19/09/2024
GOYA Theatre Company, award-winning creators of contemporary Q***r musical theatre will bring their hit show, Four Felons and a Funeral to Birmingham Hippodrome from Thursday 26 September – Saturday 28 September. The show is a raucous, road-trip rom-com, starring four emerging, LGBTQIA+ music theatre actors and is a must see for our Patrick Studio audiences this autumn.
Ever thought of stealing someone’s ashes? Neither had Millie. Now she’s barrelling down the M6 in a Fiat Punto with three accomplices, forty five packets of crisps and a large decorative urn. Four Felons and a Funeral follows four dysfunctional friends as they navigate grief, love and the law on a road trip to scatter their mate’s ashes. En route, they go through the five essential stages of grief: screaming, shouting, fighting, fainting and fleeing from justice.
Written by Sam Woof and with music and lyrics by Sam Woof and Math Roberts, Four Felons and a Funeral is a feel-good caper with a sharp musical score and a fiercely comic script. Both funny and acerbic and nostalgic and melancholy, this is an uplifting show that blends musical theatre with pop and jazz to create a distinct and accessible new sound.
Tickets via www.birminghamhippodrome.com
