Bøger af Phil Willmott

A dark sequel to Peter Pan, this new story reunites J. M. Barrie's characters, now in their early twenties, when a young officer falls asleep with a copy of the children’s classic in his pocket and imagines himself as Peter embarking on one final “awfully big adventure" - The First World War.Blending a contemporary music theatre style with music hall influences, Lost Boy premiered at the Finborough Theatre before transferring for an extended run at the Charing Cross Theatre in the West End.Phil Willmott’s past musicals include The Dick Barton Trilogy, Around the World in Eighty Days, Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi and Princess Caraboo (also composed with Mark Collins) all published by Samuel French.

Phil Willmott's dazzling musical centres on the iconic Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool which saw the great and the glamorous pass through its doors from its heyday in the 1920s to 1940s. Suitable for a large mixed cast.

Clamber aboard the mighty Argo to join heroic Prince Jason, plucky Princess Medea, Hercules and all the gang for a lively re-telling of the greatest adventure story ever told. Our heroes must overcome monsters, tricksters and tempests if they are to capture the Golden Fleece, defeat Jason's evil uncle and win back the kingdom.

Princess Caraboo tells the extraordinary true story of a beautiful young woman who tricked her way from vagrancy to wealth and power in Regency England by pretending to be a shipwrecked Princess. Maintaining the deception becomes imperative as the stakes get higher and higher, and what begins as a desperate ploy by a petty criminal to evade the law escalates into a national scandal threatening to ruin anyone whose compassion, lust or ambition has blinded them to the truth. As Princess Caraboo becomes the superstar of her day she discovers the price to be paid for living a lie and the cost of drawing the man she loves into her deceit. All of us, at one time or another, has told a lie; to make life run smoother, to land the perfect job, to win and keep the ones we love. This entertaining, glamorous and empowering story invites us all to consider the impact of life's embellishments in defining who we really are and who we would like to be.

Adapted from the novel by Jules Verne, this play tells the story of Phileas Fogg's and his servant, Passepartout's, whistlestop journey, as they try to satisfy a wager that they can travel the world in 80 days. Hindered by bandits and villains and transport problems, will they make the deadline?

First stage adaptation of the novel with male and female roles. A fantastic family play, perfect for all ages.

Period Ancient Greek Athens is in the grip of a futile, destructive war with Sparta and its men are fighting abroad, taken away from their wives and families for long periods at a time. The women of Athens have had enough.

A ruthless Latin love lothario has set his sights on the women of London. No gal is safe from the swarthy continental's seductions as he cha-cha-chas his way in to the boudoirs and jewellry boxes of Belgravia. Thank heavens that square-jawed hero, Dick Barton, is on hand to save the dignity and diamonds of our dowagers and debutantes--or will the foreign fiend defeat him?