Success can often be judged as pre-ordained or “who you know” or about money or good luck or simple fate.
That debilitating and defeatist worldview can be challenged. Maybe hard work,
perseverance, taking risks, and making your own luck can be equally powerful,
The power of true life stories in all their rich detail of success and setbacks can provide a positive framework and instructive lessons for those facing challenges and scary opportunities.
Join Daniel Confino and Sarah Sharman on their brand new show.
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Success can often be judged as pre-ordained or “who you know” or about money or good luck or simple fate.
That debilitating and defeatist worldview can be challenged. Maybe hard work,
perseverance, taking risks, and making your own luck can be equally powerful,
The power of true life stories in all their rich detail of success and setbacks can provide a positive framework and instructive lessons for those facing challenges and scary opportunities.
Join Daniel Confino and Sarah Sharman on their brand new show.
Shaun McKenna and Leighton James House - Embracing Life's Risks
Look Mum, No Hands! Embracing Life's Risks
1 hour 26 minutes 10 seconds
3 years ago
Shaun McKenna and Leighton James House - Embracing Life's Risks
Shaun and Leighton most recently collaborated on the new musical “Are you as nervous as I am” at the Greenwich Theatre. We step inside the world of musical production and catch up with Shaun and Leighton to explore the symbiotic world of lyricist and composer and the way they ever manage to put words and music together, with such emotion and resonance. But that proves to be only the start of an incredible emotional insight into the creative process with all its dark and uplifting moments. Shaun is a playwright, bookwriter & lyricist, screenwriter and an award-winning British dramatist. Home Front won Outstanding Contribution to Radio Drama Award 2019 at the BBC Audio Awards. Ladies in Lavender won five Broadway World UK awards (including Best Fringe or Regional Play) in 2012.
The Lord of the Rings won a Best Musical DORA.
Leighton made his presence known as a composer in 2004, when his score for the musical based on the Terry Pratchett novel Only You Can Save Mankind hit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to great acclaim, after showcasing at London’s Soho Theatre. A special studio album of Only You Can Save Mankind was released in 2009.
His first complete musical Lifts was written while he was still studying at college and was performed at the 1999 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning Best New Musical at the inaugural Ken Hill Awards.
Look Mum, No Hands! Embracing Life's Risks
Success can often be judged as pre-ordained or “who you know” or about money or good luck or simple fate.
That debilitating and defeatist worldview can be challenged. Maybe hard work,
perseverance, taking risks, and making your own luck can be equally powerful,
The power of true life stories in all their rich detail of success and setbacks can provide a positive framework and instructive lessons for those facing challenges and scary opportunities.
Join Daniel Confino and Sarah Sharman on their brand new show.
