Friday – Fabric 3
Chasing Icarus
Costumes: period. Language: TikTok.
Burgundy velvets drip down on a baroque theatre. A rapt audience. Waiting…
Suddenly, an electronic beat thunders above bitcrushed samples. A figure steps on stage, neither man nor woman. They open their mouth. The crowd goes wild…
Chasing Icarus is a soaring drama about castrati singers in 1700 Rome, performed by a gender-non-conforming company.
Meet two friends vying for the role of a lifetime: Nero, a young eunuch struggling with stage fright, and Violante, a non-binary individual disguised as a castrato to sing at a time where women aren’t allowed.
Chasing Icarus tells a story of struggling for self acceptance in an oppressive world.
Electro-baroque, Modernised-history, Feel-everything, Genderqueer
Chasing Icarus has had several developmental workshops and a recent ACE-funded showcase in London. The show is now nearing completion.
We have interest from a venue and producer for an upcoming concert version this autumn.
We want to expand our team with producers and financiers with an eye towards a subsequent full production.
Child abuse (implied).
Though the piece is queer-positive, some minor characters use homophobic and transphobic language.
Cast of 8 with double casting. Could be expanded up to 12.
Band of 3 minimum, electronic recorded tracks
Meet the Writers
Carlo Bosticco
(book, music, lyrics) Carlo has provided additional lyrics for Travels with my Aunt by West End veterans Stiles and Drewe.… Read more
Carlo Bosticco
(book, music, lyrics) Carlo has provided additional lyrics for Travels with my Aunt by West End veterans Stiles and Drewe. Acting credits: King Ludwig II in My Parsifal Conductor (Off-Broadway), Olivier-Award winning La Bohème by OperaUpClose (Soho Theatre).
Matt Randall
(music, arrangements) Matt works as a musician/composer and is currently pianist for international drag superstar La Voix. Theatre credits: Wicked,… Read more
Matt Randall
(music, arrangements) Matt works as a musician/composer and is currently pianist for international drag superstar La Voix. Theatre credits: Wicked, Avenue Q, Godspell, Annie, (UK tours/West End) and others. As Music Producer/arranger: RTL Television (Germany), West End Live (London).
Team
Writers – Matt Randall and Carlo Bosticco
Director – Charlotte Peters
Music Producer – Forbes Anderson
Cast:
Carlo Bosticco, B Terry
Get in Touch
Carlo Bosticco and Matt Randall have been writing together since meeting at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008. Matt played the piano. Carlo played a cow.
Their first show, “Chasing Icarus”, was developed privately in NYC, London and with several readings/workshops at Leeds Conservatoire. It received an ACE-funded showcase at The Other Palace (director: Charlotte Peters).
The song “My Own Other Half” placed first runner up in the Mercury Theatre Songwriting Competition.
Excerpts of “Chasing Icarus” have been performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Guiyang, China.
Their second show, eco-fantasy family musical “Just Be(e)” was performed at Winchester University in 2022, showcased at The Other Palace’s “Musical Bites” and is now undergoing a developmental phase with BYMT.