Watson and music & lyrics by Kath Gotts. The show was directed by Big House Artistic Director Maggie Norris and featured video design by Tony Award-winning Mic Pool, music tracks produced by Semothy Jones (Plan B) and choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille (Some Like It Hip-Hop).

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PRESS REVIEWS

"A live energy that crackles with the authenticity of life on the street. Kath Gotts' music and lyrics can blend rap, humour and street life with great affection." Freddie Machin, Hackney Citizen Review

"a commitment and infectious energy to surpass many West End Productions" Laura Barnett, The Observer

"The writing has an amazing freedom and candour. It shrinks from nothing. Everything here is dramatic, fresh and brutally gripping. The songs are exceptionally good." Lloyd Evans, The Spectator

"Maureen Chadwick and David Watson’s book is fast-talking, insolently witty and slang-studded, while Kath Gotts’s songs, ranging from hip-hop to R&B, reggae and gospel, have real punch. The production blazes up its grimy streets powered by pure passion." Sam Marlowe, The Times