Details

This hilarious and satirical new musical delves into the impossible promises of modern medicine and cosmetic surgery, welcoming you to a surreal dystopia of (im)patient care and private profit. Once seen as the preserve of vain celebrities and the super-rich, cosmetic surgery has now become part of everyday life, offering us yet another constant reminder of our imperfections, and shifting the goalposts of normality. Why submit to the indignity of growing old or being ugly when even the hard-pressed can save up and buy their way out of nature's cruel game with an endoscopic eyebrow lift or a lower trunk body-tuck? Attractive people succeed in life, get paid more and climb the ladder faster than those less appealing to the eye - is rejuvenating our sagging faces or nether regions just another part of our duty to maximise our advantages in a competitive world? A show for anyone who has ever looked in the mirror and thought "What if..?"

Cast/Performers

Matthew Crawford, Rhiannon Morgan, John Norton, Marega Palser, Caroline Sabin

Creatives/Company

Producer(s): Volcano, Mr and Mrs Clark
Director(s): Gareth Clark, Paul Davies
Music: Gareth Clark
Lyrics: Gareth Clark
Design(s): Igor Vasiljev, Dejan Pantelic