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The Rise and Fall of Eed Sud and the Luminous Earwigs... from Thornbury
Mark Wheeller’s glam rock tribute play affectionately recalls the glittering 70’s and one teenage boy’s ambition to be The Starman. The fun, flamboyant music and fashion of the 70s are the pulse of The Rise and Fall of Eed Sud and the Luminous Earwigs from Thornbury. Based on the writer’s own youthful admiration of glam groups, this is a tale of Shakey Threwer’s efforts to be a rock star and to woo local girl Lorraine Izoff. It is part autobiographical, part fictional - Shakey Threwer recalls everything… his parents buying him his first Dansette record player… his first 45 (Banner Man) first album, The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars and his first gig (Roxy Music). Set in Thornbury, Bristol, it makes reference to Shapes record shop, where the writer spent almost all of his teenage school dinner money and initial earnings!
The Rise and Fall of Eed Sud and the Luminous Earwigs from Thornbury is a tried and tested school examination piece (Paper 2 in Edexcel’s GCSE, UK) and has proved to be successful in gaining students exceptionally high marks in the last two examinations series in the UK. It makes a change to have a feel-good play presented in an exam setting and moreover seems to be a play that examiners really appreciate; in each of the two years it has been used, the candidates playing the main parts have achieved maximum marks!
It also has fantastic opportunities for both wardrobe and technical support candidates.
This 30 minute play is ideal for use in One Act Play Festivals, as is the longer (50 minute) version of the play Sequinned Suits and Platform Boots and both are perfect for any amdram theatre group with members who are fans of early seventies music. (See Sequinned on its own page)
The Rise and Fall of Eed Sud and the Luminous Earwigs from Thornbury is a feel good play with the atmosphere of a musical and, as featured on David Bowie’s own website news page, is clearly embraced by All The Young Dudes!
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