Synopsis
How to Win Against History
Published by Oberon
3 Male 0 Female
Born in 1875, he was poised to inherit the Empire
Instead he burned brightly
And briefly
And transvestitely
He blew his family's vast wealth putting on sparkling, diamond-studded plays
Starring himself
To which nobody came
When he died, his family burnt every record of his life they could find
And carried on as though he'd never existed
This is an hilarious, riches-to-rags musical extravaganza about being too weird for the world
And desperately not wanting it to forget you
The critics adored it ...
REVIEWS
"A work of genius" ~ The Sunday Telegraph ★★★★★
"Deliriously entertaining" ~ WhatsOnStage.com ★★★★★
"So good. Must see. Kill to inherit a ticket" ~ Postcards from the Gods ★★★★★
"Gleeful, ludicrous a larky collision of Gilbert & Sullivan and Monty Python" ~ Time Out ★★★★★
"May well be the first piece of genderpunk anti-imperialist musical theatre" ~ Fest ★★★★★
"Stays with you long after the last keyboard chord has sounded" ~ Daily Telegraph ★★★★★
Runs about 70 minutes
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