The notorious unauthorised parody of the Academy Award-winning film will head to London after its run this summer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
SILENCE! The Musical artwork.
SILENCE! The Musical will run at the Turbine Theatre for a limited time from 4 - 28 September 2024.
Directed and Choreographed by Tony Award-winning Christopher Gattelli (Newsies The Musical), the show originally premiered Off-Broadway in 2005. The parody combines whip-smart dialogue, shocking songs, and over-the-top performances that is popular with seasoned fans of the film and FBI rookies alike. Spinning the horror genre to include the absurd, SILENCE! The Musical will have audiences laughing in the face of danger.
With an on-stage ensemble of ten, the cast includes Mark Oxtoby (Guys and Dolls) as Lecter, Phoebe Panaretos (Zorro) as Clarice, Tom Giles (The Lord of the Rings) as Pembry, Jake Anthony (Cabaret Le Cirque) as Buffalo Bill, Matt Bond (Making A Murderer: A Musical) as Chilton, Paul Ryan (A Christmas Carol) as Crawford, Sebastian Goffin (Carousel) as Dream Hannibal, Jenay Naima (The Bodyguard Musical) as Arelia, Catherine Millsom (Kinky Boots) as Catherine and Nathalie Marrable (My Fair Lady) as Dream Clarice.
Gattelli will be joined by designer Scott Pask (The Pillowman), book by Hunter Bell based on a screenplay by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan, music and lyrics by Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan and the Associate Director is Kevin Zak.
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Expect a hilariously irreverent parody of the classic thriller The Silence of the Lambs, blending dark humour with catchy songs for a unique theatre experience.
