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It’s a venue that provides a platform for productions that are lesser-known, but have the potential to go further, and I suspect with Fiver, they have an uncontested hit on their hands.’ BroadwayWorld, ★★★★ ‘An absolutely astonishing score.
Given the plot device, Fiver presents as more of a song cycle than what we would traditionally think of as a musical. The Playhouse is 5 minutes from Borough Station and 3 minutes from Elephant and Castle (if you take the South Bank University exit!)
A cast of just four, plus the narrator, take on all of the roles; switching between a homeless man, an office worker, school teacher, widowed father and many more. How much is a five pound note worth? A duet between Luke Bayer and Dan Buckley, ‘You’ll Be A Man, My Son’, is as inspiring as it is heart-breaking and later Buckley’s ‘I’ll Write a Song For You’ is nothing short of glorious. Well, its true value depends less on the numerical denomination and more on what the person holding it actually needs. A tighter book may compromise the overall premise and that’s a decision that would need to be carefully mulled over, but one thing is certain, wherever this particular Fiver ends up next, it’ sure to have increased in value significantly.
Fiver – Southwark Playhouse By Admin on Saturday, 6 July, 2019 in Onstage, Review Dan Buckley, Aoife Clesham, Luke Bayer and Hiba Elchikhe in Fiver at the Southwark Playhouse, London. It is impossible for any of the stories we see to find closure, because the note has already changed hands, and we’re into a new narrative. Fiver, the new British musical from Alex James Ellison and Tom Lees currently at Southwark Playhouse, follows a five pound note as it constantly changes hands and makes its way through the world, giving us a fleeting glimpse in to the life of each recipient. Alex James Ellison
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Fiver, the new British musical from Alex James Ellison and Tom Lees currently at Southwark Playhouse, follows a five pound note as it constantly changes hands and makes its way through the world, giving us a fleeting glimpse in to the life of each recipient. Fiver, a new musical by Alex James Ellison and Tom Lees, follows the story of a humble five pound note as it passes through the hands and pockets of people in London. Performance & security by Cloudflare, Please complete the security check to access.
The diverse characters in Fiver are explored through a broad variety of musical styles as we follow our unusual hero through the ups and down of what is – to a fiver – just a normal day. Dan Buckley We start with a professional busker, played by writer Alex James Ellison, who begins the chain and then stays with us as a kind of narrator, filling in some of the gaps as we move from one owner to the next.
Tom Lees, Luke Bayer This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. His love of the music he has created is clearly evident, and anyone lucky enough to see him perform is privileged indeed.
From our guitar playing narrator, a keyboard player (also musical director Tom Lees) and a small band hidden behind the set, an absolutely astonishing score emerges. Southwark Playhouse scores another bullseye.’ WhatsOnStage, ★★★★ ‘Southwark Playhouse has made a name for itself in featuring new musicals and inventive revivals. In The Wings Announces Cast for Second Series, Star-studded Stage Line Up for September at West End Musical Drive In, West End Stars Announced For The Barn Theatre Presents: The Music Of Amies & Clements, First Look: Noah Thomas and the 2020 Cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Reveals Full New Cast for 2020, Review: Brooklyn The Musical at Greenwich Theatre, Witness for the Prosecution Tickets at London County Hall, Adam Kay This Is Going to Hurt Tickets at the Apollo Theatre, The Tiger Who Came to Tea Tickets at Theatre Royal Haymarket, Wicked Tickets at The Victoria Apollo Theatre, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Tickets at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, Ad Infinitum Announce Where You Are Mini Festival, Les Misérables -The Staged Concert Extended Due to Public Demand. By using this site you accept cookies used to improve and personalise our services and marketing, and for social activity.
• Fiver really provides everything you could wish for in a new, British, contemporary, relevant musical.’ Rewrite This Story, ★★★★ ‘Feels like a Londonised, smaller scale In The Heights, with a similar sense of exhilaration.
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The Last Five Years returns to Southwark Playhouse after its critically acclaimed run was cut short in March.
"For Your Light to Shine" from Fiver | Southwark Playhouse - Duration: 3 minutes, 41 seconds. • I got home and wanted to listen to it. It’s a venue that provides a platform for productions that are lesser-known, but have the potential to go further, and I suspect with Fiver, they have an uncontested hit on their hands.’
This site uses cookies. And yet, the experience of watching this musical is one of pure uplifting wonderment, the cast that has been assembled are beyond exceptional, and have I mentioned that soundtrack? Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass.
We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Hiba Elchikhe has less of the comedy moments, but her ‘Whisper It To Me’ is glorious.
A heady mix of folk, spoken word, rap and soul, not to mention a couple of the most beautiful ballads you will ever hear.
Rarely noticed by the person, we see that the fiver is often present in significant life moments. That said, the stories do link very cleverly and there are some very inventive ways that the note continues its journey. His simple guitar playing and sublime vocals would be a joy to watch on their own, but he almost immediately builds a connection to the audience, making it an intimate and uplifting experience.
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If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. The experience of watching this musical is one of pure uplifting wonderment.’ TheatreWeekly, ★★★★ ‘Fiver is a hilarious, heartwarming and throughly enjoyable new musical that deserves a great future.’ LoveLondonLoveCulture, ★★★★ ‘There is something rather wonderful about watching a high quality musical in a small venue.‘ The Spy in the Stalls, ★★★★ ‘The beautifully written book almost out-Curtises Richard with its charming, whimsical vignettes.’ Musical Theatre Review, ★★★★ ‘The vocals are impressive from start to finish with beautiful harmonies, tone and intonation from everyone.’ Pocket Size Theatre, Book, Music, and Lyrics You have entered an incorrect email address! Southwark Playhouse presents a year-round programme of plays and musicals by the best new and emerging theatre companies and practitioners. London's leading off West End theatre. ★★★★★ ‘It’s a lot of fun. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. Humour does play a big part in this musical, it’s not just that some of the scenes are funny, Aoife Clesham delights the audience with a very funny ‘Press Hash to Record’, but also that the creative team have accepted this production’s limitations and exploited them to bring the audience in on the joke.
There remains the fact that the plot device means we don’t really get to know or love any of the characters, and the second act becomes a little confusing as some of the narratives intertwine. He has appeared on stage, as well as having directed several plays in his native Scotland.
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Aoife Clesham
Fiver works in the small space of the Southwark Playhouse’s Little, and it could have a future life on a bigger stage, indeed so strong is the concept and music that with a few tweaks this could be a British 21st Century Rent. ★★★★ ‘Southwark Playhouse has made a name for itself in featuring new musicals and inventive revivals. It is as our narrator that Alex James Ellison captivates the room. One would have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by this emotional rollercoaster.’ LondonTheatre1, ★★★★★ ‘To put it simply – the production is fantastic.
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