This Is My Family
- Full Length Musical, Comedy, Present Day
- 2M, 4F
- ISBN: SFUK-12914
Winner of the 2013 UK Theatre Award for Best Musical, this hilarious musical comedy, which moves seamlessly between speech and song, is a celebration of the lifelong adventure that is family love.
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- Comedy
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Strong Language
- Orchestra Size: Small/Combo
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! UK Theater Award for Best Musical (2013)
Imagine you’re a spirited 13-year-old and you’ve won – actually won – a magazine competition to describe your family. The prize is a dream holiday for the lot of you, anywhere in the world.
Except... Nicky’s family isn’t the blissfully happy bunch she’s described. More like the contestants in a gladiatorial arena, in fact. Where on earth can she take them that might make her wishful thinking a reality?
Winner of the 2013 UK Theatre Award for Best Musical, this hilarious musical comedy, which moves seamlessly between speech and song, is a celebration of the lifelong adventure that is family love.
REVIEWS:
Except... Nicky’s family isn’t the blissfully happy bunch she’s described. More like the contestants in a gladiatorial arena, in fact. Where on earth can she take them that might make her wishful thinking a reality?
Winner of the 2013 UK Theatre Award for Best Musical, this hilarious musical comedy, which moves seamlessly between speech and song, is a celebration of the lifelong adventure that is family love.
REVIEWS:
"This terrifically funny musical is a triumph."
The Guardian
"Every song in this hugely enjoyable production, centred on a family camping holiday, has a ring of truth to it."
The Observer
"The timing is almost perfect and the music, harmonic and multilayered, is engaging."
The Times
"A down-to-earth delight of a musical."
The Telegraph
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast
- Chorus Size: No Chorus
STEVE – 40, a dad of infinite ideas and little practical skill but huge optimism. (A2-F4)
YVONNE – 39, what a woman ends up like if she’s grown up with Steve and has survived due to an wry sense of humour. (E3-C5)
MATT – 17, a son yet to become happy in his own skin, and currently defining himself via clothing and eyeliner. (A2-G4)
MAY – a gran slightly losing sight of how she too was once a woman of immense humour and driven angry by it. (D3-C5)
SIAN – 42, Yvonne’s chaotic, irrepressible, voluble older sister. (C3-C5)
