An intimate and true story about what happens when you meet your heroes...
It involves the most prestigious theatre in Paris, a few high-profile media partners, some of the best French musical actors….and a posh London restaurant.
Frank Williams, the author of acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musicals, had always been Lester's beloved playwright and lyricist. Lester had read everything Frank had ever written; seen everything Frank had ever done. Lester believed they were meant to become friends. At least, that’s what was supposed to happen at the lunch …
Cast:
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
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An intimate and true story about what happens when you meet your heroes...
It involves the most prestigious theatre in Paris, a few high-profile media partners, some of the best French musical actors….and a posh London restaurant.
Frank Williams, the author of acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musicals, had always been Lester's beloved playwright and lyricist. Lester had read everything Frank had ever written; seen everything Frank had ever done. Lester believed they were meant to become friends. At least, that’s what was supposed to happen at the lunch …
Cast:
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
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Frank and his agents stop at nothing to have their way. There seems to be no possibility of saving the production, but Lester keeps hoping…
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lesage - Augustin
Manon Clavel - Estelle
Julie Kalya - Simone
Vivienne Vermes - Maître Goldgrab
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Gogol by Chilly Gonzales, Album: Solo Piano
Second call by Otto A Totland, Album: The Lost
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
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Lester and Augustin realise that Frank’s agents, both in London and Paris, are playing a double blame game. Production is at a standstill and so is Lester’s marriage…
Cast:
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lesage - Augustin
Manon Clavel - Estelle
Leslie Clack - Dandy Dan
Martin Lewis - the Judge
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Peace, piece, by Bill Evans Trio, Album: Everybody digs
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
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Back in Paris, concerned and confused, Lester and Augustin get in touch with Simone de Labiche, Frank’s French agent, and are hopeful of clearing up what they think is a mere misunderstanding. Lester’s wife, Estelle, starts worrying about her husband…
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lessage - Augustin
Julie Kalya - Simone
Manon Clavell - Estelle
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Promenade sentimentale by Vladimir Cosma, Album: Diva (Original Soundtrack),
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides.
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2 The lunch with champagne in a posh London restaurant was meant to establish a mutually rewarding artistic collaboration, however, all of a sudden, Frank turns hostile to Lester and Augustin…
Cast:
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lesage - Augustin
David Stanley - Frank
Manon Clavel - Estelle
Sarah Tullamore - Michelle
Vivienne Vermes - the Waitress
Martin Lewis - the Passenger
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Huma 2 by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
Arrestation by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
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The theatre director Lester Loveless is preparing to meet Frank Williams, his beloved playwright and the author of the acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musical which Lester is about to put on stage in Paris. The excitement and the expectation build to a crescendo, as he and his young French producer, Augustin Leparfait, arrive for the lunch in London and meet the celebrated dramatist and music composer.
Cast:
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lesage - Augustin
Julie Kalya - Simone
Nicholas Mead - Dominique
David Stanley - Frank
Sarah Tullamore - Michelle and the Waitress
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
Pearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)
Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2
Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing & Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club Adieu
Tell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording
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